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這是這趟南美旅行最強烈、最震撼的回憶之一~它是一樁換匯詐騙案！我當下是用英語紀錄我的心情~因為故事內容太長了，所以有興趣的朋友們~再用翻譯系統閱讀嘿！(註：我已經用AI做後製翻譯了！)
從中我們得到一個教訓就是~
- 1） 換匯時，一手交錢一手交貨
- 2） 拍下換匯貨幣的幣號，如果拿回時一定要核對是否為同一張
- 3） 直覺告訴你情況不對就要轉頭就走，不要冒險
- 4） 如果真的真的不幸遇到問題時，不要怕....（除非有黑幫在後面撐腰），全程錄影，把事情鬧大，讓警察介入（網路上不少的個案分享都說這些詐騙的人都害怕我們報警處理）
A Tourist Scam in Buenos Aires
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"Cambio! Cambio! （"Money Exchange" in Spanish.) Money exchange dealers yelled on the street.
「Cambio! Cambio!」（西班牙文的意思是「換錢！」）街上的換匯商大聲叫喊著。
I was walking on the street one afternoon. There were so many guys yelling "Cambio, Cambio..." They tried their best to attract tourists' attention. One of them showed us the rate that they could offer with his smartphone. It showed 1380. Our exchange rate yesterday was 1330. Well, maybe we could take 1380 into consideration. Later, another guy came to us and used the same way to attract our attention, 1400. We thought... Wow, the Argentine peso was so fluctuating, huh? After comparing with several dealers on the street, we finally chose the guy who offered the rate of 1400. (Yes, I was greedy.)
某天下午我走在街上，到處都是人在喊著「Cambio, cambio…」，他們想盡辦法吸引觀光客的注意。其中一個人用手機給我們看他能提供的匯率，上面顯示 1380。而我們昨天換到的匯率是 1330。嗯，也許可以考慮 1380。後來又有另一個人走過來，用同樣的方式吸引我們的注意，這次是 1400。我們心想……哇，阿根廷披索的匯率也太波動了吧？在街上和幾個換匯商比較之後，我們最後選擇了那個提供 1400 匯率的人。（是的，我很貪心。）
As we went to the young man, he happily led us to a building, taking the elevator to the sixth floor. At that moment, I became alert. As the elevator door opened, the light in the building was dim, so I became more cautious and planned how I should react as any bad situation occurred in my mind.
當我們走向那位年輕人時，他很高興地帶我們進入一棟大樓，並搭電梯到六樓。就在那一刻，我開始警覺起來。電梯門一打開，大樓裡的燈光很昏暗，我變得更加小心，腦中也開始想著如果發生任何不好的情況，我該如何應對。
Note: Actually, I should leave the place then, but I didn't because I had A-bou aside. My curiosity drove me forward. (I know that was pretty dangerous.)
**註：**其實我那時候就應該離開了，但我沒有，因為旁邊還有 A-bou。而且我的好奇心也驅使我繼續往前。（我知道那其實相當危險。）
As we entered a small room, a middle-aged guy was standing behind the wall with a small window open. He gently asked me how much I would like to exchange. I said 100 US dollars. He handed his hand to me to get my money. I didn't think further and gave him my money. Sooner or later, I saw something very awkward and stupid. He put my money into his pocket and took one dollar back to the tray, meaning that I only gave him one dollar for exchange. I was shocked that this would have ever happened to me because I only saw that online.
當我們走進一個小房間時，一位中年男子站在牆後面，牆上開著一個小窗口。他很客氣地問我想換多少錢。我說 100 美元。他把手伸出來要拿我的錢。我沒有多想就把錢交給了他。沒多久，我看到了一件既尷尬又愚蠢的事情。他把我的錢放進自己的口袋，然後只拿出 1 美元 放回托盤上，意思是我只給了他 1 美元 要換。我當場震驚了，因為我從來沒想過這種事會發生在我身上——我只在網路上看過這種詐騙。
At the scene, I think it was so ridiculous that he tried to trick my money with such inexperienced and silly techniques. How brainless! As my money was at his hand, I clearly saw him quickly slide it down into his right pocket. Later, he gave me 1400 pesos as an exchange. I said, "No, this is incorrect." However, he insisted that I only gave him one US dollar.
