10 Million Baht Car Rental Scam reported to Sattahip Police



SATTAHIP: -- Victims of a 10 Million Baht Car Rental Scam reported the alleged crime to Sattahip Police on Wednesday and it is thought that 23 vehicles are involved in the case.

The group of more than 10 car owners reported to Police that a woman named as Khun Patsaraporn aged 45, had approached the car owners and told them that if they gave their vehicles to her she would take them to Pattaya and rent them to foreign tourists. She guaranteed a minimum rental income of 25,000 Baht per car per month.

The car owners signed contracts and handed over their cars, but never received any rental income and when they tried to contact the woman, her phone was turned off and she had moved out of her house located in the Sattahip area.

Full story: http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/160132/10-million-baht-car-rental-scam-reported-to-sattahip-police/


-- Pattaya One 2014-12-18

If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is.

This is the latest scam amongst Thais I know a couple of people that have fallen victim.

A similar one is people offering to buy your car. They give a deposit and sometimes a fake ID and and drive off.

Most of these vehicles are sold to Burma and Cambodia.

In the last big car rental scam the police were heavily involved in it, brought to life

when the stolen cars were found at the police station. Wonder if that is what has

happened here.....

If one apply simple common sense and look past the stupid curtains, one can see a disaster

in the making... don't these people read the news or watch tv where similar scams are unfolds

on a daily bases?

.......approached by a woman you have never ever met before........hand over your car to be rented out to foreign tourists (on some of the most dangerous roads in the world)...in exchange for a "Thai promise" of 25,000b a month.......

Oh come on you car owning idiots....greed made you do it right?........did you give a seconds thought to insurance ramifications if your car was involved in an accident whilst being driven by a "foreigner".....duh...!!!

Serves you all right....now you go complaining and crying to the police.........tough titty you idiots

This is the latest scam amongst Thais I know a couple of people that have fallen victim.

A similar one is people offering to buy your car. They give a deposit and sometimes a fake ID and and drive off.

Most of these vehicles are sold to Burma and Cambodia.

And Malaysia, there is a big traffic of cars and motorbikes between Thailand and Malaysia.

lol .. 25.000 each ? that is a payout of 250.000 baht

good investment

i don't even get 25.000 baht per month from the bank, for dropping my 10 mil there

Unfortunately people get scammed everywhere everyday. Just another sad story.

With a gps tracking device it woild have been easy to locate the cars, just saying.

.......approached by a woman you have never ever met before........hand over your car to be rented out to foreign tourists (on some of the most dangerous roads in the world)...in exchange for a "Thai promise" of 25,000b a month.......

Oh come on you car owning idiots....greed made you do it right?........did you give a seconds thought to insurance ramifications if your car was involved in an accident whilst being driven by a "foreigner".....duh...!!!

Serves you all right....now you go complaining and crying to the police.........tough titty you idiots

i would have thought the biggest appeal in the deal was the face gain for scamming the foreigners. monetary gains being secondary consideration. do you think they would have agreed if the cars were to be rented to thais? no of course not.

Edited December 18, 201411 yr by whispering bag

Easy scam. All these people fell for the government 100K baht back scheme, and now are trying to figure out how to keep the payments up. Along comes a white knight with an offer of 25K/mo and they are all to eager to hand over their cars.

This is the latest scam amongst Thais I know a couple of people that have fallen victim.

A similar one is people offering to buy your car. They give a deposit and sometimes a fake ID and and drive off.

Most of these vehicles are sold to Burma and Cambodia.

And Malaysia, there is a big traffic of cars and motorbikes between Thailand and Malaysia.

It's mostly stolen vehicles from Malaysia coming to Thailand because they're cheaper in Malaysia.

If one apply simple common sense and look past the stupid curtains, one can see a disaster

in the making... don't these people read the news or watch tv where similar scams are unfolds

on a daily bases?

Nope... They watch Soap Operas so they know how to live life, respectfully and with sound effects

Edited December 18, 201411 yr by thhMan

What a great scam. How come I never think of scams like this?

I'll hand them the keys after they pay me more than the car has cost me.

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In the last big car rental scam the police were heavily involved in it, brought to life

when the stolen cars were found at the police station. Wonder if that is what has

happened here.....

I remember that one - a rogue nasty cop who intimidated all concerned.

A fool and his money come to mind but in this case his car.

This is the latest scam amongst Thais I know a couple of people that have fallen victim.

A similar one is people offering to buy your car. They give a deposit and sometimes a fake ID and and drive off.

Most of these vehicles are sold to Burma and Cambodia.

We had a Fortuna i wanted to sell and downsize, various people came to look but could not afford the payments, one lady came and saw the car (when i wasn't there) and became very interested but only came at night, very suspicious to the point where she turned up one night while i was out with a car full of fellows wanting to give a deposit and drive it away, on the phone to my girl i said no to the deal, the lady left and we parked the car in a safe location for a while, we were later told that the lady was involved in a scam and selling the cars in Cambodia, if it wasn't for my gut feeling and stubbornness i probably would have lost the car, follow your instinct.

So is there one amongst us that would hand over a car to a stranger on the receipt of a deposit? I think not. And if you do, you deserve to lose it for such foolishness.