webfact Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Tourist scam shame By Staff Reporter (photograph courtesy of our friends at the Phuket Gazette) PHUKET: -- Phuket Police have had more than their fair share of tourist crimes this year and, along with dealing with genuine crimes, which they seem to have solved quickly on a regular basis, they have also had to deal with those that appear genuine, but are, in fact liars. Fortunately they have some of the best support in Thailand.. the All Seeing Eye. The All seeing Eye, (CCTV to you and me) was responsible for helping to solve the genuine murder case of an Australain lady earlier in the summer, it also served its masters by proving that Australian tourist Stevie Bamford was lying when she cried rape. This week the All seeing eyes of Phuket spied on another liar in a standard tourist scam, when a Malaysian tourist claimed he had been robbed at knifepoint in a Shopping Mall. The 34 year old is reported to have claimed that he was relieved of his phone, IPAD and wallet, with a total value in excess of 200,000 baht during a visit to the rest rooms in the Resort’s Mall. His story, of course, was all very convincing and succeeded in worrying police enough to send a team out to the mall to check out security and also the CCTV recordings. [more...] Full story: http://www.pattaya10...ist-scam-shame/ -- pattaya103.com 2012-09-12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astanhope Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Good lord - it would be nice if the trend of "more surveillance, all of the time" were to fade away. Unfortunately, it is doubtful that this is going to happen. It would also be great if Thailand simply put its foot down and refused to go down this path - but that seems rather doubtful as well. I blame Allen Funt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 You have to laugh. An article about the TOURIST attempting a scam!! (Insurance you presume) Yet everyday, tourists are scammed in a creative variety of ways. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Nice touch also; Pattaya reporting on that hotbed of scams , Phuket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post alfalfa19 Posted September 12, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted September 12, 2012 what a joke. too bad they can't turn their wondrous cameras on the hundreds of scumsuckers plying their trade on the beaches. i guess the cameras don't work on thai criminals. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveyinasia Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Guess the All Seeing Eye does not reach down to the water line to catch those Jet Ski scum. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomadJoe Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 I wonder why a Pattaya news source is scooping Phuket news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belg Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 you wonder why they don't put cctv where al the jetski scammers are doing business Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davejones Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Tourist scammers should be sent to jail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julemanden Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 I wonder why a Pattaya news source is scooping Phuket news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshine51 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 I wonder why a Pattaya news source is scooping Phuket news. Slow day at Patts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silsburyhill Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 I watched that Australian tv documentary on the Bamford case and anyone who believes she was lying has had no other dealings with what passes for the law enforcers here than having to stump up a 'traffic ticket'. I don't care what the weight of Phuket's PR says. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rionoir Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Yet everyday, tourists are scammed in a creative variety of ways. No, no.. you didn't read the article. The everyday scams "they seem to have solved quickly on a regular basis" =D 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiff1963 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 What a rubbish report. Tourists are regularly scammed here. Is this from the nation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmatt Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 No mention of the famous jet-ski scams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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