ggt 3,991 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Who knows what the scammer really looks like...whether the scammer is a man or a woman...what country the scam originated in...and how many times they have gotten away with this crime... The internet is filled with anonymous scammers...many very sophisticated at hiding their IDs... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Emster23 8,772 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 You could have very busy site that just focused on farangs being cheated by Thai women. Reminds me of old saying "Dog bites man: not news. Man bites dog: that's news". 2 Link to post Share on other sites
petedk 4,442 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 ...sorry....I am not buying this...... ...and transferred to a woman's account in Thailand....??? ...."....Theparak ended up making seven transfers, spending a total of THB400,000, to a Kasikorn bank account under the name Karnchana Maklang, a typical Thai woman's name." ...makes no sense..... Actually it does. I know a woman who chatted with an "American" for nearly 2 years. To cut a long story short - he said he would send a million dollars so that she could buy a house for them to live in after they got married. He sent copies of receipts and then a Thai lady called her to ask for a huge sum of money for the transfer money to be cleared. The money was to be put in a special account of some weird company in Thailand. At this stage she smelled a rat and backed out. Another Thai lady (a professor at a uni) was scammed into paying 40, 000 to avoid being "prosecuted as a drug dealer and money laundering.". Long story again , with many top official names being used. Warned not to tell the police and so on. She was just stupid to deposit the money in a cash machine to a "special account of the Money Laundering Office" so they could check if the money was stolen. Link to post Share on other sites
Phuketboy 481 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Give the guy a break… he needed to raise some money because his buffalo died, he needed to repair the family house after the storm and his mum is sick. Link to post Share on other sites
bikerbri 169 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 What goes round comes round. Link to post Share on other sites
apetley 4,058 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Anyone know how a nurse in Buriram gets 400,000 baht in the 1st place?? By working hard and saving part of their earnings. Link to post Share on other sites
Jim walker 1,449 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 (edited) A face book boyfriend is a fantasy boyfriend not a real boyfriend no one gives money to a fantasy unless you have a lot of cash to spare like this woman obviously had plenty spare cash, must have worked a lot of overtime to save up her 400k Baht she will know better how to spend the next 400k on a real boyfriend not an imaginary boyfriend, get out and go to the pub and you might meet a live poor American to give your money to. Edited January 7, 2015 by metisdead Font reset to default forum font. Link to post Share on other sites
Bakeman 164 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Even though I feel bad for anyone getting scammed...... You can't fix stupid....... Link to post Share on other sites
tropo 8,824 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Thais scamming Thais, but the Falang gets the blame because a Thai would never do this. Couldn't pin it on a Burmese I guess. It is possible that the scammer is a husband and wife team (Thai wife, foreign husband), but since the money was sent to a Thai lady's bank account there is a very good paper trail. That was pretty stupid too.Time will tell, but if the account holder is caught, and it shouldn't be difficult, she could be serving jail time...in which case we'll have to decide who was "stupider". Link to post Share on other sites
a0b10c110 0 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 (edited) Usually it is the other way. Congrats to the American (I guess he's Nigerian) Edited January 7, 2015 by a0b10c110 Link to post Share on other sites
sweatalot 9,274 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 (edited) I'm waiting for "The shoe's on the other foot now" comments!!! Yeah, me too. Well, here goes. Don't you think it's about time scenario goes the other way around? Lonely men and women everywhere will grasp at a chance for love; naive, gullible, stupid, ignorant, or just hopeful, what a shame. I wouldn't think so badly about them, I guess most are lonely, desperate and hopeful Edited January 7, 2015 by sweatalot Link to post Share on other sites
tropo 8,824 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Anyone know how a nurse in Buriram gets 400,000 baht in the 1st place?? What an insensitive, ignorant and arrogant anti-Thai comment, so typical of some expats here... Why would a Thai nurse not have 400 000 bahts through inheritance, savings (she's 39 years old), whatever ? So many white expats here think that bar girls (or boys) represent the whole of Thailand, it's disheartening. And hardly surprising that more and more Thais now also assume that all white people are like those expats. Racism is getting worse on both sides due to this kind of attitude based on nothing but judgmental clichés. Well She is on Facebook dating a foreigner and accepting 30 million baht gifts, I would say not too far from a bar girl Not exactly a rocket science to assume she is not far from a hooker. Have another look at the photo mate. She very much fits the description of a 39 year old nurse who is desperate to find a soul mate. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
tropo 8,824 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 I learned this from my Grandad at a very young age: "There Is No Such Thing As A Free Lunch." If it looks too good to be true, it isn't. Run! Your granddad would have learned a thing or two if he had visited Thailand. Ladies over here get fat eating free lunches. Link to post Share on other sites
sweatalot 9,274 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Disclaimer to any kindly souls defending the lass - I'm just poking a bit of fun at her picture. It's humour, don't take it too seriously. I myself am painfully unphotogenic, always get red eye in pictures and look like I'm high or drunk. My avatar is a good example of that. I didn't know it's an avatar Link to post Share on other sites
sean in udon 181 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 (edited) I do not believe a word of it. No Thai person would give a Farang who they have never met, Soo much money. A fat rich Farang would give a cute Thai girl money who they have not met. If it's true then I hope this post goes out to the Thais to read?There are gullible people everywhere believe it or not.And to give an example - a chartered surveyor in the UK. I bet the scammers couldn't believe their luckhttp://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2012/01/02/victim-of-spanish-lotto-scam-jailed-for-conning-his-friends/ Edited January 7, 2015 by sean in udon Link to post Share on other sites
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