Brothers in south con public out of 300K after finding ID card

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Brothers in south con public out of 300K after finding ID card

 

Picture: Daily News

 

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: -- Two tricky brothers opened bank accounts with a Thai ID card they found then used the accounts to fleece the public in a Facebook sales scam.

 

The fraud was uncovered when the person who had lost the ID card - Panthaya Srikhan, 35, was contacted by Nakorn Srithammarat police on a warrant, reported Daily News.

 

But he told police he had done nothing.

 

The crime had been committed by Ekaluck Phuangsamphao, 33, and his 19 year old brother named only as "Kai", it was later discovered.

The pair had opened four bank accounts with they card they found at Sichon Hospital. 

 

They then enticed people to send them money for goods that they never supplied. In all they stole 300,000 baht with their Facebook scam over about three months.

 

They were both detained for prosecution in the matter.

 

Source: Daily News

 

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[Thechook]

They look like a sly slippery bunch.

[Colabamumbai]

The banks should share responsibility for opening accounts without a blue book or other such I.D. More than one piece of I.D. should be necessary.

[ratcatcher]

52 minutes ago, Thechook said:

They look like a sly slippery bunch.

And that's just the coppers.

[daveAustin]

6 minutes ago, ratcatcher said:

And that's just the coppers.

 

Haha, yeah, had to do a double-take. Best bang them all up just to be sure. 

[hdkane]

1 hour ago, Colabamumbai said:

The banks should share responsibility for opening accounts without a blue book or other such I.D. More than one piece of I.D. should be necessary.

I've always thought Thais looked alike...I guess Thais think so too...

[Aachen]

2 hours ago, Colabamumbai said:

The banks should share responsibility for opening accounts without a blue book or other such I.D. More than one piece of I.D. should be necessary.

 

Why? An ID card is a valid kind of complete identification, if the bank checks the picture etc.

 

You need more then one I.D. only, if you are living in an underdeveloped country, like the USA, where they do not have an ID card.