Geoff914

Not my wife.

Couldn't agree more. When ever I have been on any sort of tour you pay up front, not at the end of the tour. Assuming this isn't BS of course.

What savings. Any I have are in long term ISAs. Anyway not my problem.

No the precedent has already been set. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/pounds-1-5m-hawk-attack-women-freed-1331285.html I might have been wrong on the plane stupid one. Seems they got suspended sentences so as good as getting off free.

Yes I wondered why the ones who sprayed paint on a plane are terrorists and these ones got off free. As did plane stupid when that invaded Heathrow and the women who smashed up Hawk jets at BAe Warton.

Ten not nine. AN needs to stop using the same incorrect news sources. Charged with ten counts of attempted murder. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gw96y01g8o

sell not tell.

I was referring to the American tourists she has had that tipped very well. Yes generally tipping isn't required in Thailand.

Probably mistranslation into English by a non medical person. Either way nothing to do with me. Let Slovak travel insurance take care of it. May be time to call the Slovak Embassy to sort out and not on social media with somebody who doesn't care.

Not the point. It is the end of the month and I was down to £20 (900 baht approx). So there was no 2000 baht to send to sort out the damned tourist's mishap anyway.

I have no idea. I have re-read the messages she was at the hospital after the crash then returned to her hotel. She was the re-called back to the hospital for some reason, the message was a bit garbled. That is how the story goes.

I think you missed the point I was making. It wasn't about me giving here 2000 baht. It was the fact that she is acting a guide from a group of tourists. She left them at the hotel at 8pm then she was on her own time. One of them gets a motor bike from some where and crashes it, breaks both legs and two ribs. If anybody is paying for her to go to the hospital to sort out the mess it is the tourists, not me. I suppose typical of some tourists. But from what she tells me the Chinese are by far the worst. Americans tip very well. Actually extremely well.

They seem to have managed well enough to hire a motor bike.

Well yes I am sure it is. I use the same password for every thing then for the pedantic ones that insist on a special character I just use the same special character every time. I then re-set the password to the one that I used before. So not a memory thing. The password reset then goes to my email address so I can't have used an old obsolete email address. I will see what happens next time and I will extra extra careful. I use Firefox but I don't see why that would be an issue.

No idea how far it was. This wasn't just any old hospital. It was the one the rider was taken to. And come back. But yes does seem a bit much.

Ask the Slovaks, they are the ones paying. They still get an organised tour I suppose.

What you say is true but surely just asking the sender if it was a legit transaction should suffice, may be a visit to a branch and provide ID. Leaving the sender without the ability to pay for anything and then need the recipient to provide proof of residence seems a bit daft. But as somebody said two posts up, transfer to Wise and they wouldn't bat an eye lid.

Transferring £1000 is hardly unusual nor does it suggest money laundering. And all the time they ignore far larger iffy transactions. The person concerned needs to lodge a complaint with the bank then after 8 weeks refer it to the Financial Ombudsman (who I think is actually a woman). I fail to see the reason to freeze an account with all the problems and implications that entails. They can simply block that transfer not freeze the account, then put the onus on the recipient to get the account unfrozen. They may be thought the person had been sucked into a scam but I still don't see the need to freeze the account. How are they supposed to survive without access to the account?

Not really. I don't care so wont bother.

Talking of scams did people see this https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70jz8e00g1o "The US Treasury Department has confiscated about $14bn (£10.5bn) worth of bitcoin that it says is linked to him"

She did mention two days ago that she had some Slovak tourists and none of them spoke English so I think at least that bit is true. Scam or the truth is irrelevant, she is getting nothing.

It is a relatively small amount to scam for. Just come up with a better excuse and scam a larger amount. She did mention the Slovak crashing the motor bike earlier in the evening. It was a few hours later that it seems she has gone to the hospital. If that is what has actually happened.

Exactly my thought. If she doesn't have the taxi fare meet her outside the hospital and pay for the taxi. My thought as well that 2000 something else was going on

Too bloody right. Not her problem and certainly not mine.

Pathetic reason for a scam if it is a scam. Why would I care about somebody who rented a motor bike and crashed it. I wouldn't help another British person let alone somebody from the EU.