Lite Beer Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Police nab Liberians for 200k black money scam BANGKOK: Immigration police have arrested and charged two Liberian men for allegedly swindling a Russian man out of 200,000 baht in a black money scam.Mcarthur Kerry and John Hill, both 40, were arrested outside a hotel on Sukhumvit Soi 6 in Klong Toey district, Pol Maj Gen Warawut Sawasdee, chief of the Immigration Police Bureau's investigation division told reporters yesterday. He did not say when the pair were arrested. The pair were detained after a Russian man, who was not named, told police he had been cheated by the men, one of whom pretended to be a Ghanaian cabinet minister.The Russian man said he had placed an advert online to sell his boat. The Liberians contacted him and offered to buy the boat priced at US$1 million (31 million baht).After the deal was agreed, the Russian was asked by the Liberians to give them 200,000 baht, saying they needed the money to secure the transfer of US$1 million from Ghana. The Russian agreed and wired the money. The two suspects later met the Russian and gave him a briefcase they claimed contained US$1 million. However, they told him the banknotes were sprayed with a black chemical for security reasons. Before the banknotes could be used, the chemical must rinsed off with a solution costing US$300,000, they said. The suspects asked the Russian to pay for the solution, promising to refund the money later.The Russian then became suspicious and went to the police.Pol Maj Gen Warawut said this type of fraud was common. He urged the public to exercise caution when making any kind of online transaction. Meanwhile, an American national, wanted in his home country for making fake US passports, has been arrested by Chon Buri immigration police.Police said Kwame Rasheed Jackson was arrested at a condominium in Pattaya, but did not say when the arrest took place. Immigration Police Division 1 chief Pol Col Chayawut Chansomboon said Mr Jackson faces an arrest warrant in the US for producing counterfeit American passports.His arrest was in response to a request made by the US embassy. He entered Thailand on Oct 1, police said. Immigration police are in the process of deporting Mr Jackson back to the US. Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/police-nab-liberians-for-200k-black-money-scam-49606.php -- Phuket News 2014-11-12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JOC Posted November 12, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2014 The combination of stupidity and greed are universial!! A never ending market for scammers!! Do I feel sorry for the" victim"?? Not the slightest !! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ramrod711 Posted November 12, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2014 Damn librarians, cooking the books....oh,sorry Liberians, that's different then. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SoFarAndNear Posted November 12, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2014 (edited) Selling a Ghanaian a boat for 1 mio USD cash?!? This story is real?! Edited November 12, 2014 by SoFarAndNear 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Immigration Police apprehend several foreign criminals hiding in ThailandBANGKOK, 12 November 2014 (NNT) - The Thai Immigration Police have arrested two Liberian men who have escaped to Thailand in a black money scam. One of them also pretended that he was a Cabinet Minister from Ghana.Police Lieutenant General Sakda Chuenpakdi, the Acting Immigration Bureau Chief, announced that the police have arrested Mr. McArthur Kerry and Mr. John Hughes. The two Liberian men were responsible for swindling 200,000 baht from a Russian man and an additional $300,000 from him for a liquid to rinse off the black money.According to the scam, the money has been sprayed with a black chemical to avoid detection from Customs officials. In order to re-use it again, the victim had to pay for a liquid solution to ‘rinse off the banknotes’. The Liberian conmen promised that they would refund the money later. Therefore, the Russian man turned to the Chonburi Immigration Police.In a separate case, the police have also arrested Kwame Rasheed Jackson and David Jeremy Gall, both of whom have arrest warrants against them from the United States. The men were responsible for passport forgery, burglary, and engaging in unauthorized online transactions.Thirdly, the police have apprehended Mr. Patrick Lagrou, a Belgian national who was been charged with marijuana cultivation and is now taking refuge in Phangnga province. Police would blacklist him from entering the country and deport him back to Belgium.-- NNT 2014-11-12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOC Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Selling a Ghanaian a boat for 1 mio USD cash?!? This story is real?! You are right!! It is way too cheap!! In Lagos the same boat would fetch 2 mio $!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falangjim Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Damn librarians, cooking the books....oh,sorry Liberians, that's different then. Ha! I thought the same thing. Those scheming librarians! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatsujin Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 I have absolutely NO sympathy for those that get scammed here any longer. They are all <deleted> stupid greedy morons and deserve all they get for falling for these types of scams that have been going on for years and years. You don't get something for nothing in this life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freed1948 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 They are obviously greedy and stupid. Deserve to lose everything. How could anyone with one ounce of intelligence believe a black money scam?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Liberian scams a Russian? where is the crime here? learn that not everything that is black (pun intended) is gold... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisY1 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Great story......a Russian giving Africans 200K.......and another $300K for "special rinse".....and they grab the money and run! Don't believe this is real..............and on the chance that it is......then the scammers have worked well and the Russian's an idiot! