Thai woman arrested for conning foreigners in online hotel booking fraud - 4 million in losses

 

Picture: INN

 

Crime Suppression Division police have arrested a Thai woman named only as Kanokkarn at a resort on the Petchkasem Road in Phasi Charoen district of Bangkok. 

 

She was named in a warrant issued in February for fraud. 

 

The case relates to irregular online booking for hotels made in August and September last year. Claimants are foreigners.

 

The suspect was connected to Pure Reservation Ltd that was involved in bogus credit card payments for non-existent hotel bookings that amounted to 4 million baht. 

 

The suspect is now in the hands of the Huay Kwang police. 

 

Source: INN

 

 

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a Thai women scamming foreigners, really? 555

A 4 million bahts scam...and still carrying a fake Louis Vuitton. What a cheap charlie !

Cue an honest Thai taxi driver  returning lost millions to hapless tourist story  in  3-2-1

 

 

 

 

The suspect was connected to Pure Reservation Ltd that was involved in bogus credit card payments for non-existent hotel bookings that amounted to 4 million baht.

 

 

if there were bogus credit cards how can they be authorised?

Does anyone believe such stories!?To defraud 4 Million Baht takes many many many bookings and a  very long time,and most surprising no one comes forward by showing printed images of this fraudulent bookings and transcripts 

7 minutes ago, xtof2 said:

A 4 million bahts scam...and still carrying a fake Louis Vuitton. What a cheap charlie !

probably gambled the rest away

14 minutes ago, hashmodha said:

if there were bogus credit cards how can they be authorised?

 

Real people used their credit cards to book hotels. The fraud was perpetrated by the booking company who acted as an agent. They took payment for rooms that didn't exist and they kept the money.

Depending on many details, such as the payment gateway, card type, date of payment etc, it's often possible for customers to get a full credit from the card company, as part of their terms. Customers are inclined (rightly so) to trust their cards and their cards' judgement on retailers. The retailer needs to set up a system (connected to a card, passport, account or whatever) to insure that funds are retrievable for a set period of time.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

She was named in a warrant issued in February for fraud. 

Guess she failed to come in for a month until they said there was a bunch of foreigners looking to rent some rooms

First the husband 2 years ago and now the wife. What a lovely couple!

Who in their right mind would use an unheard-of booking agent,

when you can choose from reliable OTA's like Booking.com, Tripadvisor and Agoda?

 

 

Edited March 16, 20206 yr by varun

10 minutes ago, varun said:

Who in their right mind would use an unheard-of booking agent, when you can choose from reliable OTA's like Booking.com, Tripadvisor and Agoda?

People who think they're getting a special deal, presumably. Isn't it an old saying that there's a sucker born every minute?

Crime suppression uniform and workwear supplied by Superdry !! ????

3 hours ago, xtof2 said:

A 4 million bahts scam...and still carrying a fake Louis Vuitton. What a cheap charlie !

..would that make her a Cheap Charlene.

1 hour ago, ThaiBunny said:

People who think they're getting a special deal, presumably. Isn't it an old saying that there's a sucker born every minute?

That's only in the US.

4 hours ago, xtof2 said:

A 4 million bahts scam...and still carrying a fake Louis Vuitton. What a cheap charlie !

Grade A fake please... T.I.T

On 3/16/2020 at 1:11 AM, hashmodha said:

 

 

 

 

The suspect was connected to Pure Reservation Ltd that was involved in bogus credit card payments for non-existent hotel bookings that amounted to 4 million baht.

 

 

if there were bogus credit cards how can they be authorised?

Does anyone believe such stories!?To defraud 4 Million Baht takes many many many bookings and a  very long time,and most surprising no one comes forward by showing printed images of this fraudulent bookings and transcripts 

It is a misplaced modifier.  The credit cards were not bogus.  the credit card payments were bogus. 

Thought she would have been awarded a medal for scamming farang.