bradiston

1 hour ago, balo said:

Back to Finland, then jump on another plane to Cambodia and continue his overstay, rinse and repeat. 

Or maybe change his name legally and get a new passport.  

And new fingers and new face.

Just now, BarBoy said:

MFP is what this country needs/voted for.

 

Not the Shin clan...

They would never have a majority in parliament nor anything like it. They would need to align with PT to really be a force in Thai politics. Then they could dispense with BJT, the Dems and all the old conservative military aligned parties.

12 hours ago, BarBoy said:

Let's hope they DO gain momentum and Tony and his corrupt family are finally removed from Thai politics once and for all!

Be careful what you hope for. The Shins are far preferable to the military. You may not like them but ....

23 hours ago, MrMuddle said:

Apparently Nationwide are now asking account holders to confirm their personal details, such as home address, phone number etc. Will they / any other UK Bank allow British citizens who live in Thailand to have accounts with them? Any recommendations for UK Banks that accept Brits who live in Thailand?
Thanks for any replies.

I was recently contacted by Nationwide as I haven't touched my UK account in years. I explained I had moved abroad but they weren't interested. They still had a UK mailing address for me and that's all that seemed to matter. I'd forgotten all my login details but eventually managed to log in and discovered I had a very small amount in the account. But now they've started emailing me again about the absence of any activity on my account. I guess I'll take the money out or top it up just to keep them happy.

On 12/16/2024 at 10:04 PM, Liverpool Lou said:

The victim did not go to Cambodia, nor open a mule account!

Yes, I've already responded to that.

42 minutes ago, NativeBob said:

well, she is just ugly, she's also as dumb as bamboo. 

why those luk-krueng brads got titles? seriously - cow girl, this one is completely androgenic, back three years also some weird looking? 

Am I missing something?

 

1 hour ago, AlwaysThere said:

 

Hard to believe that nineteen people agreed with your ridiculous summary, mixing up one of the perpetrators with the victim.

 

Point taken. I've tried to unravel it further down.

7 hours ago, bradiston said:

All it does for me is to shine a spotlight on the increasing stupidity of the victims. At what point does an enormous red flag not get raised, causing you to figure something looks just a little sus? Illegal entry into Cambodia? Opening a mule account? Forcing you to transfer millions? Are these every day activities?

Seems I've misrepresented the facts of the case here. Initially, Parichat and her husband were involved, with them being conned into illegally entering Cambodia and her opening a (Thai?) bank account for which she was paid 3,500 THB. Why travel to Cambodia to do that? How do you open a Thai bank account from Cambodia? Why the elaborate sting with fake offices etc? What were the 20 Thais doing there?

The beauty queen runner up was then conned into transferring millions of THB into Parichart's account by somebody impersonating a DSI representative claiming there were suspicious transactions on her account, but if she shelled out 4m THB everything would be ok and she would get the money back eventually, but never did. So she goes to the police. Right?

2 arrests for illegal entry, 9 overstays, 4 red notices, 5 drug busts, 79 scammers. Evenin' all.

All these out of control crazies. Just use a tranquilizer dart and a lasso. Lasso first for restraint, then dart. Then it's a cup of water and rice porridge when you wake up the next morning in chokey, and on yer bike.

A bare bones Android TV box without any mods is surely legal. But once a streaming package is added, usually costing an annual sub, then I guess it gets iffy. The answer is, don't sell bundled software with the hardware 

What registration department, where?

3 hours ago, pomchop said:

bit coin?  seems to be the favorite of mexican drug cartels...

I never thought of it!

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

The spectacularly heinous CCP have created a one-way street, products go out, money comes in, it is extremely difficult to export anything to China, and it's extremely difficult to pull wealth out of China.

 

This obnoxious government (who will eventually be deposed) really have the nation locked down and the people oppressed to an extreme degree. They express a mild degree of contentment due to the economic miracle, and the fact that the middle class has expanded fairly dramatically. But the number of issues that that nation faces are countless, and it's only a matter of time. 

Well, spider, I guess you can't please all of the people all of the time. The advances China has made in the last 30 years are spectacular, but, as you say, the CCP remains rooted in control and the continuation of their hold on power. But in a country of 1.6 billion, what are the alternatives? Democracy? The country would grind to a halt. Above all else I believe the Chinese love their country, and so sacrificing some personal liberties, abhorrent to us in the West, is not such a big deal there. China first!

Brian Thompson seems to have paid the price for his company's perceived refusal to pay out on numerous occasions. Anger is finally boiling over. "Deny", "Defend", "Depose", "Prior authorisation".

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2eeeep0npo

2 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Maybe 🤞

Yes, as you say, maybe. It's a risky business, insurance!

3 minutes ago, Thailand said:

They don't have to take their money out of China, simply do a deal with an entity in China they give them the Yuan ad the Thai end give them the baht.

I couldn't find an entity in Thailand willing to basically launder their money. I'm sure there are ways, but neither I nor the buyers were able to find one.

Just now, transam said:

I hope you never signed for anything........................😋

She was a very nice, very well educated, and presumably very well heeled, woman but married. I used to encounter her and her friend in the sauna in Sands Spa bottom of Soi 5 Pratamnak. Stopped going there some time ago.

3 minutes ago, Pattaya57 said:

No, I reviewed the T&C's thoroughly and these 3 year exclusions are not there (the 2 year prostate exclusion was there). I talked to a broker and he was shocked by the exclusions I received, until I said that I told them I had 15-20 light beers a week.

I have afib (irregular heartbeat) and wrlife put a 2 year moratorium on it. Right now, I'm completely covered. Age 74.

2 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

The Chinese are very clever and they have many different work around systems setup to own land and houses here, and from what I hear real estate prices in major cities like Shanghai and Beijing are completely out of control. 5 to 10 times what they're paying in big cities here with exception of Bangkok. 

I had Chinese buyers interested in my house when I was selling a few years ago. But getting money out of China was almost impossible. I had contacts in Dubai and Hong Kong. Even for them, it was an extremely dodgy affair and neither would touch it.