[Cappy]

Paris isn't that bad. Their are certainly grifters but they are easy enough to avoid. The most popular grift last time i was there was the "three card monty" games going on around tourist sites. If you aren't a sucker they don't bug you.

EDIT: also, alot of scammers rely on the fear of getting into trouble if the scammer went to the police and the inability to speak the language. This is not an issue in Paris as, sorry to say, most scammers are Roma or Algerians, and French Police (French in general) are not kind to these scammers.