Thai govt issues warning about fake Thailand Pass website

[webfact]

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The Thai government has issued a warning about a website which claims to be the Thailand Pass portal, the system used to allow vaccinated tourists to register to visit the country.

 

The website is located at https://thailandpass.org/ and was still online at the time of posting.

 

The website, which does include a link to the genuine Thailand Pass website, also includes affiliate links to hotel booking websites and appears to have been set up to earn revenue from bookings at SHA+ or ASQ hotels.

 

Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (DES) spokesperson Nopphawan Huajaiman said on Friday the website is not official and has no affiliation with any government agency.

 

The genuine Thailand Pass website, which launched on Nov 1 is located at: https://tp.consular.go.th/

 

On Thursday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it had received more than 60,000 applications on the Thailand Pass website.

 

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[Blumpie]

This is a good introduction to the several hundred (at best) people who are going to Thailand for the first time to have a vacation who don't know what to expect once they get here.  

[RichardColeman]

if you can see it's better and it works better than the original, it's fake

[ezzra]

That didn't take long did it? trust the crocks the exploit any chance to cheat people...

[seedy]

1 minute ago, ezzra said:

That didn't take long did it? trust the crocks the exploit any chance to cheat people...

Caveat Emptor

I applaud anyone who has the smarts to jump on the bandwagon and make some money.

Is it illegal - no. Just taking bookings

Can use those same bookings as a condition to getting the pass from Thai Gov't

Sorry I did not think of it !!! 555

[nikmar]

41 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

if you can see it's better and it works better than the original, it's fake

Exactly, they should get the scammers to teach the government IT dept. how to do it correctly.

[tonray]

Ahhh....the inevitable face saving maneuver. It wasn't our site that was buggy and crashing all the time...it was that fake site.....best we just cancel the whole process. Wait for it...

[Thailand]

Nothing wrong with this site. It clearly states that it is not the official site for obtaining the Thailand Pass" on at least 3 occassions and clearly links to the actual government website.

Just smart business.

ThailandPass .com has a "coming soon" on the site so more competition.

[mikebell]

Irony Alert. Will they now take down all the sites praising this Gov?

[Gsxrnz]

A click bait story.  The website clearly states it is not the official site to obtain a pass and has a link to the official consular website.

 

Top marks to the site creators (be they Thai or not) who managed to filch the thailandpass.org URL and try to make a buck on hotel referrals - it's called entrepreneurship.

 

EDIT:  I just re-thunk this.  I wonder if the site developers are a relation of some HISO in the government, and this news article/press release is just inexpensive advertising and promotion of the site?  Maybe I've been in Thailand too long.

Edited November 6, 2021 by Gsxrnz

[Blumpie]

2 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

if you can see it's better and it works better than the original, it's fake

The most truthful comment of the entire year!  

[Misterwhisper]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The website is located at https://thailandpass.org/ and was still online at the time of posting.

Which is nothing short of a miracle.

[Mitkof Island]

2 hours ago, Blumpie said:

This is a good introduction to the several hundred (at best) people who are going to Thailand for the first time to have a vacation who don't know what to expect once they get here.  

Let them be the lab rats.

[Mitkof Island]

17 minutes ago, Blumpie said:

The most truthful comment of the entire year!  

The Thailand Pass site works so badly it seems fake.

[Gsxrnz]

3 minutes ago, Mitkof Island said:

Let them be the lab rats.

Lab Rats works, but I humbly suggest Crash Test Dummies may be a more appropriate euphemism. 

[HappyExpat57]

I found this site to be MUCH more informative and laid out clearer than ANY Thai web site. It's NOT a fake, it's a great public service.

 

Do I sense some cyber jealousy?

[HappyExpat57]

12 minutes ago, Misterwhisper said:

Which is nothing short of a miracle.

No miracle, it wasn't written by a Thai.

[internationalism]

in bangkok they have only 10 AQ hotels (the 2 cheapest ones for $20 and $40 clearly don't include tests, transport, food).

Looks like they link to agoda. 

Agoda do charge additional service charge, VAT on top of initially shown prices. Hence it's an expensive option.

The cheapest and most reliable is to contact hotels directly, through any other websites

[Gsxrnz]

35 minutes ago, Mitkof Island said:

The Thailand Pass site works so badly it seems fake.

The fact that it seems fake is the trademark of every Thai website.  That's how you know it's real.

[berrec]

5 hours ago, nikmar said:

Exactly, they should get the scammers to teach the government IT dept. how to do it correctly.

"C'mon Man"

 

"You know the Thing"

 

Thai's would loose face if they did not show you they were superior in IT.

 

"Lets go Brandon"

[RafPinto]

What was the thai super star coming to perform end of the year?

 

I have still 5000 tickets for sale. Each just 25000 baht

 

Hurry up.

[berrec]

ThailandPass Fake Site Information for future reference.

 

Built on a Wordpress Content Management System (CMS)

 

IP of the site in USA

 

https://thailandpass.org/   170.249.236.168

 

Security Certificate issued by SECTIGO

 

 

Site hosting Location

 

 

It as you would expect it is a VPN address

 

 

Current ThailandPass Fake Site Proxy Report

https://www.ipqualityscore.com/free-ip-lookup-proxy-vpn-test/lookup/170.249.236.168

 

Site Domain  only 23 days old

 

[HiSoLowSoNoSo]

The land of fake ladies, Rolex watches and now also government websites. 

[hotchilli]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

The Thai government has issued a warning about a website which claims to be the Thailand Pass portal, the system used to allow vaccinated tourists to register to visit the country.

If you get a response in the first 24 hours it must be the fake one?

[chilly07]

That was quick! Fake website on line at same time as official. Perhaps they should join forces?

[brucegoniners]

Ah, that must be why there are so many issues with the site, lol

[Blumpie]

WEll the official website is down.  

I think we have a prophet here in this forum.  

[MrJ2U]

Much better designe than the official Thai one.

 

 

[bangon04]

"On Thursday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it had received more than 60,000 applications on the Thailand Pass website."

 

ehem - which one?  the real one or the fake one or both??

[LukKrueng]

On 11/6/2021 at 6:48 AM, RichardColeman said:

if you can see it's better and it works better than the original, it's fake

 

On 11/6/2021 at 7:28 AM, ezzra said:

That didn't take long did it? trust the crocks the exploit any chance to cheat people...

 

On 11/6/2021 at 7:33 AM, nikmar said:

Exactly, they should get the scammers to teach the government IT dept. how to do it correctly.

 

On 11/6/2021 at 8:07 AM, tonray said:

Ahhh....the inevitable face saving maneuver. It wasn't our site that was buggy and crashing all the time...it was that fake site.....best we just cancel the whole process. Wait for it...

I guess the op is not very clear so you got confused. 

It's not a fake Thailand pass form. It's a site that display a link to the actual form plus links to approved hotels for reservations. They get a commission from hotels when bookings are generated through those links.