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Tbilisi Scam

The detailed story on how I was SCAMMED in a TBILISI CLUB https://tbilisiscam..com/

Last December 10, 2018 after taking the Sightseeing City Bus, I planned to take pictures of The Bridge of Peace. But I was feeling very cold at that time so I decided to buy a t-shirt for added protection from the cold.


I proceeded to Kote Afkhazi St. to look for a t-shirt and got one. Then I went to a small SHAWARMA eatery own by a Muslim lady, also in the same street, to buy a tea to fight the freezing weather.


After finishing the tea, I started to walk again headed for The Bridge of Peace. But along the way I guy approached and asked me if I would want a tour, a taxi or beautiful European girls. He mentioned that it will cost only 50gel for the entrance and 50gel for the girl. The price caught my attention and started talking to him. First impression of SANDRO (an alias) (+995 555 96 07 60) as what he said is his name, I felt that he is dependable and can be trusted, being a Georgian taxi/tour guide located in the famous tourist area in Old Tbilisi.

I took his number (+995 555 96 07 60) and told him that I need to take pictures of the bridge as I have planned. Before I walked away SANDRO asked me how much time it will take me. I said maybe an hour, then SANDRO told me to message him if I will encounter any problem while taking pictures. A sign, for me, that SANDRO has a heart for tourist/strangers.

Approximately it took me more than an hour of taking pictures, and because I gave my word to SANDRO that I will be back after an hour, I messaged him that I needed more time. He messaged back that he was just in the same area waiting for me.

After the photo shooting, I went back to the MEIDAN PALACE where SANDRO first approached me. He wasn’t there so I messaged him asking where he was. After a minute of waiting I asked myself if I can trust SANDRO. By then I decided to go back to the SHAWARMA EATERY because I was hungry.
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Then SANDRO kept on calling me, I didn’t answer the phone as I was doubting SANDRO, but I did messaged him saying that I was just eating.

Then SANDRO kept on calling me, I didn’t answer the phone as I was doubting SANDRO, but I did messaged him saying that I was just eating.undefined

After eating I decided to go back to the MEIDAN PALACE and see SANDRO as I gave him my word and I also wouldn’t want to ruin his perception of the friendliness of my countrymen. As we talked about his friends and his concern about my welfare by way of saying where to eat delicious cheap food or what kind of SIM card is cheaper/better, and his story about my three countrywomen that he helped by letting them sleep with his family. My trust with SANDRO came back. Especially that we were talking about this club and the girls a few meters from the Georgian Police. And also, SANDRO is well known within the area by judging the people he was talking with. Seeing that, my trust in him grew.

He asked me to go inside his car where he then he told me again about the club where I just need to pay 50gel for the entrance and 50gel for a girl, which caught my attention. He also told me that he knows the manager of the club and he would talked to him and tell him that I was his friend and I will be safe.
We then walked inside the club, which is approximately 30meters to the MEIDAN PALACE. undefined

Once inside, SANDRO talked to the manager as he promised, but it was in Georgian language (I assumed) so I didn’t understand but I trusted SANDRO and the GEORGIAN PEOPLE that’s why I traveled to Georgia in the first place.
I took my wallet look for 50gel but couldn’t find so I gave the manager 100gel, which was witnessed by SANDRO. The manager accompanied me to the DANCE FLOOR while as SANDRO said enjoy then went out of the club. A security in the club searched me as a security protocol then took my camera bag and put it near the entrance door.

In the DANCE FLOOR, I was the lone guest and saw 3 girls, the two were sitting from my right side while the one that caught my fancy was dancing on the pole. One girl from the right side approached me and talked to me. After the girl, which caught my fancy, finished dancing I asked her to sit beside me. We talked briefly then she TALKED TO THE MANAGER (I assumed in Georgian language). Then suddenly I saw a small champagne being opened and poured in two glasses. At that time I assumed, because no one told me (I DIDN’T ORDER IT), that it was covered by the 100gel that I gave to the manager. The girl took one glass and have me drink from it.

The girl asked me if we could go to a PRIVATE ROOM, I asked her how much, she told me 500gel, I told her I don’t have money, she then asked me how much do I have, and I told her I only have 300 gel, then she said yes.
I paid the 300gel to the waiter, and proceeded to the private room with the girl for a LAP DANCE. I saw the manager brought the champagne in the PRIVATE ROOM. And while the girl was doing the LAP DANCE, I notice that she keeps giving me the glass for me to drink.

After the LAP DANCE in the PRIVATE ROOM, we went back to the main DANCE FLOOR, and talk briefly. While talking, the other girl who first sat beside me was pressuring me to give her money as a tip but I politely said no as I don’t have money for it and besides I already spent 400gel in the club (when my intention was to spend only 100gel). That time I decided to go out because the girl is getting creepy as she asked for money.
When I was about to leave I ask the security about my bag, but suddenly the manager told me to wait as he gets my bill. I was shocked and told the manager that I already paid, but then I thought that it could be some cover charge worth 50-100GEL that I needed to pay. I followed the manager in the bar to get the bill but when I saw the numbers in the bill, I GOT THE SHOCKED OF MY LIFE. I saw a 2,800GEL on the bill.
I told the manager I already paid but he persisted that I need to pay or I can’t go out of the club.
After a minute of discussion, security guys came and told me in a Threatening Voice that I need to pay the bill. I still persisted that I will never pay the 2,800GEL bill because I already paid beforehand.

