Ukranian skimmers stealing from Phuket people bought 18 million baht houses

[maximillian]

3 hours ago, Destiny1990 said:

By now they dont own either the land or the house..

 

3 hours ago, Destiny1990 said:

Yes they can own houses! They just can't own the land!!!

 

Who can I contact, I would like to rent one of these houses ? 

Shouldn't be too expensive.

10k/month can help their lot in jail a little easier.

[Tchooptip]

5 hours ago, transam said:

BKK bank provides an SMS message service to tell you instantly of credits and ATM withdrawals on your account, 15bht a month...

Krungsri too, it works instantly when I withdraw money almost at the same very second money is in my hand I ear a little "ding" in my telephone.

As you "said" 

[Ks45672]

5 hours ago, Destiny1990 said:

Not the brightest bunch to invest their ill gotten gains into houses they can’t own and nearly impossible to resell..

When you are making more money than you can spend each day, even irrational purchases probably will seem sensible.... Especially as the alternative is living in a condo with boxes of cash stacked up to the ceiling

[Ks45672]

1 hour ago, impulse said:

 

Every time you hand it to a waitress to pay your bill, they can swipe it and get the security number from the physical card.

 

Scrape  off the 3 digit code in the back (ccv) 

After memorising it

 

[Tchooptip]

1 hour ago, todlad said:

it is worrying that they know the 3 digit code. how about your online password?

 

last year I was just checking into my hotel in Singapore and they said my card declined ... I only maintain one card. my bank told me some bellender had guessed or bought my card number and tried to buy some very low value items. after three failed attempts at guessing my codes the bank blocked AND cancelled my card. 

I carry odds and ends of currencies with me but until I could get my replacement card here, moving around was a bit tense. anything unplanned for and I was sunk.

Of course, these thieves couldn't care less about the likes of us!

Never ever did I buy online in Thailand with this HSBC card on my main account, but on a few websites I know yes I buy online for years, two weeks before. BUT... I bought a juicer in Thailand with this card...and of course, I gave my 3 back numbers too, HSBC sent me a one time code by SMS for authenticating my purchase,  someone in this company was bound to see all these numbers of my card... One week later this happened, of course, it could only be a coincidence ???  To answer your question thoroughly, my passwords are rather complicated I make a long sentence very easy to understand for me and use the first letter or number of each word, then in my computer in my notes I could write which sentence for which site, The sentences I never/cannot forget are written nowhere. It could be:  I was born in London England in the 20th century. So password:    "IwbiLEit20tc."  Probably far from perfect for perfectionist geeks but OK for me

[geisha]

Surely, they can invent ATM machines that are impossible to scam? 

[Tchooptip]

" Police advised ATM users in Phuket to check machines carefully before withdrawing cash."

Why on earth would the banks do that regularly not to say every day, at least each time when distributors are recharged in banknotes?

[stevenl]

21 minutes ago, geisha said:

Surely, they can invent ATM machines that are impossible to scam? 

I presume so, yes, but that would also include security that would be too much for many people.

 

It is not the ATM being scammed, it is the people.

[dinsdale]

New house for you buddy with lots and lots of house room mates.

[Lingba]

10 hours ago, cedel said:

Please put those scumbags in a thai jail and for long time ! Fed up about reading all the scammers and criminals from the earth always go to Thailand and live luxury life with the money stolen from honest people working hard for it ! 

and hopefully they won't be allowed to buy themselves out

[Lampang2]

put the damn chip on the card, and be done with it.

 

cheap banks.

 

[The Theory]

“We always go inside the bank to withdraw money.  Can't get conned there. People are lazy and love their plastic money cards."

 

I wished if banks were open 24 Hr. 

But I don’t keep big fund in my ATM account for security. 

[off road pat]

12 hours ago, Borzandy said:

The skimmers are welcome in Thailand.

No they are not,...read this article! this one was caught !!! and his accomplices are wanted.

[off road pat]

5 hours ago, maximillian said:

 

 

Who can I contact, I would like to rent one of these houses ? 

Shouldn't be too expensive.

10k/month can help their lot in jail a little easier.

The Police chiefs are living in them from now on!!!

