webfact Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 Picture: 77kaoded Thailand's chief of the tourist police Lt-Gen Nithat Limsiriphan announced the arrest of two Thai women in Phuket who took part in a so-called Romance Scam. Reporting on a press briefing at Suvarnabhumi Airport yesterday 77kaoded said that Wanida and Thanchanok were arrested on Buriram warrants for posting fake information and acting under false pretences. As part of a gang working with a Nigerian man they pretended to be a handsome white skinned pilot called Amit Khan on Facebook who was looking for love. They showed the victim cash, gold and jewelry that the good looking Amit wanted to send via the airport. Posing as officials, the women convinced the victim to make cash transfers in the sum of 51,000 baht to enable her to collect the goods at Suvarnabhumi. They used a Line group under the name of BP Solution to further create the illusion. When the victim went to the airport there was no such parcel and she reported that she had been scammed. Investigations continue in this case to track the Nigerian behind the scam. -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2021-04-03 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Samui Bodoh Posted April 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2021 Ha! I am waaaay smarter than the Thai romance scammers! As soon as I get the 8 million dollars that I am going to receive from the illegitimate son of Nigeria's former ruler, I'll teach those Thai scammers a lesson! ???????????????????????????????? 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 Investigations continue in this case to track the Nigerian behind the scam. Shouldn't be to difficult 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Berkshire Posted April 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2021 This old scam is still going on? It's hard to feel sympathetic for incredibly stupid people who would fall for such a thing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 My Spam folder is full of similar messages. I am worth billions as soon as I send my banking particulars to these generous people. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 56 minutes ago, Berkshire said: This old scam is still going on? It's hard to feel sympathetic for incredibly stupid people who would fall for such a thing. There's one born every minute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 5 minutes ago, PatOngo said: There's one born every minute! And, there's one get off that plane everyday in Phuket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilotman Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 This is a new take on the dangerous issues surrounding 'coffin corner'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 5 hours ago, webfact said: As part of a gang working with a Nigerian man Yep, still waiting for that good story......and not a story about a kid in nigeria doing keepie-uppies or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunderhill Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 4 hours ago, Samui Bodoh said: Ha! I am waaaay smarter than the Thai romance scammers! As soon as I get the 8 million dollars that I am going to receive from the illegitimate son of Nigeria's former ruler, I'll teach those Thai scammers a lesson! ???????????????????????????????? As long as you keep your hands off all the diamonds that they are getting out of the country since the overthrown ruler has arranged for those to be collected by me, just out to send the collection fee by Western Union. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shackleton Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 It always amazes me reading about these scams People never learn money and greed go together Why do the Nigerians seem to have a monopoly on these scams Here in Thailand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogNo1 Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 I used to receive a lot of Nigerian scam emails when I was in Japan so it's not just limited to Thailand. It's an industry with an international scope. There are a lot of scammers out there. Some scams seem believable. It's best to research every offer which proposes to make money for you. I was once almost scammed by a Thai female and male farang who said that they wanted to learn how to trade options. It turned out that they wanted me to buy some options on the Thai Stock Exchange to demonstrate how to trade. A very slick scam. Having been scammed by some very well-known American investment advisors, my antennae were up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHansen Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 It amazes me that people get taken in by a random email, what's so believable about an email ? If a letter from someone you didn'y know came through your letterbox would you send them money. How funny 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThailandRyan Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 7 hours ago, Pilotman said: This is a new take on the dangerous issues surrounding 'coffin corner'. Wow, just glad it wasn't a female playing Pilotman, and stealing his identity. One handsome Pilot is enough...lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bkktodd Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 Working in the airline industry for 40plus years i can tell you pilots are the biggest scammers or cheap charlies. They never have that kind of money since many have ex wives, current wives and girlfriends. Cheapest lot out there on layovers. ????????????♂️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilotman Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 2 hours ago, Bkktodd said: Working in the airline industry for 40plus years i can tell you pilots are the biggest scammers or cheap charlies. They never have that kind of money since many have ex wives, current wives and girlfriends. Cheapest lot out there on layovers. ????????????♂️ I resent that insinuation, however true it may or may not be for others in my trade. Not me of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nahkit Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 7 hours ago, DogNo1 said: Some scams seem believable. Have you ever thought to ask yourself why these people who have never met you need you to invest in their schemes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 21 hours ago, Berkshire said: This old scam is still going on? It's hard to feel sympathetic for incredibly stupid people who would fall for such a thing. Got the donkey but no carrot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 15 hours ago, WHansen said: If a letter from someone you didn'y know came through your letterbox would you send them money. How funny reminds me of those chain letters, posted with a coin inside, and told if you don't send one to someone else you will get bad luck by breaking the chain, but you could receive a lot more coins if you did, very similar to pyramid selling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunderhill Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 On 4/3/2021 at 3:15 PM, shackleton said: It always amazes me reading about these scams People never learn money and greed go together Why do the Nigerians seem to have a monopoly on these scams Here in Thailand Have you ever spoken to a Nigerian? From my last encounter, they NEVER shut up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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