Two Thai Women Arrested for Scamming Tourists with Fake Resort Bookings in Pattaya

[webfact]

 

Pattaya — Two Thai women were arrested for creating fake Facebook pages to scam tourists out of deposits for luxury resort bookings in Pattaya.

The suspects, identified only as Ms. Hattaya, 30, and Ms. Sirilak, 27, were arrested by Tourist Police at their residences in Chonburi and Samut Prakan provinces. Both face charges of “Fraud by entering false information into a computer system.”

According to police, the suspects created fake Facebook pages for a high-end resort on Koh Larn, Pattaya, to scam tourists into paying deposits for room bookings. Once the victims transferred the money, the suspects blocked them on Facebook and looked for new targets.

 

By Aim Tanakorn

 

Full story: THE PATTAYA NEWS 

-- 2024-10-18

 

 

[SAFETY FIRST]

52 minutes ago, webfact said:

Two Thai women were arrested for creating fake Facebook pages to scam tourists

You just got to get the other hundreds of scammers out there now. 

 

Anyway, you'd have to be a complete idiot to send money to any Facebook account or similar, without receiving your item first.

If you are going to buy online, off these websites, visit the vendor, take your item and pay in cash. 

 

[thesetat2013]

16 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

You just got to get the other hundreds of scammers out there now. 

 

Anyway, you'd have to be a complete idiot to send money to any Facebook account or similar, without receiving your item first.

If you are going to buy online, off these websites, visit the vendor, take your item and pay in cash. 

 

Yeah, but unfortunately many Thais use FB for their shopping without concern that they could be scammed. They feel like they are dealing with checked and proven vendors on a personal level. 

[Gottfrid]

It´s just amazing how stupid people are. It´s well known that Facebook is used for all kinds of illicit and illegal purposes. it´s also well known, that if the price sounds too good to be true, it surely is. Still people who wants to book hotels and resorts can´t bother to use reliable platforms or the company website.

 

It´s also fantastic that Facebook is allowed to continue running their platform the way they do, without proper protection and needed security systems that protect their users. Same with shopping platforms Lazada and Shopee, that are allowed to make business without thorough checks of their sellers. It´s so easy today to get away from all responsibility by writing terms and conditions that only implicate the sellers or users and give the people earning money behind the platforms full freedom to continue.

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

According to police, the suspects created fake Facebook pages for a high-end resort on Koh Larn, Pattaya, to scam tourists into paying deposits for room bookings. Once the victims transferred the money, the suspects blocked them on Facebook and looked for new targets.

Scum.

[baansgr]

4 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

You just got to get the other hundreds of scammers out there now. 

 

Anyway, you'd have to be a complete idiot to send money to any Facebook account or similar, without receiving your item first.

If you are going to buy online, off these websites, visit the vendor, take your item and pay in cash. 

 

Not all are scammers, I have bought golf clubs, push bikes and multiple motorbikes off Facebook by paying a deposit upfront without any problems 

[MalcolmB]

A couple of Pattaya girls. Probably got sick of servicing sex tourists for peanuts.

Good on them for showing some initiative and using their brains instead of their bodies.

[Tropicalevo]

3 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Still people who wants to book hotels and resorts can´t bother to use reliable platforms or the company website.

Lots of legitimate companies use Fakebook as their website.

(But I do not send them money.)

[john donson]

facebook is full of scammers and facebook does nothing... fake driver licenses, etc...

[ChipButty]

Not all are scammers, a good friend of ours has herself a thriving little business online using FB groups, selling second hand women's clothes, shoes and bags. 

Sometimes she will look out for brands having a major sales like 705 off then buy herself a load of stock, she must have a good reputation online, she's being doing it for a few years that I know of. 

[Gottfrid]

1 hour ago, Tropicalevo said:

Lots of legitimate companies use Fakebook as their website.

(But I do not send them money.)

Yeah, I know many do, but I was talking about the platforms. Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and so on. They have lousy security checks.