The manager didn’t explain anything what’s in the bill or how it came to that total amount. For him I should pay whatever written on the bill.
Then came the scariest part, one of the three security guys came close to my face and told me to discuss the matter in the PRIVATE ROOM. I immediately said no, I want the discussion to happen in front of the bar so the other customers that are already seated in the Dance Floor can see me and that nothing will happen to me.
Then the security guy let me sit on the sofa near the entrance so that it will hide me from the view of the other guests.

This is where the threats and intimidation got so serious that I was very afraid, surrounded by the 3 big security guys and the manager. One security guy punched me in my shoulder twice and one near my neck, but it wasn’t a strong punch, I think it was a punch that serves as a warning, which I obviously realized that the seriousness if I don’t pay them.

But I still beg them that I don’t have that much amount and they would rather call the police or send me to the police station. I know I would feel safer with the Police than inside the club.
Then a strong punch to the shoulder that scared the hell out of me (rate of the punch is 6/10), which prompted me to pull out my wallet and showed them that I don’t have that much money.
I gave the security guy, which punched me, my Georgian money (approximately 250) and then gave him my Dirham money (approximately 1500). The security guy gave the Dirhams to the manager as he doesn’t know what kind of money it is, the manager said that it’s not enough to pay for the 2,800 bill.undefined

The security guy then took my wallet looking for more money, finding nothing, he took my cellphone and ask how much it was, at that moment I was thinking that I can’t afford to give them my phone because it’s very important to me. I also have my camera and GoPro that they can take from me.
I immediately conceded, out of fear from threat, intimidation, and bodily harm, I ask my wallet back gave them my CREDIT CARD because I know that there will be a paper trail to prove my point, if they took my camera and cellphone no one can testify that they took it from me.

They took my credit card, swiped it then asked me to sign it. I DIDN’T SIGN THE PAPER, WHAT I DID WAS WROTE THE WORDS “I’m a VICTIM” (I forgot exactly the complete word). I want the banks to know that I was forced through Threat, Intimidation and Bodily Harm to give them my Credit Card, because I might end up black and blue or without my phones and cameras if I didn’t do that.
After writing the words on the receipt, the security guy was forcing me out in the club immediately but I asked the money that they got from me. The security guy that has my Georgian money gave me it back (but not exactly sure if he gave the whole amount), but the manager who has my DIRHAM money (approximately 1,500DIRHAM) quickly went towards the Private Rooms then security people forced out of the club.


I immediately looked for the Police near the Meidan Palace and told them everything. The police told me to call 112 on my Georgian number and explain everything to the operator. After that the police told me to wait for the CRIME POLICE. While waiting, I texted Sandro (+995 555 96 07 60) and he wasn’t answering, then the police in the vicinity asked me if I can lead them to the club and the people who took my money, I quickly said yes hoping to go back to the club with the police, but nothing happened. undefined
Then came the CRIME POLICE, ask me what happened, then after telling them everything they asked me if can I lead them to the club and the people who took my money, I quickly said yes hoping to go back to the club with the police, but nothing happened also, but instead they brought me to the police station.
In the police station, maybe around 2:00am (Dec. 11, 2018) I have to wait for an interpreter for more or less 30 mins. Then when the interpreter came, I was asked to go to a room with the lady interpreter and four policemen where they interview me regarding the incident in the club. Then approximately 1 hour, I was led to another room, one policeman asked for my phone, then another policeman was typing in the computer for my statement with the help of the lady interpreter. After close to an hour I signed the paper and was told that I can go home, but I requested for the copy of my statement which they didn’t give. The policeman in-charge told me to come back on Dec. 12
I went back on Dec 12, but they told me that it will take more time for investigation and for the paper I needed.

*I wasn’t planning to go to a club, I was just sweet-talked by SANDRO because of the price of 50GEL entrance fee only. I was headed to take pictures of the bridge.
*On my first day in Georgia, I went to Old Tbilisi to change my money, one guy approached me to go to their strip club for 30GEL entrance fee but I didn’t go because I wasn’t sure about it. Only Sandro convinced me to go because I feel safe with him.
*I wasn’t drunk before I went to the club and after going out of the club.
*It wasn’t the case of ordering too much and I don’t’ have the money to pay. I pay first then get what I wanted.
*This is serious case of deception, threats, intimidation, used of force, bodily-harm inside the club to get more money fraudulently. In any international law, this is illegal and shouldn’t be rewarded.
*This is not only the issue of 2800GEL that they forced me to pay, THIS IS THE ISSUE OF THE MANAGER STOLE MY Dirhams (+/- 1500)
*After I came home from the police station, I searched the internet and found the same SCAM BILL in GEORGIA.
* I know going to this type of club is morally wrong, but not illegal. But SCAMMING a PERSON then forcing me to pay through threats, intimidation, harassment, bodily-harm IS IMMORAL AND ILLEGAL.
*The Sweet-Talking Sandro (+995 555 96 07 60) is nowhere to be found doesn’t answer my messages.
*CCTV can prove me that I’m telling the truth and Sandro is lying. The CCTV in the Shawarma eatery, the shop where I bought my t-shirt, the Bridge of Peace and the MEIDAN PALACE will prove that I’m saying is the truth.
*SANDRO IS PART OF THE SYNDICATE. Before there was a lot of calls from Sandro before I met him, but now after the incident he didn’t answer my messages.