1 hour ago, saakura said:

He has been around for a while now. I myself got scammed into giving him 100 Baht when suddenly out the blue, he appeared on a motorbike and tapped on my car window at a red signal, and gave me a story about having been robbed in Silom and needing to fill some oil in his bike to reach home. Next dsy i found out that he has scammed many others. This was a year ago.

 

1 hour ago, Stanley78 said:

Looks like the guy I once saw when I was walking into the breakfast room at Fraser Suites on Sukhumvit 11.

 

As I was walking in he was walking out with a plastic bag full of food from the buffet and said "thank you" to the entrance staff who had just arrived, which is probably the reason he had managed to get in at all.

 

They stopped him and asked for his room number, he replied "oh I can't remember." After a short discussion they let him leave but asked him not to come back.

What accent did he have?

11 minutes ago, Advocate said:

It appears that the British have unilaterally decided this should be a competitive market.

Don't understand this.

1 hour ago, SaintLouisBlues said:

Surely this is a reserved occupation in Thailand; only Thais can carry out this sort of work?

 

Nonsense, I,ve been here 36 years and have NEVER had a Thai motor cyclist come up and try to cadge money for gas :)

The Thais are only pi..d because they did  not think of it first.

1 hour ago, Stanley78 said:

Looks like the guy I once saw when I was walking into the breakfast room at Fraser Suites on Sukhumvit 11.

 

As I was walking in he was walking out with a plastic bag full of food from the buffet and said "thank you" to the entrance staff who had just arrived, which is probably the reason he had managed to get in at all.

 

They stopped him and asked for his room number, he replied "oh I can't remember." After a short discussion they let him leave but asked him not to come back.

Must have been a good day at breakfast, love the accommodation but the breakfast is nothing to write about.

the Thais will be trying this for sure now as soon as they see or hear of a good making cash cow they copy it 

How is this news?  He's not using a weapon to take people's money.  It's not even extortion.  In your country do you feel to give money to every person that asks for some?  Did any of you actually look at his gas gauge?  ROTFLMAO !

My god, I hope they catch and throw this criminal away for a lifetime. A scammer of epic proportions. 

 

The lives he has ruined.

17 minutes ago, phantomfiddler said:

 

Nonsense, I,ve been here 36 years and have NEVER had a Thai motor cyclist come up and try to cadge money for gas 

 

Only because they lack creativity. But now they can copy this guy, and copying is what they do best, so look out.

2 minutes ago, Joebuzz said:

How is this news?  He's not using a weapon to take people's money.  It's not even extortion.  In your country do you feel to give money to every person that asks for some?  Did any of you actually look at his gas gauge?  ROTFLMAO !

 

Perhaps he is just practicing his local customs after taking a wrong turn at Picadilly Circus and ending in Thailand.

1 hour ago, George Graham said:

When Thais con Farungs, why are they not referred to as "shameful low life Thais?"

Such as which Thais and which "cons"?

it will be interesting to see how long he can continue now that he is a internet sensation. 

 

News Story tomorrow:

"Farang scammer is taken to 396 locations for reenactment of his crimes."

 

the one with dignity can't do it in his own country,,, what about in here or in other far away..

who has no shame, can do anything..

I remember sitting out my hotel when I first got here a girl came up to me and asked for 1000 baht then she said 500 baht lol TIT

13 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

in Los Angeles, it is a common occurrence to be approached in a gas station by people saying they just ran out of gas and need some money to "get home".

 

same people everyday.

You are right seen it last year and they are all over sometime working with kids and wife.At truck stops.

wow, this guy is showing that he is really well integrated into Thai society. 

52 minutes ago, nkg said:

 

Don't you ever get bored of making the same post .... again, and again, and again ....

 

Obviously not, you clearly cherish your role as the number 1 Thai apologist on these forums.

It's light relief from the rest of the posters here constantly making their repeated, dull-minded, unfunny remarks directed at Thais...again and again and again.

Edited January 31, 20179 yr by gdgbb

I would give him cnadian tire money it look real.

it's simple.  give the con piece of crap a fake bill.  Then later look for the article on TV about falang arrested for trying to cash fake bill

2 hours ago, thai006 said:

another good falang ....

Its not ofter a forienger gets one over a thai

I have been collared several time by a 20s Thai girl near the BTS on Soi 11 claiming some old flannel about 'THB 50 to get home!'. Each time she appears from nowhere with a bag of shopping & vanishes just as quickly when tactfully told how! :)

 

I of course have never bothered POLing the 'outrage' bus.

Edited January 31, 20179 yr by evadgib

Hmmmmm........A beggar on a Motorcycle....a radical new development in the begging industry.

Technology is awesome....lol

 

Cheers

He is undoubtedly a shameless conman ... but no worse than the boiler room scammers, property developers, financial advisers and other such "pond life" that swim in Thai waters and prey on their own kind. 

 

This guy speaks a little Thai and is fully embracing Thainess ... when in Rome. 

Maybe he is just giving the locals a bit of their own medicine

 

and about time too

 

but this is a scam that happens everywhere by down and outs. I seen beggars in thai at the end of there shift get in Mercs and drive off, same in every country of the world Scammers are not all Thai

 

Not even a news worthy story except here in Thailand

 

 

 

Edited January 31, 20179 yr by wakeupplease

1 hour ago, ALLSEEINGEYE said:

why does it matter if his sob story is a lie or not. If you choose to give beggars money that is your decision. 

This. It's not like this creep is committing armed robbery. Just don't give him money. Why do people make life harder than it has to be? KISS - Keep It Simple, Stupid.

1 hour ago, nkg said:

 

Don't you ever get bored of making the same post .... again, and again, and again ....

 

Obviously not, you clearly cherish your role as the number 1 Thai apologist on these forums.

Not sure he's number one but certainly in the top 10.

Next time give him a US 1 dollar bill.

He looks more like an alien then a farang.Nice to see he is wearing a helmet.

I see he has gone native lol.

An occupation reserved for Thais - how dare he - and without a work permit.

Shameful indeed.

3 hours ago, saakura said:

He has been around for a while now. I myself got scammed into giving him 100 Baht when suddenly out the blue, he appeared on a motorbike and tapped on my car window at a red signal, and gave me a story about having been robbed in Silom and needing to fill some oil in his bike to reach home. Next dsy i found out that he has scammed many others. This was a year ago.

Sounds like you've never got over it. 100 baht, that hurts eh?