You've heard the horror stories about travelling in Europe. Pickpockets slithering through crowded city squares in Rome. Taxi drivers that don’t turn on their meters in Greece. Scammers that distract you while their accomplice walks away with your bag in Paris. And you always think: Surely that won't happen to me. I was guilty of this too. My partner and I had always prided ourselves on being careful, meticulous planners who would do our research and due diligence before our holidays. Getting scammed felt like a far-fetched concept, something that would entrap only the lax and negligent. Well, this was until a near-miss in Istanbul this…
