Aussie Charity Scam Guy Hiding In South Thailand

[BookMan]

A two-time former bankrupt, who was sued over a failed Sydney weight-loss franchise, has set up a ''spurious'' aid organisation through which he is accused of defrauding millions of dollars from investors.

Andrew Robert Mansell had been promising investors that the World Humanitarian Aid Foundation, which he was supposed to be operating in Thailand and Mongolia, was providing exceptional returns on investors' funds.

His pitch to would-be investors was that private, short-term loans, sourced by his foundation to cover for delays in government foreign-aid grants, would be repaid with a high interest rate...

...But, once they transferred the money to Mr Mansell and his South East Hong Kong Investment Ltd company, he disappeared and the victims claimed they could no longer contact him. It is believed he is living in the south of Thailand.

http://www.smh.com.au/national/charity-accused-of-multimillion-ripoff-20121103-28qs3.html

[kevvy]

NOT ALL THAIS ARE SCAMS ARTISTS

[BigJohnnyBKK]

NOT ALL THAIS ARE SCAMS ARTISTS

Of course, no one said so.

No one even insulted Australians generally, even though the scam artist in this case is indeed an ocker. . .

[BookMan]

NOT ALL THAIS ARE SCAMS ARTISTS

The heading did say 'Aussie charity guy'..

Did you mean 'Not all scam artists are Thai?'

Australia has plenty of scam artists and with a guy like this able to part people with hundreds of thousands of dollars each it is not surprising