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Sanook reporters went to investigate after a female trader and her mum fell foul of a nasty trickster.

 

Jutamas, 25, said she and her mum ran a "joke" (rice congee with egg) stall with a toast sideline out front of their shop.

 

Jaruwan, 50 was on duty selling the toast when a man in red shorts, white shirt and black mask arrived to buy two pieces of toast at 10 baht a time.

 

He paid with a one hundred baht note then said he'd come and pick up the toast in a minute. He then disappeared with the 80 baht change.

 

But when Jutamas checked the till she realised that the note was in fact just half - it had been torn right down the middle.

 

Its number was 3H9976288.

 

She wasn't sure at first if it was deliberate but after posting on Facebook she was positive.

 

Other traders in the MuangThong Thani area reported falling foul of the same guy in the same manner.

 

He'd struck at a shop in the Cosmo gas station, with a garland seller and a fruit trader.

 

Jutamas said she hadn't filed a police report as it was a small amount of money but she warned others to be on the lookout. 

 

In a reference to a famous pandemic campaign in which Thais just pay half called "khon la khreung" she said:

 

"Don't go halves with us in this manner". 

 

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How did anyone not notice it was only half a note,

asleep on the job , as well as at the wheel.   ......????

regards worgeordie

Half asleep half a note... perfect match.

I LOVE the way cashiers at Makro damn near peel the paint off notes when they count your change.

A person that do not recognize that, should only have a half note. 

At least they got 50 baht ????

How hard is it to check that one note is a full note (ret)

And on that note....Goodnight Vienna to the 80 Baht !!!????

Thanks for clarifying the bank note number.

 

I'll look out for it if I ever get back into Thailand.

His wife told him to find a way to make their money go further.