The Milk Scam

If you plan to walk around the Havana Vieja you ought to be prepared for this scam

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In all simplicity, you’ll be asked to buy some powder milk for a milk-starving child.

You’ll be approached by

  • a mother with a little child on her arms,
  • a mother with a picture of a child or
  • a woman starting the conversation with:
    “This is not about money…”
You'll encounter the Milk Scam in the streets around Museo de Bellas Artes!

Now, this “no-money-scam” will cost you at least 10-15 CUC and chances are that the powder milk will be sold back right after you leave the milk-store.

Just think of it.

If the woman succeeds only once a day, she’ll still be earning 10 times more than a surgeon!