British tourist swindled into paying £1,500 for kebab on popular beach

British tourist swindled into paying £1,500 for kebab on popular beachA brazen scammer allegedly charged a British tourist a staggering £1,500 for a kebab - and police near Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeirom said the man was arrestedNewsElizabeta Ranxburgaj20:46, 15 Apr 2026View 2 ImagesA British holidaymaker was charged £1,500 for a kebab (stock image)(Image: Getty Images)An unsuspecting tourist was hit with an eyewatering £1,500 charge for a kebab on a hugely popular tourist beach.A scammer was arrested on the world famous Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after he and another person allegedly changed the price on a payment terminal and overcharged the victim by a staggering amount. The Brit reportedly ended up paying £1,480 (10,000 reais) for the meaty treat that should have set her back just £15 (100 reais). Police said the machine was allegedly tampered with and ended up charging the victim a much higher price than what she was told.This comes as a wave of brazen conners have hit the popular Brazilian beaches in shallow attempts to swindle visitors. Brazilian police, in a statement, said: "We have arrested a criminal that carried out a card machine scam against a British female tourist in Copacabana."View 2 ImagesThe woman was reportedly swindled on the world famous Copacabana beach(Image: Getty Images)The detained man was reportedly part of an organised fraud scheme that targeted foreigners, mostly in Rio's famous Ipanema and Copacabana areas, according to O Globo.The head of Rio's tourist police, Patricia Alemany, said her team (named DEAT) were working to find and detainee the people trying to con tourists out of their money, she told the Brazilian site.She said: "DEAT has been repeatedly arresting these criminals. However, there is no oversight of street vendors on the beach, which creates an environment of public disorder and greatly facilitates this type of crime."Another woman was charged nearly £3,000 (20,000 r...