Tourist Shopping Scams Makes News Worldwide

[lifeincnx]

The duty free shopping scams at Suvarnabhumi was an Associated Press top story world wide today. "Tony the translator" is at it again.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090807/ap_on_..._airport_scam_2

Moral of the story: Unless you carry a Thai passport, run don't walk past the duty free shops until this scam gets eliminated.

[salty]

I am travelling back home on Wednesday and will hopefully resist the urge to give two fingers in the direction of King Power.

[ozzieovaseas]

WELL it seems someones tellin porkies here..

This latest article says the wallet the British couple allegedly stole WAS NEVER FOUND!!!

According to various other reports,mainly kingpowers, the wallet was found in a bin outside of a toilet that the British guy walked into..

So who do you believe?

[davee58]

And these others, all today:

MSNBC

South Idaho Press

Straits Times

Associated Press

This is old news now, I can't see anything changing.

Once it has passed the test of international press with no thai government action, it will just make things so much easier for all the other scammers.

imho.

[BlueSmurf]

An American friend of mine is travelling around Eygypt with his Japanese wife.They both normally reside in Chiang Mai.His wife went to the Japanese embassy to gather local information but was hit with warnings about Japanese being kidnapped by thai police In Swampy and held to ransom! So if anyone thinks this is not big news worldwid(Thais I mean) then they have another think coming!

[BlueSmurf]

It has just been reported by the "Nation" that the Thai deputy prime minister has been instructed to take care of problems at the airport! He asks the public to report any wrongdoings and has been told to investigate any dark influences!

[bojo]

It has just been reported by the "Nation" that the Thai deputy prime minister has been instructed to take care of problems at the airport! He asks the public to report any wrongdoings and has been told to investigate any dark influences!

I don't suppose the public has much chance to report the wrong doings while they are being fitted up!

REgards Bojo