Originally Posted by donteattuna

I've been there, and some people with me got robbed, so you are wrong in your statement that I have no idea on knowing anything about the country aren't you. Those weren't the only Romanians who tried to rob or scam me or people I knew. I've been all over the world, and only Nigerians can compare with their aptitude to scam people.
That head's up was for people who might travel there with expensive equipment and wallets in their pocket and end up with neither.
I have no idea if you are honest or not, and I don't care either. The post was a general warning to benefit people who haven't been there or been around many pickpockets and scammers in third world countries.
I've seen and experienced it first hand, here are a couple links saying the same thing.
http://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=85978http://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=85978
http://www.euractiv.com/en/enlargeme...article-179703
I'd love to hear of someone traveling there for the first time and not being very cautious and tell me how that works out for them.