1 minute ago, kingofthemountain said:

No offense but your ''friend'' has borrowed recently something from you?

(Usualy money but can also be expensive items)

Yep he did. So he went missing to steal?

Sad that a 1st post has to be so worrying.

4 minutes ago, Thian said:

Phone switched off means i don't want to be contacted...or empty battery/broken phone....and you know what happens around patong right? With all those girls and lookalikes?

he's using a new phone... Understand what's happening in Patong, but to be incommunicado like that all of a sudden...

1 minute ago, Denim said:

Sad that a 1st post has to be so worrying.

it is worrying, to me at least. Because he's a friend.

6 minutes ago, HarryHusky said:

Yep he did. So he went missing to steal?

You said you were leaving tomorrow so does he need to return or pay before you leave?  

1 hour ago, Thian said:

Solly, i thought it was a new mall in BKK...for phuket i would check patpong...and call him in an hour again, guess his phone was empty or the massage is over.

There is no Patpong in Phuket! Its in Bangkok. Stop giving useless advice which only betrays your ignorance!

1 hour ago, HarryHusky said:

I really don't. I go to Thailand every month for work. Like I said, I live and work in Malaysia

How much is short time in Malaysia?

12 minutes ago, HarryHusky said:

Yep he did. So he went missing to steal?

Yep

it's a clasic here

sorry but you have probably been conned

how much was the loan?

11 minutes ago, HarryHusky said:

it is worrying, to me at least. Because he's a friend.

How many years have you known him?

1 hour ago, HarryHusky said:

I really don't. I go to Thailand every month for work. Like I said, I live and work in Malaysia

Where do you work? Thailand or Malaysia?

Just now, sunnyboy2018 said:

Where do you work? Thailand or Malaysia?

I work in Malaysia. I go to Thailand a lot for business trips

4 minutes ago, kingofthemountain said:

Yep

it's a clasic here

sorry but you have probably been conned

how much was the loan?

Well, I don't think he's conning me. He's a foreigner, makes more money than I do. 

11 minutes ago, lopburi3 said:

You said you were leaving tomorrow so does he need to return or pay before you leave?  

yes, I'm leaving tmrow. Technically he does need to pay me, but doesn't have to be before I leave. We see each other often.

1 minute ago, HarryHusky said:

Well, I don't think he's conning me. He's a foreigner, makes more money than I do. 

There is crooks everywhere and from all countries

from where his money come from? Have you been at his workplace

and seen his bank account book or is just based on his words?

Just now, kingofthemountain said:

There is crooks everywhere and from all countries

from where his money come from? Have you been at his workplace

and seen his bank account book or is just based on his words?

I've seen his bank accounts. Spoke to his friend in the US. We're very close.

3 minutes ago, HarryHusky said:

yes, I'm leaving tmrow. Technically he does need to pay me...

Yes it's probably the only thing you can be sure of, technically or not.

1 minute ago, kingofthemountain said:

Yes it's probably the only thing you can be sure of, technically or not.

Agreed, sounds fishy.

5 minutes ago, HarryHusky said:

I've seen his bank accounts. Spoke to his friend in the US. We're very close.

so how much was the ''loan''?

Usualy more the scam is elaborate and take time

(Here 1 year was necessary with all the network to put in place

with fake friends, money in bank and so on) and more the sum is high

 

The red light alert must be ''why on earth someone having more money than me has to borrow me money'' but of course they only have a good reason, and they are very professional acting in the best way at the best moment, and the victim is trapped.

2 minutes ago, kingofthemountain said:

so how much was the loan?

Usualy more the scam is elaborate and take time

(Here 1 year was necessary with all the network to put in place

with fake friends, money in bank and so on) and more the sum is high

just a few hundred dollars. It's a phone. 

1 minute ago, HarryHusky said:

just a few hundred dollars. It's a phone. 

Sound very little, but who knows, i have seen guys doing stupid things

and acting in a miserable way for just some dollars,

Have you tried to contact his friends in the US?

If they do not answer also, at least you can stop your search.

2 minutes ago, kingofthemountain said:

Sound very little, but who knows, i have seen guys doing stupid things

and acting in a miserable way for just some dollars,

Have you tried to contact his friends in the US?

If they do not answer also, at least you can stop your search.

Have not, figured I'd just search for him myself. Will do that if he's been missing for more than 12 hrs. or before my flight tmrow

I'm asking for advices, and this isn't something I'd like to play with. I was reading up on news on what to do if someone missing in Thailand and saw a resource link for ThaiVisa. Also, yeah I can not to know about short time is, because like I said for the umpteenth time, I go to Thailand for work, not like y'all who goes to Thailand for a "short time". If you don't wanna offer advices, then don't. But don't downplay things that could've been serious. <snip>

Posts removed, Keep it civil please.

28 minutes ago, HarryHusky said:

I'm asking for advices, and this isn't something I'd like to play with. I was reading up on news on what to do if someone missing in Thailand and saw a resource link for ThaiVisa. Also, yeah I can not to know about short time is, because like I said for the umpteenth time, I go to Thailand for work, not like y'all who goes to Thailand for a "short time". If you don't wanna offer advices, then don't. But don't downplay things that could've been serious. <snip>

Has your friend somehow changed his behaviour? Could he be on drugs? Druggies are the best liars on this planet.

 

  Not trying to offend you, or your friend, but that sounds very fishy. He wasn't in the toilet, his phone switched off, perhaps he doesn't want to see you.

 

   If that's true, you've lost some money, but learned one more lesson. Don't trust other people. 

 

Perhaps he's met a ladyboy, didn't want you to see his "other side" and went for some hours to a hotel room. That would explain a lot. 

 

Best of luck finding your friend. 

 

 It does sound weird that a close friend behaves like that. 

 

 

When I want to shake off an ugly/annoying Thai bird, I usually tell her,

"I go toilet, see u in a bit". Then I'm gone.

Looks like OP's pal borrowed my playbook.

OP:  Where is your friend's luggage?

7 hours ago, JHolmesJr said:

When I want to shake off an ugly/annoying Thai bird, I usually tell her,

"I go toilet, see u in a bit". Then I'm gone.

Looks like OP's pal borrowed my playbook.

Regardless, I'm writing out of concern. 

7 hours ago, yang123 said:

OP:  Where is your friend's luggage?

he brought it with him

8 hours ago, Isaanbiker said:

Has your friend somehow changed his behaviour? Could he be on drugs? Druggies are the best liars on this planet.

 

  Not trying to offend you, or your friend, but that sounds very fishy. He wasn't in the toilet, his phone switched off, perhaps he doesn't want to see you.

 

   If that's true, you've lost some money, but learned one more lesson. Don't trust other people. 

 

Perhaps he's met a ladyboy, didn't want you to see his "other side" and went for some hours to a hotel room. That would explain a lot. 

 

Best of luck finding your friend. 

 

 It does sound weird that a close friend behaves like that. 

 

 

He could be. Definitely very fishy, not sure what to make of this. I've changed my flight to the later one today.

33 minutes ago, HarryHusky said:

He could be. Definitely very fishy, not sure what to make of this. I've changed my flight to the later one today.

Well,  not much more you can do. Sounds like he's done a runner / bender whatever you want to call it.

He should have had the decency to contact you and let you know what his problem is.