Crimson Elephant Kiosk
other — 95 Falcon Street
Trap score: 58/100 (orange)
Crimson Elephant Kiosk is a Kiosk popular with visitors; check recent reports before you go.
Location: Paris
Reports (81)
- taxi_meter (severity 1/5) — 2026-06: Quoted one price for the tour, charged another once we were already out at sea.
- fake_listing (severity 1/5) — 2026-05: Advertised as authentic; sold mass-produced fakes at luxury prices.
- fake_reviews (severity 2/5) — 2026-04: My wallet went missing right after a staged distraction near the entrance.
- harassment (severity 3/5) — 2026-06: My wallet went missing right after a staged distraction near the entrance.
- other (severity 2/5) — 2026-05: What was advertised online looked nothing like the room we actually got.
- harassment (severity 2/5) — 2026-03: Friendly at first, then locked the door and pressured us to buy a 'gift'.
- overcharge (severity 4/5) — 2026-04: They doubled the price once the bill arrived — a classic tourist overcharge.
- unsafe (severity 5/5) — 2026-05: Card skimmer suspected; my account was charged twice within the hour.
- harassment (severity 5/5) — 2026-03: They add a mystery 'service charge' that isn't posted anywhere on the menu.
- taxi_meter (severity 2/5) — 2026-02: Persistent harassment from staff trying to drag us inside for a 'special deal'.
- fake_listing (severity 4/5) — 2026-03: Menu had no prices; the final total was absurd and they got hostile when questioned.
- theft (severity 1/5) — 2026-01: Menu had no prices; the final total was absurd and they got hostile when questioned.
- unsafe (severity 2/5) — 2026-01: Aggressive commission scheme — the guide steered us only to shops paying kickbacks.
- theft (severity 4/5) — 2026-01: Pickpocketed in the crush by the ticket counter — be extremely careful here.
- overcharge (severity 5/5) — 2026-03: They add a mystery 'service charge' that isn't posted anywhere on the menu.
- harassment (severity 4/5) — 2026-01: Quoted one price for the tour, charged another once we were already out at sea.
- other (severity 5/5) — 2026-01: Bracelet forced onto my wrist, then demanded payment for the 'free' gift.
- other (severity 3/5) — 2026-02: Currency-exchange sleight of hand — got short-changed and they denied it.
- overcharge (severity 2/5) — 2025-12: Menu had no prices; the final total was absurd and they got hostile when questioned.
- overcharge (severity 2/5) — 2025-11: Room photos were of a different building entirely; total bait and switch.
- fake_reviews (severity 3/5) — 2025-10: Felt genuinely unsafe here after dark; aggressive touts followed us for blocks.
- unsafe (severity 4/5) — 2025-10: Pickpocketed in the crush by the ticket counter — be extremely careful here.
- bait_switch (severity 3/5) — 2025-11: Signed up for one service, then got upsold into something completely different.
- overcharge (severity 1/5) — 2025-10: Taxi took a 40-minute detour on a 10-minute trip to run up the fare.
- fake_listing (severity 1/5) — 2025-10: They add a mystery 'service charge' that isn't posted anywhere on the menu.
- other (severity 3/5) — 2025-10: Menu had no prices; the final total was absurd and they got hostile when questioned.
- taxi_meter (severity 4/5) — 2025-09: Menu had no prices; the final total was absurd and they got hostile when questioned.
- other (severity 2/5) — 2025-11: Persistent harassment from staff trying to drag us inside for a 'special deal'.
- unsafe (severity 4/5) — 2025-10: Room photos were of a different building entirely; total bait and switch.
- taxi_meter (severity 1/5) — 2025-10: Quoted one price for the tour, charged another once we were already out at sea.
- fake_listing (severity 3/5) — 2025-10: Persistent harassment from staff trying to drag us inside for a 'special deal'.
- fake_listing (severity 5/5) — 2025-10: Charged tourist prices double what locals paid two feet away in the same line.
- unsafe (severity 3/5) — 2025-10: The ATM ate my card and the 'help desk' asked for my PIN. Obvious scam.
- harassment (severity 1/5) — 2025-09: Spa quoted a low rate, then billed per-minute extras we never agreed to.
- bait_switch (severity 4/5) — 2025-08: The glowing reviews are clearly fake — the reality is nothing like the photos.
- unsafe (severity 4/5) — 2025-09: Card skimmer suspected; my account was charged twice within the hour.
- bait_switch (severity 3/5) — 2025-09: Friendly at first, then locked the door and pressured us to buy a 'gift'.
- overcharge (severity 2/5) — 2025-09: Bracelet forced onto my wrist, then demanded payment for the 'free' gift.
- unsafe (severity 5/5) — 2025-07: Advertised as authentic; sold mass-produced fakes at luxury prices.
- unsafe (severity 3/5) — 2025-05: Card skimmer suspected; my account was charged twice within the hour.
