Group of six Nigerian and Thai nationals arrested for allegedly operating online romance scams and laundering money, with more than 200 million baht of annual income

[Rampant Rabbit]

7 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

I would not tar all blacks or all asians or whites

Come  on you mean people of  colour, people  of  non colour and other  people, I think that should  avoid any offence.

[connda]

Cons and Marks.  The Romance Scheme is a con that never fails to produce results.  Nigerians seem to have it down to a science. 

[NoshowJones]

6 hours ago, Excel said:

Give them jobs in the government more like.

Yes, they have about the same IQ.

[Excel]

3 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

Yes, they have about the same IQ.

Actually I would anticipate that their IQ would be higher than those in government.

[jacko45k]

5 hours ago, Excel said:

Not the issue. The issue was there were 5 corrupt Thais and only one corrupt Nigerian. 

Or one 'mastermind' and several lackeys......

[NoshowJones]

4 minutes ago, Excel said:

Actually I would anticipate that their IQ would be higher than those in government.

Yes, especially the ones like the unelected "PM" who were "taught" at a Military Academy.

Edited May 26, 2021 by possum1931

[Dogmatix]

Apart from losing their money, the worst shock for these lonely Thai spinsters must be that he was not the hansum American white guy in the photos but a black guy from Africa.  but there's a new one born every minute.

[dabhand]

5 hours ago, mikebell said:

Surely it is the same for Thailand?  My UK bank will not communicate with my Thai phone because of, they say, the number of scams/problems with security.

 

Interesting. I use a number of UK banks and they have no problems calling me on my Thai number. Nationwide do have an issue with sending OTP's but that is for all non UK mobiles, not just Thai's.

 

Care to share the name of your UK bank for future reference? 

[Hayduke]

11 hours ago, webfact said:

Bangkok – The Crime Suppression Division (CSD) today, May 25th, announced the major arrest of six suspects of Nigerian and Thai nationals for allegedly operating online romance scams and laundering money

 

Remarkable…..even without a likely customer in sight, the African scammers/drug dealers/human traffickers, and other assorted rascals have already started returning to their former haunts on lower Sukhumvit in Bangkok. Maybe they got a good deal on a First Class repatriation flight and a deluxe Soi 3 ASQ.

 

 

 

Edited May 26, 2021 by Hayduke

[bangon04]

It is just a complete coincidence that one of the most prevalent scams - the "send me the advance legal costs and I will cut you in on the millions" scam is named as 

Nigerian 419.

In case you don't know - 419 refers to the section of the Nigerian criminal code dealing with fraud....

[mikebell]

17 hours ago, dabhand said:

 

Interesting. I use a number of UK banks and they have no problems calling me on my Thai number. Nationwide do have an issue with sending OTP's but that is for all non UK mobiles, not just Thai's.

 

Care to share the name of your UK bank for future reference? 

Royal Bank of Scotland.  I have had to give them my daughter's UK number & they send her a OTP & she passes it on to me by Messenger.

[Javier]

On 5/26/2021 at 4:47 AM, RichardColeman said:

Are there seriously any honest Nigerians in this country ? Thailand really does not need these people in the country - there are no positive Nigerian stories ever posted on TV - just one every couple weeks about more Nigerian scammers.

 

Give them all 10 years and deportation on release.

 

 

I have never heard of any positive news of Nigerians in Asean nations. Not that I want to stereotype them, just never heard of any.

[rcuthbert]

The equivalent USA headline would be: "Anglocentric misogynistic racist sexists lure people of  color into the clutches of virulent cisgendered-male chauvinism."

Edited May 27, 2021 by rcuthbert