Photo courtesy of The Pattaya News

 

By Puntid Tantivangphaisal

 

Thailand’s Immigration Bureau announced on Tuesday, January 14, the arrest of a 43 year old Dutch national for allegedly organising a gold scam in Bangkok.

 

The suspect, named Ndille, is accused of deceiving customers by selling counterfeit gold pellets, claiming they were smuggled tax-free from Africa and offering them at below-market prices.

 

Investigations uncovered that the suspect employed a sophisticated method, initially providing genuine gold samples to win trust before switching to fake gold during transactions. Victims were persuaded to make payments in US dollars, with typical transactions amounting to around US$55,000 (approximately 1.9 million baht).

 

 

Police tracked the suspect to a hotel in the Watthana district, where they discovered 5 kilogrammes of fake gold alongside smaller bags containing genuine and counterfeit samples. Foreign currencies totalling approximately 117,600 baht were also seized. Evidence retrieved from the suspect’s phone indicated ongoing negotiations with multiple victims via WhatsApp.

 

The arrest followed a report from one victim who became suspicious during a transaction at a shopping mall in the Phra Nakhon district. Immigration officials have since revoked Ndille’s visa, citing his fraudulent actions as damaging to Thailand’s reputation, and are making preparations for his deportation, reported The Pattaya News.

 

Efforts are ongoing to locate accomplices and assist victims.

 

Source: The Thaiger

-- 2025-01-16

 

 

Ndille is a typical Dutch name....

11 hours ago, Halfaboy said:

Ndille is a typical Dutch name....

And ?

That's old news, was in a Dutch newspaper 2 days ago.

 

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

And ?

You don't know but like UK, also in the Netherlands there is a lot of import, and when they promise to behave properly, they get a Dutch passport very quickly, unlike, say, Thailand.

14 hours ago, Halfaboy said:

Ndille is a typical Dutch name....

You don't know but like UK, also in the Netherlands there is a lot of import, and when they promise to behave properly, they get a Dutch passport very quickly, unlike, say, Thailand.

35 minutes ago, Peterphuket said:

That's old news, was in a Dutch newspaper 2 days ago.

 

So what?

I am sure that very few AN members read the Dutch newspapers on a daily basis!

Fool's gold! Meeting someone in a shopping mall to buy cheap smuggled gold is never going to end well.  

 

and they are going to deport him, no prison time? Not much of a deterrent

Noodle is a businessman.

 

And business is has been good!

2 hours ago, Peterphuket said:

You don't know but like UK, also in the Netherlands there is a lot of import, and when they promise to behave properly, they get a Dutch passport very quickly, unlike, say, Thailand.

 

 

Yes, indeed, Ndille isn't really a Dutch name from origin. I am Dutch, and I am fully with you. If you would for instance walk in Rotterdam, you will see a lot of "Ndilles", and you hardly see any Dutch white skin citizens. 

Thailand might be more strict on passports, but on the other hand, under the name of tourism boost programs, Thailand opened the flood gates for all kind of trash from various countries famous for their scamming skills. I have seen Ndille lookalikes opened cannabis shop in central Thailand, another famous skill they have. Again, even supported by (cannabis) law, they are flooded by these non-value type of entrepreneurs and fortune seekers. 

1 hour ago, oustaristocrats said:

 

 

Yes, indeed, Ndille isn't really a Dutch name from origin. I am Dutch, and I am fully with you. If you would for instance walk in Rotterdam, you will see a lot of "Ndilles", and you hardly see any Dutch white skin citizens. 

Thailand might be more strict on passports, but on the other hand, under the name of tourism boost programs, Thailand opened the flood gates for all kind of trash from various countries famous for their scamming skills. I have seen Ndille lookalikes opened cannabis shop in central Thailand, another famous skill they have. Again, even supported by (cannabis) law, they are flooded by these non-value type of entrepreneurs and fortune seekers. 

...R'dam, the place where I was born....lomg time ago, now I wouldn't want to be found dead there.

21 hours ago, Halfaboy said:

Ndille is a typical Dutch name....

Hans up all those who agree😀

11 hours ago, scottiejohn said:

So what?

I am sure that very few AN members read the Dutch newspapers on a daily basis!

You would be surprised 😎

9 hours ago, oustaristocrats said:

 

 

Yes, indeed, Ndille isn't really a Dutch name from origin. I am Dutch, and I am fully with you. If you would for instance walk in Rotterdam, you will see a lot of "Ndilles", and you hardly see any Dutch white skin citizens. 

Thailand might be more strict on passports, but on the other hand, under the name of tourism boost programs, Thailand opened the flood gates for all kind of trash from various countries famous for their scamming skills. I have seen Ndille lookalikes opened cannabis shop in central Thailand, another famous skill they have. Again, even supported by (cannabis) law, they are flooded by these non-value type of entrepreneurs and fortune seekers. 

 

One of the unexpected risks you run when giving foreigners passports is that now you're implicated with them in foreign countries. Media is going to say "non-white Dutch" and so he smears the whole of the Dutch population even though he may live in a ghetto with his other co-ethnics and reflecting very little of Dutch society.

 

 

Obviously, the scammer should be charged with attempted theft/fraud (whatever is the appropriate criminal offence) but, IMO, the intended purchaser of "smuggled" gold should also be held responsible for their part in the crime.

On 1/17/2025 at 9:14 PM, NorthernRyland said:

 

One of the unexpected risks you run when giving foreigners passports is that now you're implicated with them in foreign countries. Media is going to say "non-white Dutch" and so he smears the whole of the Dutch population even though he may live in a ghetto with his other co-ethnics and reflecting very little of Dutch society.

 

 

 

Yes, that's what I mean with my story.

You get quite a few Africans with Dutch passports coming to work in construction jobs in the UK. I encountered them in a previous job. They were clearly African with sub-Saharan accents but they had Dutch names (both first name and surname) and a Dutch passport but could not speak a word of Dutch. I never did figure out what was going on. I assumed either the passports were fake (but they passed Home Office checks) or they borrowed somebody's identity.