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11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Full Story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-805774

He suggested card users erase or cover three-digit CVC security codes at the backs of their cards for safety.

Yes, mutilate your cards. Erase the 3 digit CVC on the card. Such a professional suggestion.

While you're at it, erase your signature too and maybe cut the card in half. Store them in separate locations.

12 minutes ago, grain said:

Yes, exactly, and the reason why I far prefer to eat in "proper" vegetarian restaurants and not just regular places that will do meatless dishes. Also I hate garlic in my food and that's another great thing about the Thai/Chinese vegetarian food that isn't cooked with garlic.

Are you my long lost twin? I ask because not only am I vegetarian but i too despise garlic. I actually have screen shots of "no garlic please" in various languages saved on my phone's photos app. Raw garlic is especially a no no for me, regardless of broken radio reminders about how healthy it is.

This can be quite challenging. I'm vegetarian and have had some very unappetizing experiences in the past. Ordered stir fried veggies and it came with small chunks of pork in it. When i re-ordered withOUT meat, they simply removed the meat from the first order and served it again. I know because they forgot to remove a piece of that pork. 

In Phnom Penh, I had a similar experience. Their concept of vegetarianism is, yes, food without visible meat or meat which can be seen. So much to my disgust, I was served soup with pork stock or fried rice with little bits of beef in it (they most likely prepared it for several guests and fished out the meat for my order). Grrrrrrr 

Politically biased and prejudiced ranking. 

Never surprises me. Authors and scorers are from a country obsessed with comparing their "perfect society" with other countries whilst shamelessly sweeping their domestic imperfections under the rug.

Give him and her Thai and British citizenship respectively. And a Guinness. 

6 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

Very sad and a hard lesson to learn.  Never go guarantor on anyone else's loan, ever.

Unless if done under duress, gunpoint with six (6, yes) plastic bags over your head, duct taped tightly around your neck while a certain owner of a Ferrari and a Lambo yells at you to SIGN THAT แม่งโคตร LOAN GUARANTEE NOW!!!!

19 hours ago, kiwikeith said:

So if you travel to LOS with a negative rt-pcr ,and a double jabba certificate, then when you leave you suddenly get a positive rt-pcr you  might not be allowed on a plane and in the case of NZ you would  have to go into MIQ, thats if you can get a booking as MIQ is booked out for months at present.

LOS negative rt-pcr double jabba positive rt-pcr NZ MIQ

New dictionary words

4 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

Number of vaccinations, or% of popularion? What is the minimum? 

Criteria is based on total number of non-Karens even if there is a risk of Karens refusing to be vaccinated.

Do it and you'll live to regret it.

45 minutes ago, Denim said:

No you didn't. 

 

You had the AZ vaccine. This article is about something different. This is about a shot of antibodies.

Completely different approach.

I see. No idea about those two. All i know is I got the jab and the vaccine ID is now reflecting it as a booster shot (3rd vaccine jab). The first two were Sinovac.

On 10/9/2021 at 1:04 PM, LarrySR said:

Gee, I hope thats not the same guy that promised to transfer $25 million into my account for an upfront fee of only $1,500. 

Still waiting...

Depends. Did you send the $1500 to Sukhumvit or to Lagos?

I just had this AZ shot yesterday. Feeling sick and feverish since last night. Pain in all 4 limbs and headache.

Banks will assess the risk associated with issuing credit cards to someone where the primary risk factor of absconding or defaulting is compounded by a secondary risk of the principal card holder's death. I'm sure this risk assessment system is encoded in their card management system. When issuing or re-issuing the card, there might be an age threshold which, if reached, would either flag the request or outright refuse to issue the card.

The age restriction could be overridden by perhaps talking to your bank and requesting for a collateralised card (i.e. a secured credit card).

On 10/9/2021 at 11:36 AM, Henryford said:

How can that happen instantaneously?

They have automated interlinked systems which processes multiple transfers successively. If GBP to GBP is greenlighted, a separate system greenlights THB to THB.

Many people believe that skimmers are mainly a problem in the United States, where some ATMs still do not require more secure chip-based cards that are far more expensive and difficult for thieves to clone. However, it’s precisely because some U.S. ATMs lack this security requirement that skimming remains so prevalent in other parts of the world.

Mainly for reasons of backward compatibility to accommodate American tourists, a great number of ATMs outside the U.S. allow non-chip-based cards to be inserted into the cash machine. What’s more, many chip-based cards issued by American and European banks alike still have cardholder data encoded on a magnetic stripe in addition to the chip.

Source: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/02/checkout-skimmers-powered-by-chip-cards/

There you have it. The reason for and source of this lucrative crime. The incorrigibility of that particular country's banking system.

On 10/7/2021 at 2:29 AM, DaveE13 said:

Could always borrow off the police colonel who nicked money from the state warehouse 

Or from the recently arrested lady with cute flip flops who nicked 47 mil (what a coincidence) from a naive US company. 

I have a feeling her role was that of a mule or an intermediary. She was probably offered a couple of thousand baht in exchange for using her account to receive the wired funds. By the time an investigation is under way, the principal fraudsters would have partied til they dropped in Lagos.