British Tourist Tricked in Pattaya Herbal Remedy Scam

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A British tourist has fallen victim to a high-priced herbal remedy scam in Pattaya. On 19 March 2025, Mark Campbell, 63, reported the incident to the local police. He recounted how, while walking near a shopping centre towards South Pattaya, he was approached by two unidentified foreign men and a Thai woman at a night bazaar. They engaged him in conversation, claiming he was overweight and recommended a weight-loss remedy.

 

The group persuaded Mr Campbell to buy two bottles of honey from a convenience store, then guided him to an unknown shop in Soi 13/2.

 

There, they extolled the virtues of a health supplement allegedly containing mysterious herbs purported to aid in weight loss. Trusting their claims, Mr Campbell purchased the product for 20,000 baht and was subsequently led to withdraw cash to complete the transaction.

 

 

 

 

Suspicious, Mr Campbell later contacted his partner and expressed doubts about the purchase. When his partner joined him, they realised the product did not deliver the promised benefits and was unreasonably priced. Convinced they'd been duped, they returned to file a police complaint.

 

 

Police investigators went with the victim to the scene, finding the shop closed. Upon contacting neighbouring vendors, they managed to reach the shop owner, who arrived with the foreign group. After discussions, the parties reached an agreement, and Mr Campbell was refunded, peacefully resolving the incident, reported We love Pattaya Faccebook.

 

-- 2025-03-21

 

 

[Upnotover]

Fool.

[bkk6060]

Got to be a total idiot to fall for this scam.

[DrJack54]

The saying along lines...."A fool and their money easily separated" 

[Ralf001]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[Olmate]

 Remedy.... Its not gonna work in a couple of hours, scam or not! 

[novacova]

People are so easily duped into buying trash, they even come to this website parade their snake oil that they invested so heavily in.

[thesetat]

So giving a refund was enough to end the incident yet, leaves their doors open for the next sucker to be scammed by them. Pitiful police action. They should have closed their doors and removed their license to sell products so the next time they open they will be arrested. Also, the old mans claims about being approached and conned by 2 foreigners with a Thai person should have been addressed to see if they carried work permits to do this work. 

[mikebell]

19 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

Fool.

and his money are soon parted.

[save the frogs]

enough with the scams already!

 

[save the frogs]

he's lucky he wasn't poisoned with whatever is in that concoction

 

[Andre0720]

And this guy even accepted to have his picture taken....😊

[Captain Flack]

A number of off topic and bickering posts removed.

[sungod]

1 hour ago, Andre0720 said:

And this guy even accepted to have his picture taken....😊

 

I bet he's welsh

[Jim Blue]

Very strange , 3000 baht maybe but 30 k ????

[smedly]

he is very obviously not playing with a full deck

 

he needs supervision 

[harleyclarkey]

Is this that for real? He was actually going to drink some sh*ite that he had no idea of what was in it. 

A fool and his money, 20 000 Baht, are soon parted. This could not be more clear with this case.

 

[NorthernRyland]

This guy paid 20,000 baht for honey??? Look I have that same bottle right here! This is probably the stupidest scam you could fall for.

 

 

 

[Kinok Farang]

5 hours ago, mikebell said:

and his money are soon parted.

But how did the fool get his money in the first place?

[captain_shane]

Why was he refunded? He chose to buy the product. How exactly is this a scam? Overpriced and probably junk yeah, but where's the scam?

[BerndD]

Stupidity should be punished. And that's what happened here!

[craighj]

Mr Cambell is clearly an idiot and should go back to his home country immediately.  Once there he should find a room, go inside and not come out ever again!

[BusyB]

 

This guy shouldn't be allowed out on his own.

[connda]

Stupid is as stupid does.  And boy, this dude must be one of the dullest knives in the drawer. 

"I was tricked!!!"
 

No, you were stupid enough to be conned.  Con artists prey on the those who are the most gullible. 

"There's a sucker born every minute!"
-attributed to PT Barnum

[jwl53]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

They engaged him in conversation, claiming he was overweight and recommended a weight-loss remedy.

He should have given them the short sharp <deleted> of you ignorant bustards

So stupid

[suspectdevice]

28 minutes ago, captain_shane said:

Why was he refunded? He chose to buy the product. How exactly is this a scam? Overpriced and probably junk yeah, but where's the scam?

The sellers made false claims about the product and it's properties. 

[Thingamabob]

This guy should never have left the UK. Naive beyond belief.

[connda]

24 minutes ago, BerndD said:

Stupidity should be punished. And that's what happened here!

It was.  Dude paid 20K THB for some colored water.  Hope he learned something.

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

They engaged him in conversation, claiming he was overweight and recommended a weight-loss remedy.

Should have told them they were ugly but at least you could go on a keto diet

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

The saying along lines...."A fool and their money easily separated" 

Got that right