My friend post a parcel to me from UK to Taiwan. The express company they only got the office in Thailand in Asia.

The parcel is include a diamond ring and a gold ring. And now it is stocked in Thailand. Becasue the express company wants me to pay the tax and yellow tag, total is US$2,300.

Is this real in Thailand? Is anyone could help me for this? Should I pay for this? Or this is fraud?

Thanks so much for your help...

This has "SCAM" written all over it loucianalee - - it's in transit isn;t it (?) - the issue of CIF duties should have nothing to do with Thailand at all. What if the parcel was transiting through 3 or 4 different countries - would you be asked for duty from all 3?

This is a reputable/big name courier company(?) -

This is what I would do

- Anonymously phone the courier so and ask them to explain how CIF duties are calculated, when they are paid, to who they are paid and what is the policy with respect to goods been courired but transiting through a 3rd country. Do it anonymously.

- Then wait a day or so, contact the courier co again and ask them to copy to you their company polciy regards CIF duties - and see what their policy is.

- Also get hold of the Thai CIF policy - its online some where (if you cant find it let me know and I'll dig it out for you).

The only way I can see this been legit is if the courier co does all it's South East Asian accounting in Thailand - and I don;t know any that do, because all the big co's operate as indepedent entities in each country, so I cant see how courier co X would be asking you for CIF duties in a country the goods weren;t destined for.

I have the tels and emails for the ex-pat head-honcho's for a couple of the big name courier co's in Thailand - of its one of them (which courier co is it?) I can put you in direct contact.

In any even - it sounds like a scam to me.

Don't pay them anything.