点评:Hello
I want to report an egregious scam that happened to my niece this past week in Dominican Republic. She went to the Mall at Playa Dorada to get some money exchanged on Friday March 6, 2026.
She went to the ‘Money Exchange’ and met a guy who calls himself ‘Superman’. She told him she only had $600 Canadian to spend & wanted US cash exchanged. He told her he would give her $440 US – but, keep $40 US as his fee. She took it & left. Later that night – she checked her card & found a charge for $798 Canadian. He lied & had charged more onto her card.
We went back the next day to correct the situation. He told us that it wasn’t him but the credit card company that had charged the additional fees. We told him that wasn’t true. Then he said there were a lot of other charges like his ‘business taxes’ and fees that keeps him able to rent that space at the mall. I told him that he had already taken his ‘fee’ of $40 US and he had taken advantage of her and over charged her illegally.
He wouldn’t give her the money back. We left and took pictures. I will be putting up tourism reviews and ‘scam alerts’ on all social media outlooks to hopefully save others from this issue.
This is a big stain on tourism in the DR. It doesn’t reflect well on the ability of the DR to keep scam artists away from vulnerable tourists.
I don’t know if there is anything you can do to rectify this situation. Thank you.
Brenda Dowell
翻译:您好
我想举报我侄女上周在多米尼加共和国遭遇的一起极其恶劣的骗局。2026年3月6日星期五,她去普拉亚多拉达购物中心兑换货币。
她去了“货币兑换处”,遇到一个自称“超人”的男子。她告诉他自己只有600加元,想换成美元。他答应给她440美元,但要收取40美元的手续费。她拿了钱就离开了。当天晚上,她查看信用卡时发现被扣了798加元。他撒谎了,多收了钱。
第二天我们去找他解决问题。他告诉我们,多收的不是他,而是信用卡公司。我们告诉他这不是真的。然后他又说还有很多其他费用,比如他的“营业税”和各种费用,这些费用让他得以在购物中心租用场地。我告诉他,他已经收了她40美元的“费用”,而且他占了她的便宜,非法多收了她的钱。
他拒绝退款。我们离开了,拍了照片。我会在所有社交媒体平台上发布旅游评论和“诈骗警示”,希望能帮助其他人避免上当受骗。
这给多米尼加共和国的旅游业蒙上了一层阴影。这反映出多米尼加共和国在防范诈骗分子方面能力不足,无法保护易受骗的游客。
我不知道您是否能采取任何措施来纠正这种情况。谢谢。
布伦达·道威尔