- other (severity 3/5) — 2025-06: Charged tourist prices double what locals paid two feet away in the same line.
- fake_listing (severity 2/5) — 2025-04: Currency-exchange sleight of hand — got short-changed and they denied it.
- harassment (severity 1/5) — 2025-05: Quoted one price for the tour, charged another once we were already out at sea.
- other (severity 1/5) — 2025-05: Charged tourist prices double what locals paid two feet away in the same line.
- unsafe (severity 3/5) — 2025-05: The ATM ate my card and the 'help desk' asked for my PIN. Obvious scam.
- other (severity 5/5) — 2025-05: Advertised as authentic; sold mass-produced fakes at luxury prices.
- harassment (severity 1/5) — 2025-04: The glowing reviews are clearly fake — the reality is nothing like the photos.
- unsafe (severity 3/5) — 2025-03: Quoted one price for the tour, charged another once we were already out at sea.
- taxi_meter (severity 4/5) — 2025-04: The listing address didn't even exist — pure fake booking, no refund offered.
- overcharge (severity 1/5) — 2025-05: The glowing reviews are clearly fake — the reality is nothing like the photos.
- taxi_meter (severity 5/5) — 2025-02: Menu had no prices; the final total was absurd and they got hostile when questioned.
- theft (severity 4/5) — 2025-04: Persistent harassment from staff trying to drag us inside for a 'special deal'.
- bait_switch (severity 4/5) — 2025-03: Advertised as authentic; sold mass-produced fakes at luxury prices.
- bait_switch (severity 1/5) — 2025-02: Aggressive commission scheme — the guide steered us only to shops paying kickbacks.
- fake_listing (severity 5/5) — 2025-04: The driver refused to use the meter and demanded a flat fare triple the normal rate.
- unsafe (severity 5/5) — 2025-04: Charged tourist prices double what locals paid two feet away in the same line.
- harassment (severity 1/5) — 2025-01: Card skimmer suspected; my account was charged twice within the hour.
- fake_reviews (severity 1/5) — 2025-03: The glowing reviews are clearly fake — the reality is nothing like the photos.
- overcharge (severity 2/5) — 2025-02: Advertised as authentic; sold mass-produced fakes at luxury prices.
- unsafe (severity 2/5) — 2024-12: The driver refused to use the meter and demanded a flat fare triple the normal rate.
- bait_switch (severity 2/5) — 2024-11: Currency-exchange sleight of hand — got short-changed and they denied it.
- theft (severity 5/5) — 2025-01: Pickpocketed in the crush by the ticket counter — be extremely careful here.
- other (severity 5/5) — 2024-12: Bracelet forced onto my wrist, then demanded payment for the 'free' gift.
- theft (severity 3/5) — 2024-11: Friendly at first, then locked the door and pressured us to buy a 'gift'.
- overcharge (severity 2/5) — 2024-11: Aggressive commission scheme — the guide steered us only to shops paying kickbacks.
- bait_switch (severity 4/5) — 2024-12: The glowing reviews are clearly fake — the reality is nothing like the photos.
- overcharge (severity 2/5) — 2024-10: They add a mystery 'service charge' that isn't posted anywhere on the menu.
- fake_reviews (severity 4/5) — 2024-10: Currency-exchange sleight of hand — got short-changed and they denied it.
- theft (severity 2/5) — 2024-10: Fake police approached asking for ID and then a 'fine' paid in cash.
- overcharge (severity 1/5) — 2024-10: Aggressive commission scheme — the guide steered us only to shops paying kickbacks.
- fake_listing (severity 1/5) — 2024-09: Charged tourist prices double what locals paid two feet away in the same line.
- other (severity 1/5) — 2024-08: Friendly at first, then locked the door and pressured us to buy a 'gift'.
- taxi_meter (severity 5/5) — 2024-10: Card skimmer suspected; my account was charged twice within the hour.
- bait_switch (severity 2/5) — 2024-07: Fake police approached asking for ID and then a 'fine' paid in cash.
- fake_listing (severity 5/5) — 2024-09: They add a mystery 'service charge' that isn't posted anywhere on the menu.
- unsafe (severity 1/5) — 2024-08: Aggressive commission scheme — the guide steered us only to shops paying kickbacks.
- taxi_meter (severity 1/5) — 2024-06: What was advertised online looked nothing like the room we actually got.
- harassment (severity 1/5) — 2024-05: Menu had no prices; the final total was absurd and they got hostile when questioned.
- theft (severity 3/5) — 2024-07: The listing address didn't even exist — pure fake booking, no refund offered.
- unsafe (severity 2/5) — 2024-06: The glowing reviews are clearly fake — the reality is nothing like the photos.
- overcharge (severity 1/5) — 2024-05: Aggressive commission scheme — the guide steered us only to shops paying kickbacks.