webfact Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Dane arrested over hotel-reservation scam By The Nation Tourist police have arrested a Danish man for allegedly running a fraudulent hotel-reservation website that cheated more than 400 European travellers out of an estimated Bt20 million. Tourist Police Bureau deputy commissioner Pol Maj Gen Surachet Hakpal announced on Wednesday that Jacob Holm Schultz, 43, had been arrested the day before at Nonthaburi’s Central West Gate shopping mall. Officers had a warrant issued by the Criminal Court on April 28 charging Schultz and five Thais with deceiving the public and violating the Computer Crime Act by posting false information online. Surachet said the warrant was requested after his bureau received complaints from a firm handling credit card payments and from several foreign tourists. They claimed that the website vacasianhotel.com had tricked tourists out of their money when they booked stays at Thai hotels. On arrival at their hotels, the tourists were told there had been no booking, forcing them to pay again for accommodation. Surachet said the website, which has been operating for more than two years, was registered by Secure System Co Ltd, a firm owned by Schultz. He alleged that the money collected through credit card payments went to the bank account of Chantee Lomsak, 36, who forwarded it to Schultz. He said Schultz had entered Thailand in September on a tourist visa. Police are hunting for the five alleged accomplices. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30329588 -- © Copyright The Nation 2017-10-18 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thaiwrath Posted October 18, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2017 He won;t be "bringing home the bacon" for quite a while ! 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post off road pat Posted October 18, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2017 (edited) Good work by the RTP,....I would suggest that he may be enjoying the cuisine at Bang Kwang for a very long time...555 Edited October 18, 2017 by off road pat 10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tubby johnson Posted October 18, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2017 Schultz? Not a very Danish surname. 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post observer90210 Posted October 18, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2017 Good job from the Royal Thai Police!! ..... Such scumbag cheats deserve no clemency. Who would appreciate having paid and reserved in advance to have their holiday ruined on arrival ? Their sentence should be harsh enough to serve as deterrrence for those with crooked minds who think Thailand is a safe haven for crime.... Lock up the cheat in Bangkok Hilton and no more Danish Butter Cookies for a while.... 15 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thechook Posted October 18, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2017 And this Chantee had no idea what was going on? 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Machiavelli Posted October 18, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2017 30 minutes ago, tubby johnson said: Schultz? Not a very Danish surname. It's a big world. 4 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kadilo Posted October 18, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2017 “Vacasianhotel.com “ good name likeSent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post InMyShadow Posted October 18, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2017 Greed! He could have left the country but no, like drug mules.. Just one more and I stop, promise.Enjoy your 3rd grade boiled rice, they are pretty harsh on fraudsters in Thailand! 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wakeupplease Posted October 18, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2017 vacasianhotel.com What is going on here this domain name has never been registered so therefor it never existed as a website Any idiot can check, except the BIB by the looks of things is this a bib scam? Try it yourself https://www.whois.com and https://www.domainhistory.net 3 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ExpatOilWorker Posted October 18, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2017 (edited) 3 hours ago, tubby johnson said: Schultz? Not a very Danish surname. 3,782 people have Schultz as surname in Denmark. The Germans must have left a few offspring when they invaded. Edited October 18, 2017 by ExpatOilWorker 1 1 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mark01 Posted October 18, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2017 As long as he pays enough, he'll be out in a week. 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cyberfarang Posted October 18, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2017 20 million baht in 2 years, that`s almost 1 million baht a month. WOW, one hell of a scam. As I have said; foreign criminals would not be able to operate in Thailand without the collaboration of Thais. In my opinion his Thai accomplices are the worse criminals of the bunch. 20 million baht, he won`t get off this one with a 500 baht fine and a slap on the wrist. The Dane has had his bacon. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post InMyShadow Posted October 18, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2017 The Thais will turn against him for either immunity or reduced sentence, depending on which canary sings first 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formaleins Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 If they spent as much time on catching criminals as they spend on their ridiculous "Power Point " presentations then I might agree that they did a good job. However, if you look at the expense and work that has gone into their little charade of professionalism with their stupid presentation, then to me these idiots are just wasting money. We need to see more people that have been ripped off being flown over to Thailand to have them point at the defendant, only then will justice have been served! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny Karlsson Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 5 hours ago, tubby johnson said: Schultz? Not a very Danish surname. But Holm is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiWai Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Any news on the 10000 I lost on Kaidee? Hello...anyone....