BigC Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 shoppmall scam where people were topping up money and getting commissions has recieved thousands of complaints all over Thailand i was in bohput police station for 2 hours last night submitting my report if your a victim and you wish to open police report 1. photo copy passport 2. print every bank transaction you made to the website 3. more information print the website page if you have 4. sign every page the police will tell you which accounts are open and which are still closed then take the police reports to each bank to submit your case i went to 3 banks today best of luck 5 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dabhand Posted February 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 9, 2021 Is this the scam? https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/crime/huge-pyramid-scheme-and-scam-uncovered-involving-1000s-of-people Three fold profit within 10 days to 2 weeks? Really? 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricequeen Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 how much did u (big c) lose? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Susco Posted February 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 9, 2021 Kudos to the OP for admitting on the open forum that he fell for a scam because of his gullibility. 3 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffersLos Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Susco said: Kudos to the OP for admitting on the open forum that he fell for a scam because of his gullibility. How many have been so gullible to be scammed for a lump sum payment followed by monthly payments by an uneducated peasant on here? ???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susco Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 4 minutes ago, JeffersLos said: How many have been so gullible to be scammed for a lump sum payment followed by monthly payments by an uneducated peasant on here? ???? I'm all ears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicalevo Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 This one has been around for a little while. The bubble burst yesterday. Thanks for the update BigC. Hope that it was not too painful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabhand Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Pattaya plod must be thinking ' here we go again'!! Wonder if there are any punters who also got caught up in the recent banking scam? https://thepattayanews.com/2021/02/09/pattaya-thais-and-foreigners-file-police-reports-claiming-to-have-lost-millions-of-baht-in-alleged-online-investment-scams/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catkiwi Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 I must be missing something because the OP was very vague and the topic title was just weird...? Please, someone tell me I have not finally tripped out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 (edited) On 2/9/2021 at 11:06 PM, Catkiwi said: I must be missing something because the OP was very vague and the topic title was just weird...? Please, someone tell me I have not finally tripped out. You are not alone. After reading the OP I was totally confused. First post by member by member dabhand seems to nail it (link to thethaiger.com). Greed seems to kill the last few brain cells. Edited February 11, 2021 by KhunBENQ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Troll comment and flame post removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhounan Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 There are many scammers in Thailand, but also many stupid ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelerian Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 realistically, is there anything that the police can do here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearbox Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 5 hours ago, steelerian said: realistically, is there anything that the police can do here? Depends how smart the scammers are. If they haven't managed to empty the local Thai accounts the police can ask the banks to freeze them, or if they are able to trace local participants they can arrest them and freeze their assets. Very small chance of this happening. I know quite a few Thais and farangs here in Samui sucked in...some have lost fair bit of money. A bank employee was telling that the branch was quite busy with people printing statements for the police. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelerian Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 1 minute ago, gearbox said: I know quite a few Thais and farangs here in Samui sucked in...some have lost fair bit of money. A bank employee was telling that the branch was quite busy with people printing statements for the police. I lost some also, hence my interest in the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearbox Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Just now, steelerian said: I lost some also, hence my interest in the thread. Sorry about that. My gf sent me a link to one of these online shops in early December (I was outside Thailand) to ask me if this thing is legit, as apparently many people around her were "making money" there. After researching a bit of the domain registrations I told her to go nowhere near this stuff. In a hindsight I should have been more proactive and report it to the relevant online crime authorities, but I never thought anyone would put anything more than 200-500 baht in anything like this. I was proved wrong... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearbox Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 On 2/11/2021 at 11:50 PM, KhunBENQ said: You are not alone. After reading the OP I was totally confused. First post by member by member dabhand seems to nail it (link to thethaiger.com). Greed seems to kill the last few brain cells. Add to the greed ignorance and desperation. The times are tough for many people in desperate financial circumstances. I know some Thais with empty bank accounts who saw a ray of hope and have put their last wages there, only to find out they don't have money now to pay their rent...loan sharks have their turn again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabhand Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 A recent update on the scam, including how such scams have an impact on work and family connections. Not much solace in terms of any expectation of money recovery. https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/crime/update-spm-shopping-mall-scam-do-you-know-someone-involved-video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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