Travel maniac

Walking down the steps of a church in Paris and we've been told to watch out for people who grab your wrist to tie bracelets around them and make you pay. As we're walking down, we see this black guy and we put our hands in our pockets and as we walk by (I'm with my friend and her mom) he says "Don't worry mama, we won't take them back to Africa." WE GOT OUT OF THERE SO FAST. Two people on that tour ended up getting tied with bracelets. One said "I'm not paying" and the guy flipped his sht on him and he just left.