Guyanese arrested over ‘magic’ bank note scam in Phuket

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Guyanese arrested over ‘magic’ bank note scam in Phuket

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

PHOTOS: Surachete Hakparn

 

A Guyanese man has been arrested in Phuket after the owner of a local language school reported a money scammer with an unusual scam.

 

The Immigration Bureau Chief Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn reports that they have arrested the Guyanese man named Abdul Kalam Azad Sattaur at a mansion in Phuket Town last Friday.

 

The arrest follows a Thai woman, the owner of a language school in Phuket, filing a report to the Thalang Police that a suspect used a fake Facebook and LINE account and claimed that he was an American man who had worked in Syria.

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/phuket/guyanese-arrested-over-magic-bank-note-scam-in-phuket

 

 

-- © Copyright The Thaiger 2019-03-25

[darksidedog]

From the full story: He told the woman that he will send a security box which contained blank papers and a special liquid that would turn the blank paper into bank notes when she added the special liquid.

And based on that she gave him 9 million Baht?

Some people are just too stupid to have money and it is no surprise when such people lose it.

[ezzra]

Now this is goes beyond stupid and she'll never see that money again, would be enough to make people learn? i doubt it very much, as the fraudster, i would make him drink his ' magic' liquid and see if he turn into a dollar...

 

[dabhand]

Ahh, the black money trick. Been going on for decades yet still plenty of greedy victims fall for it.

No sympathy for those who lose out on this scam.

[schlog]

Would love to know the owner of which school. All school owner who i know personally here on hkt would deserve lol.

[soalbundy]

How could anyone report this, the shame of falling for such stupidity should have made her tongue fall out.

[seahorse]

You couldn't make it up.

[sammieuk1]

Umm this must be a scam because the scammers have the ink and paper and want money to send it to print money that they could print themselves in the history of scams this maybe the only place left on earth to try it and it failed jail them for 25 years for lunacy ????

[soalbundy]

2 hours ago, darksidedog said:

From the full story: He told the woman that he will send a security box which contained blank papers and a special liquid that would turn the blank paper into bank notes when she added the special liquid.

And based on that she gave him 9 million Baht?

Some people are just too stupid to have money and it is no surprise when such people lose it.

She ought to be arrested as well for attempted banknote forgery

[LivinginKata]

That's the age old Nigerian money scam.

[madmitch]

Anyone else spot this?

 

PHOTOS: Surachete Hakparn

 

So if he's not in the photos he's taking them! Is there no end to this man's talents, especially that second photo where he must have used the self-timer!

Edited March 25, 2019 by madmitch

[atyclb]

6 hours ago, darksidedog said:

From the full story: He told the woman that he will send a security box which contained blank papers and a special liquid that would turn the blank paper into bank notes when she added the special liquid.

And based on that she gave him 9 million Baht?

Some people are just too stupid to have money and it is no surprise when such people lose it.

 

you dont understand "thainess"

[arithai12]

So who's the other guy in custody?

[Richard Kuklinski]

The Guyanese version of the sick buffalo scam.  ????

[Lingba]

she should be arrested for being so stupid

[lemonjelly]

It’s called the ‘wash-wash’ scam.... I’m surprised that people still fall for it.

[Classic Ray]

Why don’t I ever meet such rich, stupid women? I only ever get the ones cleverer than me and poor!

[The Theory]

There was an after midnight long commercial in CA TV channels in early 90s:

A guy was trying to convince people that by reading his book and using his business strategy can make thousands of $$$. “Buy” my book and you have chance to become a millionaire. ???????????? why he did not use his own book to become a millionaire and selling books !!!!

 

She did not think: 

If that ink does magic why he didn’t use it by himself and make millions ?!!! ????????????

[Inn Between]

Quote

 

Is this a remake of Dumb and Dumber?

 

Aren't you supposed to do this scam with anonymity, so that once the victim catches on that they're dumb, they can't send the police to your "mansion" to arrest you? 

[Happy Grumpy]

Bail of blank paper and the special ink already been accepted? 

[the guest]

Ah well just "like magic", he will be ending up in jail for a very long time. His tricks won't work in there that's for sure.

[Andre0720]

Believing without any facts to back it up hehe.

 

I really thought religions were the prize winners...

[observer90210]

Many elderly people in Europe have fallen for this scam,  that is used mostly by East European/Russian gangs.

Edited March 27, 2019 by observer90210

[Just Weird]

On ‎3‎/‎25‎/‎2019 at 2:59 PM, soalbundy said:

She ought to be arrested as well for attempted banknote forgery

Even if she got as far as doing that, soaking paper in some liquid is not illegal.