What are we being warned against, exactly?

More wrong assumptions. I'm not at home. But maybe I should start drinking coffee now, you think?

Hmm... I don't know what I was warning about anymore. I got so consumed with drinking coffee and getting sleep that I'm so confused now. Does anyone know where to go to get a drivers license in Bangkok?

I tried talking to a fellow westerner the other day by asking where he was from. This man kept evading the question so I kept pestering him until he replied, what has this man got to hide ?.

If a western man refuses to tell you where he is from beware, infact run for the hills.

As for scams, a typical approach is to befriend a stranger by asking where the strangers comes from. Then with that information in hand the scammer often attempts to form alliances with that person's nationality to create a personal bond.

Some 20+ years ago I was befriended by a Thai man on the street in Bangkok who struck up conversation with me as i was walking by and in very polished English. Very similar circumstances. He asked where I was from which then lead him into a story about how he has a sister living in my city. It eventually lead into an attempted jewelry scam claiming that after I bought the jewels his contacts in my country would repurchase them from me.

A man asking me where I come from in a social circle or during the course of conversation while sitting around in a social environment wouldn't put me off.

But asking me this as a first question and persisting to try and engage me as I am briskly walking out of a government building in Thailand when I clearly showed no interest in the conversation from the start of it throws up red flags for me. So I didn't waste any further time.

I tried talking to a fellow westerner the other day by asking where he was from. This man kept evading the question so I kept pestering him until he replied, what has this man got to hide ?.

If a western man refuses to tell you where he is from beware, infact run for the hills.

I bet the man you was trying to talk to was the OP?

Have you visited any driving license centres lately and do you have any connections with Syrian terrorist organisations?

Edited November 14, 201213 yr by Beetlejuice

Wow BJ. Amazing clairvoyance and/or detective work. It was me. You are a true phenomenon. By the way, you don't mind if I call you BJ do you? I like the ring to it.

Wow BJ. Amazing clairvoyance and/or detective work. It was me. You are a true phenomenon. By the way, you don't mind if I call you BJ do you? I like the ring to it.

I don`t mind at all. But I would prefer not to call you TB, because my uncle died of that.

And if you all find out someday that this man really was a criminal who successfully wronged/hurt someone, after your turned this all into a big condescending joke about the OP, then wouldn't all of you (who had nothing better to do than try and kill the messenger) feel pretty pathetic?

You judged him right from the start. You could have answered his question, and added "I'm sorry I'm late for a meeting, and don't have time just now for a chat."

Well then think of another name for me that didn't kill off any of your family members if you feel more comfortable with that. I would be pleased with whatever you would like to refer to me as.

In fact, you wouldn't mind if I called you something else besides BJ as well? I wouldn't want to accidentally think of you the next time I was getting one. You can understand my concern right?

I tried talking to a fellow westerner the other day by asking where he was from. This man kept evading the question so I kept pestering him until he replied, what has this man got to hide ?.

If a western man refuses to tell you where he is from beware, infact run for the hills.

He may have been on the run, or even an over stayer. You should have shopped him.

The American conspiracy theory complex is right at home here with the idea that the stranger must be up to no good, case closed, he was guilty - how very sad.

What are we being warned against, exactly?

Seems like don't talk to strangers,same as mummy said.

I tried talking to a fellow westerner the other day by asking where he was from. This man kept evading the question so I kept pestering him until he replied, what has this man got to hide ?.

If a western man refuses to tell you where he is from beware, infact run for the hills.

He may have been on the run, or even an over stayer. You should have shopped him.

Or better still, made a citizens arrest and held him until the BIB arrived, some time later!

Personal insults have taken over here.

Nothing more to discuss.

CLOSED.