Like any city that attracts tourism, Beijing also has its scams, especially in areas where foreign tourists are abundant. The most common ones are taxi drivers who don’t turn on the meter (the majority of these are out front of the Silk Market), counterfeit 100 Yuan bills (never let them leave your sight when you are paying in case they switch them out), students who invite you to drink tea with them which turns out to have an exorbitant cost (these tend to be looking for their prey outside of Tiananmen square) or art students that “force” you to buy a piece of paper with your name written in Chinese for a fortune (similar to the tea scam).