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickBradford Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Amazing that the old wash-wash scam is still alive and people are falling for it. The Nigerians abandoned wash-wash many years ago, along with the old Sani Abacha trunk-box scam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryanlunadelacruz Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 i thought Russians are better in scamming? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 (edited) Where there is greed and stupidity- there is suffer. I don't see anything wrong with it. It still takes two for a tango. Edited November 12, 2014 by Lupatria 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil B Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 I thought Liberians were little old ladies who went "Shusshhh"... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Emster23 Posted November 12, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2014 How does someone so stupid get so much money to begin with? Daddy? Is black money related in any way to dark matter? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 4737 Carlin Posted November 12, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2014 A similar thing happened to me in the other day. My wife told me to take our water buffalo to the market to sell. On the way I was approached by two swarthy gentlemen who offered to give me some magic beans in exchange for the buffalo etc. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lemonjelly Posted November 12, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2014 They are obviously greedy and stupid. Deserve to lose everything. How could anyone with one ounce of intelligence believe a black money scam?? He was just trying to sell his boat, which in itself isn't greedy. The guy's naivety doesn't warrant such a harsh attitude from the resident collection of TV miserabilists. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gchurch259 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Thailand allows way too many bad people into their country. There should be a Interpol prescreening for people from some countries. I tend to be prejudice based on 79 years experience with some cultures. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeforeTigers Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 LOL.No. This is not common.What this is, is retarded.Makes you wonder where someone this stupid came up with his money to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamalaRider Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 (edited) Selling a Ghanaian a boat for 1 mio USD cash?!? This story is real?! Russian. *The Russian man said he had placed an advert online to sell his boat* Get eye glasses, you'll need it. Edited November 12, 2014 by KamalaRider 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fvw53 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 (edited) Hopefully those Liberians - when entering the country - were properly checked for something much more worrisome than a money scam : ebola ! Edited November 12, 2014 by metisdead Font reset to default forum font. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnh869 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Take the black money and stick it where the Sun don't shine.....Ha! Ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thhMan Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Again... another story about Tourists being bad.... and again... we dont have the usual photos of these bad people, surrounded by Thai Police.... Is this a new trend for journalism or is this just the start of fake news being created? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTH10260 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Selling a Ghanaian a boat for 1 mio USD cash?!? This story is real?! and a guy having the wealth to purchase such a yacht needs to ask for the petty cash to get his own money transfered out??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barin Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 This is the first time "Liberians" are mentioned as being involved in a scam like that. Are you sure that this is not a misspelling of "Nigerians" in fact? I believe "Liberians" should read as "Nigerians", probably a mistake of someone... Liberia is not the same as Nigeria, surprise, surprise! Nigerians, if they want to scam someone are often posing as Ghanians. You never know... Please correct me if I am wrong! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nithisa78 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 The combination of stupidity and greed are universial!! A never ending market for scammers!! Do I feel sorry for the" vic we feel sorry for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nithisa78 Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 This is the first time "Liberians" are mentioned as being involved in a scam like that. Are you sure that this is not a misspelling of "Nigerians" in fact? I believe "Liberians" should read as "Nigerians", probably a mistake of someone... Liberia is not the same as Nigeria, surprise, surprise! Nigerians, if they want to scam someone are often posing as Ghanians. You never know... Please correct me if I am wrong! You are correct. I'm trying to help make things right in Liberia since 1987. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gandtee Posted November 12, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2014 Damn librarians, cooking the books....oh,sorry Liberians, that's different then. If it had been librarians they would have had the book thrown at them. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemonjelly Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 This is the first time "Liberians" are mentioned as being involved in a scam like that. Are you sure that this is not a misspelling of "Nigerians" in fact? I believe "Liberians" should read as "Nigerians", probably a mistake of someone... Liberia is not the same as Nigeria, surprise, surprise! Nigerians, if they want to scam someone are often posing as Ghanians. You never know... Please correct me if I am wrong! You are correct. I'm trying to help make things right in Liberia since 1987. Liberians have been active in BKK for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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