JetsetBkk

I was thinking more along the lines of the scammer wanting payment to "fix" my phone, so that the Wi-Fi started working again. Clearly it didn't work with me because I saw the problem in the "Wi-Fi settings. But maybe it would work with less knowledgeable people. But it was weird - and scary - that the Wi-Fi stopped immediately after I got the two SMS messages and then tapped on the bit.ly link.

I just got two SMS Messages in Thai language that had 150,000 baht mentioned and my bank, and a "bit.ly" link. It also showed a Thai telephone number - the sender of the message. Two of these identical messages arrived within seconds. On my mobile, I tapped the bit.ly link and "No Internet Connection" was reported by Chrome. I tried the Adblock browser - same result. Twitter also could not retrieve tweets. Then a third identical message arrived. I blocked the number. I took snapshots of the messages so I have a record of the bit.ly link and the Thai telephone number. I then rebooted my mobile and went into Settings and found that the Wi-Fi was turned off. I turned Wi-Fi on and it now appears to be working normally. Is it possible for a web site to turn off your mobile's Wi-Fi? I'm thinking that the bit.ly link that I clicked on went to a website initially, which then turned off the Wi-Fi. Maybe the message was to extract 150,000 baht from me? I also went to the bit.ly link on my W10 PC, probably a stupid thing to do, and a "Line" app QR code appeared that asked to be scanned in order to add someone as a friend. I didn't do that. My IPTV worked OK while this was going on while my phone had no internet connection. So it just affected my mobile. I can provide images of the bit.ly link with the telephone number, if it helps. Edit: I also have a picture of the Line QR code.

Yes, I can't think what else it can be. You write posts like a nice bloke. I can't think why the Immi guys should give you a hard time. ???? And today I went for my latest 90 day report - probably my 80th report, all told. The only problem I had was the idiot tourist who decided to stop his car on the black and yellow striped "No Waiting" area in the "Drive Thru" lane. A couple of short beeps on my pickup's horn got him shifted. Next report date: 1st Jan 2023. I wonder if they're open then?

I didn't realise you were in Phuket! (I know it says so under your name - I just forgot to check until now.) I've been to Phuket Immi ... checks old passports ... 18 times for my O-A renewal. Never a problem, never used an agent.

Much appreciated! ????

I've been getting adverts from Expressvpn on my phone. I've not had problems yet with my IPTV provider, but it's cheap enough just to get it anyway. Is there anything I have to do to get it to work with my Android box? I don't want to screw things up.

According to my Thai friend (at time 0:35), even monitor lizards are eaten.

Ditto - both about the same ages, both connected to a "Magicsee N5" Android box. But the last couple of days, 3BB has had a problem providing the IPTV signal. The TV would pause and continue between 10 and 30 seconds. But this morning, after 10:30am, it started working normally. The IPTV company said it was a 3BB problem and I believe them.

Good to know that my "IPTV PROVIDER COMPANY" sent me a "good example"! ????

I disagree. He made a joke about Amazon and said "IPTV" instead of "IPTV provider". There are people who live outside the "tech" world.

Yes, "Ugh", they are so ugly. Here's a really violent bunch fighting! Or is it just friends having a "rough and tumble", and totally ignoring the farang with the camera... This vicious dog even gave me a kiss... When they're young, they do like to play... Until it's time for bed... So, as well as dogs and puppies, there are also birds... And more puppies (eating my food)... And some really nasty looking lizards... Not all the monkeys are the same... But when it's hot, there's only one place to be... This was a nice trip down memory lane. I see from Google Earth that the hill is open again - new pictures are from this year - so I'll be going again very soon.

The place must've changed since I stopped going there when Covid started. I used to feed the dogs and monkeys 2 or 3 times a week when I walked up from the car park near the small temple to Channel 3 at the top. The dogs I fed 8 years ago must've grown up to be so vicious. They certainly weren't a problem when I went there.

Thanks for the "heads-up", Lop. What a relief! ???? Edit: Earlier today, my Krung Thai bank would not let me print current account statements if I changed the "From" date to the beginning of the month. Now it works. ????

Same for me - the sub menu starts to appear as soon as I type the first letter "o", and gets refined as more letters are added. But clicking on any of those items gives the "No results" response. With Firefox, I also have to log in using the emailed Security Verification, and the sub menu appears the same way as in Chrome, BUT the items work and I get a page of results.

I get: We’re Sorry… We seem to have lost this page but we don’t want to lose you BACK TO HOMEPAGE

I get "No results" after clicking that link.

The search function works on Firefox! But I still have to pass the Security Verification test to log in.

And there's more... I just tried to download a file that I uploaded to Drive last year. A link appeared (sorry, I didn't do a screen capture) so I clicked it: So I did that - added drive.google.com to the sites that can use third party cookies - and downloads now work. Is this another Windows Update effect?

I'm thinking that the recent Windows Update has changed the way my PC talks to Lazada's website, and that their website has not been updated to allow this change to work correctly. So the "Security Verification" (which has probably always been there) is now invoked by Lazada's website because their website can't verify/remember who I am. Their website needs updating, I believe. AliExpress, on the other hand, still works fine. Maybe they've already updated their website in preparation for whatever the Windows Update has done, or maybe their website doesn't do the "Security Verification" process at all, and lets anyone log in.

While checking the post above, my Windows 10 computer froze. I couldn't scroll the page, so I ran Process Explorer from SysInternals. I wanted to kill Chrome. Process Explorer started OK, then froze. So I tried to shutdown. The Start button did nothing - no "Shutdown" appeared. As there was no disk activity, I powered off, paused and then on again. It appears to be OK now. I wonder how much of this is due to yesterday's Windows update, or is it a pure coincidence that something serious - some hardware failure or software loop - just happened to my PC the day after the update.

So here's what I have to do now to login in: Now they don't even remember who I am: The SMS has never worked, so I choose the email method: The email arrives, in Thai (?): Enter the code on the web page before the 60 second timer expires: Yippee, I can log in! Of course, the search function still doesn't work:

Still thinking it.

This search term: "lazada spark plug all images" gives this: - a very long page, but unable to sort by price (that I have found).