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[chiangrai57020]

Farang crook poses as Thai bride

The smiling face of would-be mail-order bride, Thaee Maiyuran, once appeared regularly on the pages of legitimate Thai/farang matchmaking websites such as Oneandonly.com. Dozens of foreign suitors emailed the pretty Thai girl, completely unaware that they were, in fact, corresponding with a 50 year-old German bloke called Rudiger Reischert.

Our very own Mr Peter dropped Thaee a line but, instead of receiving a sweet and carefully misspelled reply, he was emailed by the Thai police. They told him that Reischert had been arrested. After swindling around half a million baht from lonely farang men, the conman was now facing up to seven years in jail.

His scam was simple. "Thaee" would promise to meet the men in their own country if they wired "her" money for visas and flights.

In the months that followed, arrivals lounges all over Farangland echoed to the tearful cries of love-sick farang men clutching wilting bouquets – but at least they were spared the sight of a fat middle-aged German puckering-up for a kiss. None of them heard from Thaee again.

Reischert’s luck finally ran out when American victim, Dennis Zorensen, alerted the Central Investigation Bureau of the Thai police. He told them that he sent Thaee US$1,500 through an agency called Thai German Consult.

Officers from the Crime Suppression Division and the Tourist Police traced the deposits to an account at the Thai Farmers bank operated by Reischert and arrested him shortly afterwards.

The Thai police are to be congratulated for their swift and effective action against the devious German but some would argue that thieving Thai con-girls pulling-off the exactly the same scam enjoy diplomatic immunity.

Perhaps it’s just as well, though. With the province of Isaan transformed into a gigantic penal colony, the only live show in Pattaya would be ancient sun-bleached condom wrappers blowing down empty streets.

[Tywais]

The scary part is if the German bloke actually showed up at the airport of one of the unsuspecting 'clients' announcing he is 'the bride to be'.

Edited December 24, 2005 by tywais

[sriracha john]

American victim, Dennis Zorensen sent Thaee US$1,500

Hey Dennis... send over some more... my dog is still unattached...

[Felix Lynn]

What's the source of this story?

[cdnvic]

Funny, but copied off another forum, and a year and a half old at that.

cv

[The Dan Sai Kid]

If someone is so stupid as to send money to someone they never even met they should be too embarassed to go to the police

[chiangrai57020]

What's the source of this story?

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A friend sent it to me today from Boston via e-mail.

[dr_Pat_Pong]

Funny, but copied off another forum, and a year and a half old at that.

cv

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So not a great deal of use to ole Felix eh ? LOL

[thaivisitor]

Farang crook poses as Thai bride

The smiling face of would-be mail-order bride, Thaee Maiyuran, once appeared regularly on the pages of legitimate Thai/farang matchmaking websites such as Oneandonly.com. Dozens of foreign suitors emailed the pretty Thai girl, completely unaware that they were, in fact, corresponding with a 50 year-old German bloke called Rudiger Reischert.

The Thai police are to be congratulated for their swift and effective action against the devious German but some would argue that thieving Thai con-girls pulling-off the exactly the same scam enjoy diplomatic immunity.Perhaps it’s just as well, though.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hmmmmm.... now, does that gives me an idea?????

[Felix Lynn]

I like the story for Thailand Today. Alot folks living overseas would love to hear this one but it is OLD NEWS! It's from 2000! I can't find the results of his trial or anything like that...just the news story of his arrest. Anyone know anything?

German man arrested in Thai girl fiddle

No "Bangkok" puns - honest

By Tim Richardson

Published Friday 28th July 2000 14:58 GMT

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A German man faces up to seven years in a Bangkok jail for fraudulently receiving money from American Don Juans who thought he was a Thai woman looking for romance.

Rudiger Reischert, 50, - aka Thaee Maiyuran - used online singles clubs and lonely hearts services to con men into sending money for "her" to travel to West and meet them.

The money was supposed to be used for visas and flights.

Reischert managed to swindle at least 500,000 baht (£12,200) from guys interested in Thaee. He was rumbled by police earlier this week after an American contacted the authorities when Thaee failed to show up, according to AFP.

Details of the scam are also detailed at allcities.net/thailand/thai-scam/which warns potential male suitors to stay away.

It's not known whether the warning was published before police arrested Reischert.

"Thaee Maiyuran of Bangkok suspected of running a scam!," screams the warning.

"The scam involves singles ads by Thaee and maybe a friend Gun, whereby men inticed (sic)to ask her to visit him in the US, and wire funds to The Thai German Consult, supposedly for a visa and round trip air fare.

"Trouble is, the visa is never applied for and the money is gone, and the man never hears from Thaee again," it says.