Ouch - "Russian" woman passes off fake $100 bill then gets change in baht

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

KRABI: -- A western woman bought some spa products from a shop in Ao Nang, Krabi, on Sunday using a fake $100 US bill.

 

The woman said to busy sales staff that she did not have enough Thai money to buy a 650 baht bottle of herbal perfume. So salesman Sanchai Khaonoi, 25, let her pay in American money,

Manager Online  reported.

 

Then he gave her the product plus 2,650 baht in change.

 

Only when the shop was less busy and he went to change the money at a currency booth did he realize he had been conned. The note was confirmed as a fake at a bank branch later.

 

Sanchai said he thought the woman - who was slim, 160 cms tall, light brown hair, and wearing an all purple outfit - was speaking with a Russian accent.

 

Shop owner Suthep Biatnork said he had been only open two months and this was the first case of its kind he had encountered. He said he did not expect his staff member to shoulder the loss though he would be giving instructions for all his staff to only accept Thai money in the future.

 

Police said there were no other reports of fake US money circulating. They are studying CCTV to try to get a lead in the case.

 

Source: Manager Online

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-03-07

Tourist scammer in Thailand ... I shouldn't really laugh! 

Just hope they catch her. Feeling a little bit of the Thai-justice hospitality for the big catch of 2650 Bath would do her just fine!

Not condoling the passing of fake money but tourists cheating Thais is

more of an oxymoron and poetic justice of a sort than a real crime....

2 hours ago, AlexRich said:

Tourist scammer in Thailand ... I shouldn't really laugh! 

luv it 

He did not expect his staff member to shoulder the loss  

No the poor sod will only lose his job.

I'm currently working on my 400 baht note to gain entry to National Parks, anybody interested ?


Sent from my iPhone with the usual amount of sincerity and sarcasm [emoji4]

Yes, only accept Thai currency as no one would dare counterfeit Thai baht.

Can these notes be used to pay entry into Krabi National Parks?

Russians with American dollars....ding,ding ding....

He changed the 100 us at  only 33.0 baht  instead of 34 .50 +++ .So if it had been real he was doing the cheating .Som nom nar

26 minutes ago, jippytum said:

He changed the 100 us at  only 33.0 baht  instead of 34 .50 +++ .So if it had been real he was doing the cheating .Som nom nar

I haven't done the math, but I'm willing to trust yours. The potential plot twist serves to make this otherwise tragic escapade at least somewhat amusing. It is much easier to get behind a just ending, after all. On the other hand, there is such a thing as a service charge. Perspective, much like perception, can be everything.

We don't know that the woman realized it was a fake $100

1 hour ago, IAMHERE said:

We don't know that the woman realized it was a fake $100

It would be nice to have an open mind like yours on my up coming murder trial. 

11 hours ago, ezzra said:

Not condoling the passing of fake money but tourists cheating Thais is

more of an oxymoron and poetic justice of a sort than a real crime....

There's one of two possibilities...

 

1) They didn't know the bill was fake.  The purchaser was also a victim and received a fake from someone.

 

2) They knew because they are counterfeiters..  ?

22 hours ago, catman20 said:

luv it 

i wonder if the shop keeper was LAUGHING as she left.?

now what exchange rate did she get?

Still feeding the fish. Her legend grows.

On 07/03/2017 at 10:15 AM, SiSePuede419 said:

There's one of two possibilities...

 

1) They didn't know the bill was fake.  The purchaser was also a victim and received a fake from someone.

 

2) They knew because they are counterfeiters..  ?

There is a third possibility - none of the above !