<crickets chirping> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wakeupplease Posted October 18, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2017 5 hours ago, observer90210 said: Good job from the Royal Thai Police!! ..... Such scumbag cheats deserve no clemency. Who would appreciate having paid and reserved in advance to have their holiday ruined on arrival ? Their sentence should be harsh enough to serve as deterrrence for those with crooked minds who think Thailand is a safe haven for crime.... Lock up the cheat in Bangkok Hilton and no more Danish Butter Cookies for a while.... Can you enplane to me how this website that has never been online as it has never been registered took money on line for hotel rooms Something is very wrong here. It takes 30 seconds to check and I did, you can buy the name right now. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvavin Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 I believe police in this police station is having very high interest in this case after the 20 million baht was mentioned! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiWai Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 2 hours ago, Kadilo said: “Vacasianhotel.com “ good name like Thank you for your inquiry. Would you like to make a rezervayshun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakeupplease Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 (edited) 3 minutes ago, wvavin said: I believe police in this police station is having very high interest in this case after the 20 million baht was mentioned! Someone needs to phone those cops and tell them to buy the website name, its on offer now and never been registered. Register this domain for $9.88 Edited October 18, 2017 by wakeupplease 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gk10002000 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 It's a fairly easy scam to do. But time catches up with it as the complaints roll in. As is often the case the fraudster keeps it going too long and gets caught instead of folding up the tent and moving on. No sympathy here. messing with somebody's vacation is really nasty. People save and save and look forward to smooth sailing then run into this crap. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 6 hours ago, webfact said: vacasianhotel.com Even if you don't see it as a registered domain , it could have been redirected to an existing website. It's not unusual for scammers to redirect websites . 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chrisinth Posted October 18, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted October 18, 2017 1 hour ago, wakeupplease said: vacasianhotel.com What is going on here this domain name has never been registered so therefor it never existed as a website Any idiot can check, except the BIB by the looks of things is this a bib scam? Try it yourself https://www.whois.com and https://www.domainhistory.net Looks like it might be a bit of phishing as the guy was hosting on his own Secure System Co Ltd: "Surachet said the website, which has been operating for more than two years, was registered by Secure System Co Ltd, a firm owned by Schultz." Again, possibly not a .com but a .co.xx.................. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 10 minutes ago, chrisinth said: Again, possibly not a .com but a .co.xx.................. That's very likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakeupplease Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 8 minutes ago, chrisinth said: Looks like it might be a bit of phishing as the guy was hosting on his own Secure System Co Ltd: "Surachet said the website, which has been operating for more than two years, was registered by Secure System Co Ltd, a firm owned by Schultz." Again, possibly not a .com but a .co.xx.................. Its not a .com for sure as all .com's are registered in the same place and easy to check and you cannot divert if you do not have the name to start with But police say its a .com so what do they know as usual nothing as far as the web is concerned as I can vouch for. The guy will walk free if they carry on with that name, and that is a real shame as those who use the web and con people should go down. Last thought, it was not a FB scam using the name was it? Now thats a possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacknorman Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 2 hours ago, wakeupplease said: vacasianhotel.com What is going on here this domain name has never been registered so therefor it never existed as a website Any idiot can check, except the BIB by the looks of things is this a bib scam? Try it yourself https://www.whois.com and https://www.domainhistory.net it not work the historysearch, i tried several of my domains it say no record or its only the new owners name 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 (edited) In this country it seems you can murder, wave a gun about, rape, commit violent acts, fraud and bribery with impunity, but God help you if you mess with anything tourist related ! Well done RTP anyhow, i'm sure the TAT bonus is in the post Edited October 18, 2017 by RichardColeman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakeupplease Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 (edited) 5 minutes ago, jacknorman said: it not work the historysearch, i tried several of my domains it say no record or its only the new owners name No history means no record Try these https://www.whois.com For .com https://whois.icann.org https://uk.godaddy.com/whois But .co.th Try http://whois.marcaria.com/domain-whois/asia/Thailand-domain-TH Or pm your names and I will give you owners in a few mins. Edited October 18, 2017 by wakeupplease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 (edited) His company registered in Thailand is Net Secure System Co Ltd, with office address in Bangkok. website is in English : www.netsecure.co.th This guy seems to be some kind of IT security guy so he probably knows all the tricks in the book. Edited October 18, 2017 by balo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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