[off road pat]

I would suggest that he may be enjoying the cuisine at Bang Kwang (Bangkok Hilton) for a very long time. and be re-accommodated to the most humble room.!!!

[IamNoone88]

Makes me wonder how these people can even stay here since 2014!! 

[bristolgeoff]

they were caught that is a good thing,when he is locked up i wonder if the house will be sold off and who will end up with it.someone high on the totem pole maybe

[Ks45672]

7 hours ago, IamNoone88 said:

Makes me wonder how these people can even stay here since 2014!! 

Arrive 

Overstay 

Easy 

[MyFriend You]

23 hours ago, todlad said:

Interesting. Serious questions how do you know it's working ... does it beep or send a message or what? how often has it warned you?

My SCB warns me by SMS whenever a withdrawal over a certain amount of baht is made, as well when my account has been accessed on-line.

 

[free123]

On 6/12/2018 at 8:43 AM, Destiny1990 said:

Not the brightest bunch to invest their ill gotten gains into houses they can’t own and nearly impossible to resell..

thieves and criminals are certified idiots...

[chang1]

5 hours ago, car720 said:

Your basic premise is sound of course but I believe that you have not considered the history in all of this.  Banks since the beginning have offered you money in return for allowing them to use your deposits.  Now they no longer wish to do this.  They explain that it costs them too much money to make money so therefore they need to charge you for your deposits.  Tell me if I have overlooked something.

You are right, due to very low interest rates and the tightening up of regulations about what they can invest in, they don't make as much as they used to on your money. Where I disagree with you is that by using words like leeching you imply that they should not charge you for the services that they provide for you. A bit like saying Tesco or the corner store are leeching off you and so should sell groceries for the same price that they pay. 

In the UK we are encouraged to change banks to get better value for money. This is the best way to keep banks from over charging. The problem is people are lazy so don't change often enough.

[ardokano]

On 6/12/2018 at 6:41 AM, cedel said:

Please put those scumbags in a thai jail and for long time ! Fed up about reading all the scammers and criminals from the earth always go to Thailand and live luxury life with the money stolen from honest people working hard for it ! 

They stolen money from bankers.

Where is bankers honest hard working people?

?

You shall not charge interest on loans to your brother, interest on money, interest on food, interest on anything that is lent for interest. You may charge a foreigner interest, but you may not charge your brother interest, that the Lord your God may bless you in all that you undertake in the land that you are entering to take possession of it.

[DieterWiehe]

On 6/12/2018 at 6:41 AM, cedel said:

Please put those scumbags in a thai jail and for long time ! Fed up about reading all the scammers and criminals from the earth always go to Thailand and live luxury life with the money stolen from honest people working hard for it ! 

have purchased two houses . How Foreigners cant purchase Land in Thailand

[ardokano]

7 hours ago, DieterWiehe said:

have purchased two houses . How Foreigners cant purchase Land in Thailand

House!!! Not Land...

[transam]

7 hours ago, DieterWiehe said:

have purchased two houses . How Foreigners cant purchase Land in Thailand

You have a share in a Company business....?

[3NUMBAS]

give them hard labor for life

[ardokano]

17 minutes ago, transam said:

You have a share in a Company business....?

Its not yours if it 49%. And its illegal if Thai side not cower 51%.

[FNQ]

On 6/12/2018 at 8:32 AM, harrycallahan said:

Was sceptical reading this - how would it work? I see they scan for a Bluetooth transmitter which is often used in the skimmer. It's all good unless the scammers are happy to just retrieve the device which has details stored in memory. 

Down load and try ,is all i can offer.cheers

[NamKangMan]

 

Without blaming the victim/s.

 

It's been said before, and again, again, again, and again.

 

Main account is a "passbook account."  ATM account is just an account for ease of payment and / or withdrawal. Eg. Visa Card.

 

You move money from your passbook account, that has no ATM card attached to it, onto your account that has an ATM card attached to it.

 

Once you withdraw that money, even if your card was skimmed, there's about 100 baht left in the account, just to keep it open, until the next time you move money into it, 10 minutes before you withdraw.

 

This way, the skimmers do not have access to your main savings account through a card.

 

It's as simple as that.

[Panda13]

On 6/12/2018 at 8:46 AM, transam said:

But it didn't cost them anything...