I want to get this out there so everyone can know what has and is going on here.
I want to preface this by saying this is not a troll post or made up but very real and verifiable as I am in contact with the local as well as other international agencies as well as major executives in industries where some of these events are playing out. Yes DSI has been contacted, as have other major government agencies.
I also want to say I know who many of the players are and who is involved and all info has been relayed to the relevant authorities.
Some background - I have been coming here quite regularly for over ten years and a few years ago bought a few condos as I felt at the time I was leaning towards spending more time here. I have never had any problems except for an occasional taxi driver trying to rip me off or maybe someone else trying to do the same. All very minor stuff which I did not give much thought to.
A couple of years ago, just before I started buying my condos I realized I was being followed. I have a good situational awareness, so I started to do things like go past my stop and go down the stairs and up again to go back in the other direction on the BTS and would catch the guy following me off guard. I soon realized they were always watching me, knew when I went out, where I went, what i was doing. For example buying a plane ticket in Emporium at the kiosk near the escalators and an Indian/Pakastani woman around 30 walked by and stood there eying my ticket. When I caught my flight there was another guy there also watching me. Another time I left my building carrying a shopping bag with my travel bag concealed inside and caught a taxi to the airport and I get a call from a girl very early in the morning who I had met one time in a bar asking where I am going. I told her and when I get to my destination there are two guys watching me. In hindsight I realize getting a call from someone I only ever met once and who I did not keep in contact was strange to say the least. Especially very early in the morning.
What really turned things up was when I was walking back to my place a nasty looking African guy was standing in the middle of the sidewalk filming me with his phone as I walked by. I kept walking for another half block abruptly turned and he was following me and as I started walking towards him he darts off the side Soi and disappears.
From this point forward I had at least a dozen to a few dozen guys watching my every move. If I lost one guy another would appear around the corner. I always knew there were many just out of sight.
What they do is have an extensive network all over the city at every major shop, intersection, mall, transport hub all working together. They also have a crew that actively goes out after you and follows you in the hope of getting you off guard when they can make a move. They know what you look like so they just get the word out and work together.
I started going after them and taking their pics whenever I saw them and this really makes them uncomfortable. One guy got on the phone and was almost in tears complaining to someone on the phone.
Another example is two Africans in Central pretending to be buying something carrying old shopping bags. They carry these bags around pretending to be shoppers but they are working and when I took my phone out and started filming them surreptitiously as if I was on the phone they knew and were not happy and tried to look away. They made a phone call to the tallish slim Indian/Pakistani guy who hangs around Sukhumvit saying "How are you my friend". I stared at the this guy and he turned and tried to hide his face.
Now I am going into Paragon after Central.
After this they changed tactics and started using Asians to follow me. What they did not realize is I am working with the authorities and go out expecting to be followed and always walk through places where there are CCTV cameras which record the guys following me and I get a message which tells me and on one occasion as I was exiting Paragon a young guy in front of me hesitated and I just stood at the exit and he didn't know if he should go left or right and I just kept watching him and he eventually walked towards the stairs and I walked in the other direction up to the BTS and there was an older guy waiting for me and I took out my phone and started filming him and he turned and walked away.
After this they started using Indians/Pakastanis to follow me.
On my last night, I went to Thong Lor and spent half a day there expecting them to make an attempt and after hanging around at a coffee shop at J avenue long enough I bought a couple of sandwiches for home. As I wait for them to make them and as they are ready I go to get them and only one is in the bag. I ask where the other one is and among the three staff there the one woman at the end is holding my second sandwich and I say mine and she gives it to me. So they were hoping to delay me and make me come back. I leave and a guy comes running up to me and beckons me to follow and as I do thinking a problem with my sandwich he motions me to get into his tuk tuk. I turn and walk away first to one then a second and then a third convenience store all back and forth so I could figure out who was watching me and finally I walk into the grocery store and as I am in an ailse by myself a Thai guy comes and stands next to me watching and talking on the phone what I am doing. And he continues to watch me as I am in line waiting to pay for my purchase.
Why go to such lengths to get to me. Really comes down to money. When I come there, I spend freely everyday. Always go out and buy things. I do most of my shopping there and they see me spending money and I also believe they know a bit about me. Things they had to have heard from people that know me.
Something that happened before all this. I met someone through an old acquaintance. This guy and I shared where we like to hang out. He and I had a place in common. Next time I go there, a Scandinavian guy is trying to be my buddy asking me what time it is. I realize this was a game as I could clearly see he had a phone. Wants me to go to a club with him and I say I am heading in for the night . He goes out to make a quick call. That night I am followed as I leave the bar.
What I know is that the expats are the ones scouting the info and finding targets. They are working with other expats - Africans, Indians, Pakistanis, Asians and Thais.
They are doing this for money. They will come after you if they think there is a payday.
I have asked an influential Thai that I know about this and he said yes, they are targeting people. He himself knows about this as do other Thais.
I write this to warn others. It is only a matter of time before this is dealt with.