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Tourist traps, common scams, tipping rules, and the etiquette locals wish you knew.

NYC Scams and Tourist Traps: What to Actually Watch For The hustles that target visitors in New York — Times Square costumed characters, the CD handoff, fake ferry tickets at Battery Park, unlicensed airport drivers — and the one habit that defuses nearly all of them.