webfact Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Guyanese arrested over ‘magic’ bank note scam in Phuket By Kritsada Mueanhawong PHOTOS: Surachete Hakparn A Guyanese man has been arrested in Phuket after the owner of a local language school reported a money scammer with an unusual scam. The Immigration Bureau Chief Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn reports that they have arrested the Guyanese man named Abdul Kalam Azad Sattaur at a mansion in Phuket Town last Friday. The arrest follows a Thai woman, the owner of a language school in Phuket, filing a report to the Thalang Police that a suspect used a fake Facebook and LINE account and claimed that he was an American man who had worked in Syria. Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/phuket/guyanese-arrested-over-magic-bank-note-scam-in-phuket -- © Copyright The Thaiger 2019-03-25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksidedog Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 From the full story: He told the woman that he will send a security box which contained blank papers and a special liquid that would turn the blank paper into bank notes when she added the special liquid. And based on that she gave him 9 million Baht? Some people are just too stupid to have money and it is no surprise when such people lose it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Now this is goes beyond stupid and she'll never see that money again, would be enough to make people learn? i doubt it very much, as the fraudster, i would make him drink his ' magic' liquid and see if he turn into a dollar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabhand Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Ahh, the black money trick. Been going on for decades yet still plenty of greedy victims fall for it. No sympathy for those who lose out on this scam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schlog Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Would love to know the owner of which school. All school owner who i know personally here on hkt would deserve lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 How could anyone report this, the shame of falling for such stupidity should have made her tongue fall out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seahorse Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 You couldn't make it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Umm this must be a scam because the scammers have the ink and paper and want money to send it to print money that they could print themselves in the history of scams this maybe the only place left on earth to try it and it failed jail them for 25 years for lunacy ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 2 hours ago, darksidedog said: From the full story: He told the woman that he will send a security box which contained blank papers and a special liquid that would turn the blank paper into bank notes when she added the special liquid. And based on that she gave him 9 million Baht? Some people are just too stupid to have money and it is no surprise when such people lose it. She ought to be arrested as well for attempted banknote forgery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 That's the age old Nigerian money scam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmitch Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Anyone else spot this? PHOTOS: Surachete Hakparn So if he's not in the photos he's taking them! Is there no end to this man's talents, especially that second photo where he must have used the self-timer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atyclb Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 6 hours ago, darksidedog said: From the full story: He told the woman that he will send a security box which contained blank papers and a special liquid that would turn the blank paper into bank notes when she added the special liquid. And based on that she gave him 9 million Baht? Some people are just too stupid to have money and it is no surprise when such people lose it. you dont understand "thainess" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arithai12 Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 So who's the other guy in custody? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Kuklinski Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 The Guyanese version of the sick buffalo scam. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lingba Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 she should be arrested for being so stupid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemonjelly Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 It’s called the ‘wash-wash’ scam.... I’m surprised that people still fall for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Ray Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Why don’t I ever meet such rich, stupid women? I only ever get the ones cleverer than me and poor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Theory Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 There was an after midnight long commercial in CA TV channels in early 90s: A guy was trying to convince people that by reading his book and using his business strategy can make thousands of $$$. “Buy” my book and you have chance to become a millionaire. ???????????? why he did not use his own book to become a millionaire and selling books !!!! She did not think: If that ink does magic why he didn’t use it by himself and make millions ?!!! ???????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inn Between Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Quote Is this a remake of Dumb and Dumber? Aren't you supposed to do this scam with anonymity, so that once the victim catches on that they're dumb, they can't send the police to your "mansion" to arrest you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Grumpy Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Bail of blank paper and the special ink already been accepted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the guest Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Ah well just "like magic", he will be ending up in jail for a very long time. His tricks won't work in there that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre0720 Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Believing without any facts to back it up hehe. I really thought religions were the prize winners... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer90210 Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Many elderly people in Europe have fallen for this scam, that is used mostly by East European/Russian gangs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Weird Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 On 3/25/2019 at 2:59 PM, soalbundy said: She ought to be arrested as well for attempted banknote forgery Even if she got as far as doing that, soaking paper in some liquid is not illegal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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