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Don't go to the silk markets, that's all I'm saying. Let me make things a little more clear avoid them at all costs. I've seen some shady people in my day but none like them. If you go to a sporting event or some car show and you have to buy tickets don't buy tickets from people trying to sell you them that don't work at the ticket booth.
On the internet if you are looking for employment make sure you check the person's email because a lot of the scammers use similar email addresses. They might have the same number in the email account but the name will be different. They make the scam obvious but if you see that make sure you don't contact them.
Take Care of yourself! Good Luck!

dont buy usb flash drives in china. you could plug them in your pc and it will read as x gb but you will not be able to put anything on it.
after dealing with the bs of trying to buy things here i now refuse to do so. i will either go in person to buy electronics inn hong kong or order it from the net or wait until my next usa trip.

A common scam I frequently come across is that people in markets will swear on their mother's graves that the item is 'real' and 'good quality'. You argue back and forth about how gucci bags are just sold in boutiques and upmarket malls (not in a dirty market) but they're just relentless and will spare no effort in trying to convince you otherwise. Unfortunately, there's a surprising number of tourists who eventually believe them and walk away thinking their 500 kuai Ray Burn sunglasses were a bargain.

A guy in a suit offered to help me get a cab in Guangzhou, he called said it would be 50y, I thought it might be a scam, it was a free shuttle bus that came. The driver couidn't speak English, so I didn't get totally scammed as I couldn't call the hotel or bus myself, couldn't tell one minivan from another.which is why i didn't take my money from the guy.

I haven't even been to China yet but lived in Taiwan and Thailand before.
 
Thankfully I haven't been seriously scammed apart from paying 'foreigner price' quite a few times in Thailand.
 
Ive heard of a few scams in china but not sure if they are urban myths or not? Have any of you been tricked by any of the following?
 
1. Friendly young guy/girl approaches you and says they are learning English Nd want to practice speaking to a native English speaker. They then lead you to a dodgy cafe that charges you grossly inflated prices.
 
2. A person deliberately drops a purse or wallet in front of you and if you try to pick it up and I've it back, they accuse you of stealing it.
 
they both sound like bs to me, but thought i could ask some people who actually Live there and see.

There's a scam where Chinese companies promise to get spoiled rich kids into top universities, and to serve that purpose they hire underqualified foreigners to teach in the "school" which is poorly run or not run at all.

I've heard of that school...its huge.

I was scammed by a taxi driver this morning. I gave him a hundred and 7 to give me 90 back. He first took. Then he tried to confuse me by saying he didn't have enough change. He then gave me back the 7 and then handed me 73. I said it was wrong but he acted offended and denied it vehemently. There was a lot of back and forth and eventually I was so confused, and still half asleep, that I got out with the money he gave me. I double checked the change and he had indeed short-changed me by ten kuai. What a total asshole! I should have been more vigilant though too.