在現場，我覺得這整件事實在太荒謬了——他竟然用這麼生澀又愚蠢的手法想騙我的錢，簡直沒腦袋！我的錢在他手上時，我清楚看到他很快地把錢滑進右邊的口袋。接著，他拿出 1400 披索 給我，當作兌換的結果。我說：「不，這不對。」但他卻堅持說我只給了他 1 美元。
You know, I have been fed up with a bunch of terrible incidents these days. Suddenly, I exploded, too. I yelled that he should not do business in this way. No matter what he said, I didn't care. What I wanted was my money BACK. "ONE HUNDRED US DOLLARS, not ONE DOLLAR." I shouted loudly. I insisted that I had given him a hundred dollars. I was so pissed off and slapped the table several times. I yelled so loud, which could be heard clearly in the hallway. I think my voice scared him because he didn't want others to know that he did business under the table. (This transaction act is prohibited by the government, I guess.) The young guy who led us to the room was shocked too. From my observation, I think he was manipulated, or you can say he might have been hired as a salesperson to hail customers on the street because when the middle-aged man behind the window said that I only gave him US$1, the young man was shocked too. He stood on my side and said "Yes, she gave you US$ 100."
你知道嗎？這幾天我已經遇到太多糟糕的事情，早就受夠了。那一瞬間，我也爆發了。我大聲喊著，說他不應該用這種方式做生意。不管他說什麼，我都不在乎。我只要我的錢 還回來。「一百美元，不是一美元！」我大聲喊著。我堅持我給他的是 100 美元。我氣到不行，還拍了桌子好幾下。我喊得非常大聲，連走廊上都能清楚聽到。我想我的聲音嚇到他了，因為他不想讓別人知道他在做檯面下的生意。（我猜這種私下換匯的行為是政府禁止的。）那個帶我們進來的年輕人也嚇了一跳。從我的觀察來看，我覺得他可能是被操控的，或者說只是被雇來在街上拉客的業務。因為當窗口後面的中年男子說我只給了 1 美元 時，那個年輕人也很震驚。他站在我這邊，說：「對，她給了你 100 美元。」
Like I mentioned earlier, I was furious. I yelled so loud. I wanted everyone to know that this businessman was not honest. The young guy, on the other hand, made a gesture to beg me to lower my volume and asked me to calm down. I said, "No! I won't calm down if I don't get my US$100 BACK." The man behind the window saw that I was out of control. He finally returned my money.
就像我剛才說的，我當時真的非常憤怒。我大聲喊叫，就是要讓大家知道這個生意人並不誠實。另一方面，那個年輕人一直做手勢求我把音量降低，叫我冷靜一點。我說：「不！如果我沒有拿回我的 100 美元，我是不會冷靜的。」窗口後面的男人看到我已經完全失控了，最後只好把我的錢還給我。
I quickly grabbed my money back and held it in hand. I asked A-bou to check the photo that we took earlier to see if that was the same green bill with the same bill number. Making sure that was the right bill, we left the room quickly.
我很快把錢搶回來，緊緊握在手上。我請阿爆檢查我們之前拍的照片，看看那是不是同一張綠色鈔票、而且鈔票號碼也一樣。確認那確實是同一張鈔票後，我們立刻快速離開了那個房間。
As we left the room, the young guy went with us and tried to lead us to another cambio dealer by walking down the stairs. We didn't follow him, but took the elevator instead. Actually I was terrified at that scene, but as I told you, I have had enough these days, so I released my anger all at once then.
當我們走出房間時，那個年輕人也跟著我們，還試著帶我們走樓梯去另一個換匯商。我們沒有跟著他，而是改搭電梯離開。其實當時那個場面真的讓我很害怕，但就像我說的，這幾天我已經受夠了各種糟糕的事情，所以當下就把所有的怒氣一次發洩出來。
Suddenly I felt so great after my yelling. 😏 I have to say the middle-aged man was such a poor guy to get a fierce and tough customer this time. I don't know if he successfully tricked others before. Maybe I was the first victim, or maybe he was not experienced enough. 🙄 Even though the lesson on this tour to Argentina was really harsh, I think this is going to be remembered in my whole life. We are moving to the next city. I hope everything will be back to normal very soon. Fingers crossed!🤞
沒想到大喊大叫之後，我突然覺得心情超好。😏我得說，那個中年男人這次真是倒楣，居然遇到一個這麼兇狠又強硬的客人。我不知道他以前有沒有成功騙過其他人。也許我是第一個受害者，也可能只是他還不夠老練。🙄雖然這趟阿根廷之旅給我的教訓真的很慘痛，但我想這件事大概會讓我一輩子都記得。我們現在要前往下一個城市了。希望接下來一切都能恢復正常。保佑一切順利！🤞
