Dr PP you are right. We should share more of our experience of misfortune here, to help other fellow members to beware of all scams like these. The following is what I have experienced in Shanghai near Nanjing Lu as well.
Me and my colleague were there last week on business trip. In the late evening after a heavy business dinner, we decided to take a walk down along The Bund for some fresh air. A young chinese lady approached us and started a very friendly conversation, and offer to bring us to a nearby place that she knows around Nanjing Lu for a couple of beers and we can check out some shanghai chicks there. We agreed and we have a short walk followed her to the place she mentioned, it is a KTV & Pub. And she introduce us to the manageress of the outlet and call a few waiteress to serve us. I was very caution about the charges and requested to see the price list, and we were told that as long as you consume drinks the room is free of charge. And the chicks we tip them separately according to our likings. If later we would like some massage service from the chick it can be arrange at RMB100 for normal massage, RMB300 for massage with full service and overnight service at your hotel till 12noon the next day for RMB500. So before we proceed any further, we was assured that there's no other hidden charge. We have a look a the drinks price, and it was reasonable. So we agreed and proceed to select our girl. Six girl came in our room, and there's two of them about 7-8 rating so we ask for them. And my colleague is a bit excited about it wanted to go for the overnight option, so we told the manageress that we decided to go for the overnight service. The manageress then mentioned that we need to sign some papers for the safety of the girls before we leave for the hotel, and ask us to wait while they prepare the paper. She then ask whether we want any drinks while waiting. We refused, then she mentioned that the outlet did not make any money on the service we required as we are paying directly to the girls, she then ask whether can we just buy a drink there as the outlet need some business to survive. After hearing that, just to show some support, we agreed to have a beer just before we go. Within seconds, we were served. Our girls were with us all the while, the manageress then suggest instead drinking alone can we buy a drink for our girls. As a gentlemen how can you refuse, at the same time how much could a drink cost, so we agreed. As usual the drinks were serve within seconds, it was whisky that these girls ordered. We chat for a while and it starts to warm up and the girls began to be naughty too touching and rubbing all over our private places which get us so excited. We wanted to leave immediately to head back to our hotel. But the manageress keep saying that they are still preparing the papers to buy more time while the 2 girls keep ordering more and more glasses of whisky. At this point, we feel that something is not right as the whisky glasses were all over the table and I counted, there were 15 glasses ordered all together within 20 minutes. And we put a stop to it and ask for the bill, to our horror the damage was RMB5850 and it state that 30 portions of whisky which cost RMB160 per portion. I argue with the manageress and she said she is manageress of the girls not in-charge of the F&B and then call the F&B manger to talk to us. A guy came in a said that each glass consist of 2 portions of whisky and said if we required he is willing to prove that each glass consist of 2 portions of whisky by bring the measurement cup. At this point it's very clear that it's a scam and we just wanted to settled the bill and leave as soon as possible. So I give them my creditcard asking to settle the bill, and the F&B manager said them don't accept creditcard. And we were force to draw cash from ATM as we were escorted to a nearby ATM to draw cash to settle the bill.
While we were drawing cash at the ATM. We also saw some other foreigners being escorted there to draw cash to settle their bills. And they are not in the same outlet as us. So fellow members, please beware of this type of scam when you are in Shanghai, it is everywhere in Nanjing Lu area.