"My house is not for sale!" - Thai man goes to the police after for sale sign is posted outside his property

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"My house is not for sale!" - Thai man goes to the police after for sale sign is posted outside his property

 

Image: Daily News

 

Thirty nine year old Suthonthorn who lives with his partner at a house in the Feuang Fah housing estate in Samut Prakarn got a phone call at work from a neighbor. 

 

The neighbor said: I didn't know you were selling up? How much do you want for the house?

 

Suthonthorn said he wasn't moving. Why would he think that? 

 

The neighbor said there was a "for sale" sign outside his house - they sent a picture to prove it. 

 

It said: Owner is Selling - Cheap Price - Beautiful Home" along with a phone number. 

 

Suthonthorn rushed home but the sign had been removed. However another property had the same thing.

 

CCTV showed a man and a woman fixing the sign then taking a picture and hurriedly moving off. 

 

Sunthonthorn found two women and a man acting suspiciously nearby and said they were looking for recent renovations to attach a sign to and also take a photo. 

 

They claimed they were doing this to estimate the value of the property. 

 

He went to the police to file a report fearing that he was the victim of illegal activity. 

 

Siwaporn, a representative of The Best property company also filed a report saying that the suspects had used signage with their company logo.

 

She said that this had nothing to do with her company. 

 

Source: Daily News

 

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[ezzra]

If this was a scam perpetrated by crooks they didn't go a about very smartly actually advertising the property with a sign on the property itself, amateurs...

[hotchilli]

Another scam in the making, someone advertising different properties for sale that have nothing to do with them. Making a false portfolio.

[chilly07]

Yes far too many  people  going  round collecting phone Nos and photographing properties for rent or sale.  In our  case it's often difficult to identify  a so called  agent until a tenant becomes interested. We always  charge a substantial mark up for an agent than we do for someone who has the gumption to search for the property themselves