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We're just gonna cross the water now behind me. We're gonna go across to the Gold Souq and I'll just tell you what's happening there.
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So this boat costs 1 dirham and it takes you all the way across...the water here...so you can get b/w the different souqs or different markets here in Dubai.
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Anyway. I was gonna say I'm here at the gold souq now...the gold market. And, there's one scam happening here...
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And it's very difficult to know...so...if you trust one of these guys on the street.
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A guy's gonna talk me in one second. If you trust any one like these guys and they take you to a gold store...
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You could be getting fake gold.
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They'll show you the real gold. And then when they go to bag it and wrap it, they will just replace it with something fake.
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And as you're a tourist, probably going home in the next few days, you're just finishing off all your money here at the gold souq.
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And they know that. So they switch the gold out. They wrap it up. They give it to you. And you don't find out until you get home that...
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It's fake gold. Maybe, you don't even find out.
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So never trust these guys on the street here. Can't trust them.
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You have to go and buy at a reputable store.
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And these guys will always take you down these little side streets. They'll take you away from the main market here.
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And they'll take you to some small little place...you know...a few roads back.
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That's how you know something's not right.
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When you come to Dubai, when you come to any other souqs, don't trust anybody on the street.
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There's a lot of people here who are trying to make their living by ripping off tourists.
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So how can you avoid buying fake gold from scammers like these? Well, it's difficult.
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There's no foolproof test you can do to check the purity of the gold you're buying.
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There's a few tests that you can do to check that you're not just buying gold plated jewellery and I'll link to them in the description.
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But the best thing you can do is shop at a reputable store that has good reviews as well.
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That is as good as you can do without having another jeweller test the purity of what you're buying.
