Lite Beer Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 26 suspected conmen from African nations rounded in BangkokBANGKOK: -- Police from the Central Investigation Bureau have arrested 26 suspected conmen from African nations for having allegedly committed phishing scams and online love scams.CIB Commissioner Pol Lt Gen Thitiraj Nongharn said the 26 have been rounded up in 40 parts in Bangkok. They were accused of hacking some companies' emails or deceiving Thai women to transfer them money. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/26-suspected-conmen-from-African-nations-rounded-i-30263202.html -- The Nation 2015-06-26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireMedic Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 I just saw a big fight the other night at the local 7-11 Soi 7 or so....all Africans fighting each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surangw Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 only 26? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 only 26?Yes, but 40 locations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halloween Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 only 26?Yes, but 40 locations. Conmen can make you believe they are in 2 places at one time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddy B Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Not surprised at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manbing Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 They were arrested for working in jobs reserved for Thais Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinot Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 I was in Saigon a couple of years ago when the Vietnamese government rounded up the lot of them and threw them out of the country. Drugs, prostitution, you name it, they were into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfalfa19 Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 well, that is a good start. 1% is better than nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangon04 Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 well, that is a good start. 1% is better than nothing. the article just says "arrested". doesn't make it clear if they are being re-educated in the chain of command, or actually punished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halloween Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Some years ago on Samui, we had a dark-skinned gentleman (does that offend anyone?) stopping people on the street and trying the old "Nigerian scam". I'd never seen anyone handcuffed to the grabrail on a bike before that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soutpeel Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 I was in Saigon a couple of years ago when the Vietnamese government rounded up the lot of them and threw them out of the country. Drugs, prostitution, you name it, they were into it. and I am sure Thailand will do the same, after all the natives will not like the competition in the areas of prostitution and drugs, they have business interests to protect... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwacker Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 40 locations and 26 arrests must mean that these Africans were masters of escape and most of them first got away before being later arrested for the second time. But if this is true and knowing the Thai way of counting, i am surprised it is not 52 arrests as they should take the credit for the action and not be concerned that it was the same African. Like the way they count tourists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 I wonder what is wrong with the Thai embassy staff in Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast etc. to provide guys from some of the poorest countries with business visas. Don't they know what kind of "business" these guys are running? I met three guys from Sierra Leone on an ED visa. It must be a great advantage for them to be able to communicate with the huge Thai population in Freetown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammygood Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 if they are not here for "fussball" reasons, how come they are allowed to stay and why ? do they all come here with 400k or more needed for the "marriage" visa ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halloween Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Bought a visa in Suvannaket a few weeks back. In front of me were 6 or 7 very friendly Filipino young ladies, all buying triple entry tourist visas. Tourism from the Philippines must be booming. BTW Took quite a while, waiting g/f not at all happy about my new friends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickJ Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Did someone forget a 0 or two???????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALLSEEINGEYE Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 not sure how these 26 managed to be rounded up at 40 different locations around Bkk, but I am willing to bet that however many locations it really was,that all the locations were within the jurisdiction of the Lumpini police. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smotherb Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 only 26? Yeah, and they found the 26 of them in 40 places around Bangkok--thats about 2/3 of an African in each place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimlove Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 The Q is how these "dark skinned folks" enter Thailand and what visa they have to stay here ... ? Maybe CIB should investigate into that also so some Immigration-staff can be transferred .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveinAsia Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 (edited) These guys have been in this city as long as I can remember, selling charlie, so the big big boss must be Thai(perhaps a copper?) or a large amount of money is being paid under the table by the Nigerian kingpin, very simple Edited June 27, 2015 by DaveinAsia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 (edited) The Q is how these "dark skinned folks" enter Thailand and what visa they have to stay here ... ? Maybe CIB should investigate into that also so some Immigration-staff can be transferred .... "Dark skinned folk"? Is that the new phrase to express colour prejudice in polite company/appear funny to like minded "folk"? Edited June 27, 2015 by Bluespunk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halloween Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 The Q is how these "dark skinned folks" enter Thailand and what visa they have to stay here ... ? Maybe CIB should investigate into that also so some Immigration-staff can be transferred .... "Dark skinned folk"?Is that the new phrase to express colour prejudice in polite company/appear funny to like minded "folk"? I was the first to use "dark-skinned" in this thread, sure that it couldn't offend anybody, except perhaps you. Here is a link to at least 50 perjorative terms for "dark-skinned" people, and others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_slurs_by_ethnicity Let us know which you prefer to "dark-skinned". Or should we go for IC3 and hope everybody watches The Bill? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebonykap Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 I can remember when I first visited Thailand about 13 years ago. No (or very few) Nigerians, Arabs, Indians, Chinese.......ahhhhh, those were the days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 The Q is how these "dark skinned folks" enter Thailand and what visa they have to stay here ... ? Maybe CIB should investigate into that also so some Immigration-staff can be transferred .... "Dark skinned folk"?Is that the new phrase to express colour prejudice in polite company/appear funny to like minded "folk"? I think you would have been happier had he added " Doodah, doodah, oh doo dah day" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 I can remember when I first visited Thailand about 13 years ago. No (or very few) Nigerians, Arabs, Indians, Chinese.......ahhhhh, those were the days! You, your cool white pals and the rest were swarthy Asians. Oh for the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soutpeel Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 The Q is how these "dark skinned folks" enter Thailand and what visa they have to stay here ... ? Maybe CIB should investigate into that also so some Immigration-staff can be transferred .... Maybe they should investigate how some of the "whitey's" manage to remain in Thailand long term as well as regards their visa's... or bugger it, just increase the visa prices and financial requirements for every one ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soutpeel Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 I can remember when I first visited Thailand about 13 years ago. No (or very few) Nigerians, Arabs, Indians, Chinese.......ahhhhh, those were the days! When I came here 14 years ago, seen plenty of the above mentioned, so you were blind, blind drunk or so engrossed in the hookers you never noticed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roo860 Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 The Q is how these "dark skinned folks" enter Thailand and what visa they have to stay here ... ? Maybe CIB should investigate into that also so some Immigration-staff can be transferred .... "Dark skinned folk"? Is that the new phrase to express colour prejudice in polite company/appear funny to like minded "folk"? That's what they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soutpeel Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 The Q is how these "dark skinned folks" enter Thailand and what visa they have to stay here ... ? Maybe CIB should investigate into that also so some Immigration-staff can be transferred .... "Dark skinned folk"?Is that the new phrase to express colour prejudice in polite company/appear funny to like minded "folk"? That's what they are! I am confused now are we referring to Nigerians or the dark skinned folk of Isaan, such as the wives of many a TV member ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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