Video: Nasty scam targeting old pick-ups caught on tape

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Video: Nasty scam targeting old pick-ups caught on tape

 

Picture: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: -- A video posted on Facebook shows what police say is a scam to get motorists to part with money for minor scrapes.

 

The footage posted by good Samaritan driver "Pairoj Familyman" shows two cars hemming in a pick-up on the Bang Pa-In to Bang Pahan road (Route 347) on Saturday, reported Thairath.

 

Pairoj catches what happens on his dash cam then catches up with the pick-up driver to say he has the footage and give him his phone number if he needs it later.

 

He was soon contacted by the pick-up driver to say that both cars had driven up to him and demanded 8,000 baht for damage to their vehicles.

 

But when the driver called Pairoj and it was clear there was footage they backed down saying "May pen rai" , they would let their insurance sort it out. They then drove off.

 

And now it emerges they were just looking for another victim.

 

Pairoj stopped for gas but continuing his journey said that he saw the same black car involved in a dispute with another old pick-up by the side of the road. This time he had no footage and decided he could not meddle but he called the police and told them about what he had seen.

 

"Credit the force, "said Pairoj," they came out fast but once again the driver of the pick-up had refused to be intimidated and the black

car had driven off before they arrived".

 

Police in the area said that it was a scam to con drivers out of money for scrapes. They are examining the dash cam footage in an attempt to arrest those responsible.

 

Source: Thairath

 

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[daveAustin]

Well done, Pairoj Familyman. Utterly despise con artists, thieves etc. Let's hope the cops do good and catch them, or better still, these low-lives try it on with the wrong martian and get shot!

[petesc55]

How can you tell the difference between a vehicular scammer, and your average thai driver?

 

I'm confused?

 

I see all vehicles involved screwing up.    

[Bluespunk]

To my eternal discredit this was not the type of story I was expecting after reading "old pick-ups". 

 

Shame on me. 

[Bluespunk]

1 hour ago, daveAustin said:

Well done, Pairoj Familyman. Utterly despise con artists, thieves etc. Let's hope the cops do good and catch them, or better still, these low-lives try it on with the wrong martian and get shot!

Like this?

[sweatalot]

I'll buy a dash cam tomorrow

[worgeordie]

Surely this does not make sense,they damage 2 cars by squeezing

a pickup,then demand 8,000 for damage,it would cost more to have

the cars repaired ?,so unless the cars are stolen,this crime will not pay.

regards worgeordie

[ezrider62]

15 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

Surely this does not make sense,they damage 2 cars by squeezing

a pickup,then demand 8,000 for damage,it would cost more to have

the cars repaired ?,so unless the cars are stolen,this crime will not pay.

regards worgeordie

Funny, I was thinking the same thing. 

[gdgbb]

28 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

Surely this does not make sense,they damage 2 cars by squeezing

a pickup,then demand 8,000 for damage,it would cost more to have

the cars repaired ?,so unless the cars are stolen,this crime will not pay.

regards worgeordie

It's only a light touch so there isn't going to be a lot of damage but perhaps there is damage there already that the scammers claim is new damage each time.  Each time they do it will put a little more damage on the vehicle so I suppose the scammers are able to claim more money each time for a bigger repair.

[JacChang]

2 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Surely this does not make sense,they damage 2 cars by squeezing

a pickup,then demand 8,000 for damage,it would cost more to have

the cars repaired ?,so unless the cars are stolen,this crime will not pay.

regards worgeordie

 

1 hour ago, ezrider62 said:

Funny, I was thinking the same thing. 

They find 8 pick ups to crash per day. 64,000 per day. They don't intent on fixing until at the end of the month when they count their revenue of 1.9million. They then get an expensive paint job, plus full wax and polish done at 100,000 each for two cars. Good profit.

[sstuff3]

An extremely dangerous maneuver even at slow speeds. Just takes a slight over correction to turn this into a major accident putting the lives of all the other nearby car occupants at risk. Penalties should be harsh.

 

[KIWIBATCH]

Thailand...World famous and now the winner of the "We are the Hub of Scams" .....along with the sought after "Hub Cup"...a magnificent trophy covered in fake gold bearing the names of six previous ficticious winners.........

[Bantex]

Yet another reminder of the need for dash cams in vehicles.

[wvavin]

It is not an isolated case, there are so many out there everyday but how many can they catch?

[prakhonchai nick]

If the pick up driver drove sensibly and correctly (ie in the inside lane) it would not have happened.

 

[just bob]

Its not only Thailand.  I had a scammer cut in front of me and put on the brakes driving a beat up Ford Taurus in the good old USA.  The cops came and were wise to the trick and told the offender's to sod off.  The automotive version of ransomware.  F#@kers anyway...

[smotherb]

And, why an old pick-up?

[Oishii]

This kind of scam happens in the UK too.  A car in front and another behind.  The one at the back drives close to the back of you and the one in the front brakes sharply, the one behind hit you, causing you to hit the front car in the rear.  The rear car is stollen, so you cannot claim from its insurance.  They own the front car and claim from your insurance company for the reapair.  They don't ask for cash.

[manhood]

Just do a hard left turn as the pick up driver and the black car is sent to the ditch.....go on driving and not worry

reminds me on my time living in Venezuela....you never stop , better take the gun and shoot...hahahahaha thats how i have learned to survive these things

[evadgib]

1 hour ago, Bantex said:

Yet another reminder of the need for dash cams in vehicles.

Can anyone recommend front and rear HD version suitable for a pickup and capable of reading numberplates by day or night? My current cam is pretty good but needs an upgrade.

 

Note: I want the rear of the pickup (Vigo) covered rather than the inside as per a duel lens model. I'll probably need a monitor/console/screen thing too as there isn't one in the car.

[inactiveposter]

It's the "jet ski on land" scam. The hub of innovation.


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[Morakot]

4 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Surely this does not make sense

Are you assuming there is some logic to this? 

[Morakot]

Link to video?

[steve187]

1 hour ago, prakhonchai nick said:

If the pick up driver drove sensibly and correctly (ie in the inside lane) it would not have happened.

 

are we watching the same clip,

when the pick up first comes into view, the white car is in the nearside lane, the black car in the middle , pick up moves to the offside lane to overtake, as he does so the white car pulls right up his backside, pushing him on, he then starts to pull back to the middle lane, as the pickup is straddling the centre line the black car speeds up and the white car pulls along side him, making him the meat in the sandwich,( one more in front and one behind and it would be a good police stop.) there is no need to watch as i have explained it as simply as i can

[The Deerhunter]

4 hours ago, ezrider62 said:

Funny, I was thinking the same thing. 

me too,

[The Deerhunter]

1 hour ago, Bantex said:

Yet another reminder of the need for dash cams in vehicles.

I agree and have one but it does not follow 50 metres back so I have picture of what happens beside me.  I would need Mr Paroj Familyman's camera  for that.

[USPatriot]

4 hours ago, sweatalot said:

I'll buy a dash cam tomorrow

My cam has front and rear video.4000 baht

 

[Thaimike370]

If you can catch 10 or 12 suckers or more a day that is a good little earner.

 

[ThaiWai]

4 hours ago, sweatalot said:

I'll buy a dash cam tomorrow

You get what you pay for.  Low res means no plate numbers.  Check out the HD Xiaomi Dashcam on Aliexpress. Has app that lets you download videos at the scene.  I just got 2.

 

[ThaiWai]

1 hour ago, smotherb said:

And, why an old pick-up?

Only thing I can think of is older cars can't get first class insurance so payments come out of pocket on the scene.  I could definitely be wrong but that what comes to mind.