Thread: Have you ever been scammed ?

Originally Posted by DrAndy

I went to a bar and had a small Singha

they charged me B65; I have seen it in 7/11 for B40

bastards

That's not a scam thats just normal business they have to make a profit
65 baht or $2 is cheap, where else in the world could you get a beer in a bar for that price excluding Asia

When i originally arrived in Phuket 2 rescue guys conned me out of 1000 baht
claiming it was for a wheelchair for poor disabled people
gave me a false receipt and disappeared into the woodwork

Originally Posted by BobR

Bought a new Toyota from the dealer on the light side of Sukhumvit. When the license plates came, I decided to have them do the first oil/filter change at tge same time they put the plates on. Not trusting a Thai mechanic, I checked the oil when I got home, neither it or the filter had been changed even though I was charged for it. They also misadjusted the clutch. Since then Ive serviced the car myself.

No warranty on a new car if you service it yourself

Face it. There are some countries and cultures where stealing and lying is a way of life. This should surprise no traveler.

If you had run over his foot he would not have been so mobile as to put up such a pursuit.

Back in 74-75, my favorite watering hole in NKP, the Shindig Club has a 20 bht cover charge. If you paid with a red note you would get 4 20 bht notes in change. Only problem was that the third note down was sometimes a 5 bht note. Yes children, there was such a thing, although they were no longer being printed by that time and the ones you saw were pretty ratty.

I got scammed by Merrill Lynch. Crooks.

Thanks for the reminder ........ as you say, you simply cannot 'let your guard down'. I wonder what the guy would have done if you had told him to 'buzz off'?

1st time in Thailand,decided to go up to Kanchanaburi to check out the bridge and pay our respects at the war cemetery decided to get some flowers to put on the memorial went to like a street florist, flower shop.Picked out the flowers told to come back in half an hour to pick it up.Went back by myself and got stung 2,000 baht for them.Two thai girls in our van laughed their heads of another farang had been taken.All in all was a really nice spray of flowers and orchids.

Apart from the inflated "check bin" I think i've lucky, more so than home country OZ.
1. Arrived BKK airport, changed 10,000 bht, got in taxi when i got out of taxi, unbeknown to me dropped my 10,000. 2 minutes later taxi driver tapped me on shoulder said i left this in taxi. He got a good tip.
2. Got out of taxi at apartment, left wallet in taxi. G/F went absolutely ballistic. But 20 minutes later taxi returned my wallet. G/F (one year later) still not happy.
3. Got in taxi after arriving at destination paid the fee on meter only to be refunded 50bht. unbeknown to me he got a little lost and took the long way accidentaly.
There is still allot of good people out there amongst the scammers.

Originally Posted by marc kennon

3. Got in taxi after arriving at destination paid the fee on meter only to be refunded 50bht. unbeknown to me he got a little lost and took the long way accidentaly. There is still allot of good people out there amongst the scammers.

Ya had me until there.

This didnt happen to me but I enjoyed the story: A friend going too fast on an oversized motorbike knocked a chap off a bike. Witnesses identified him and later police arrived at his house with an old man suffering somewhat. Hey its a scam friend shouts. I never saw him before, the guy I hit was much younger!

i bought a man city shirt online for my father-in-law from the official site, it never arrived and they are refusing any responsibility. i'd rather take my chances with the Thais

Once, we stayed in a service apartment for a month.. When we are charged for electric we always check the meter, but this time ee arrived late at night and were very tired. The next day we did not think about it either amd then completely fogot.

On check out day they hit us for 6000 baht for electric which being that we only ran the air at night was a scam price. The room only cost us 4000 baht and was small.

Originally Posted by Jools

Face it. There are some countries and cultures where stealing and lying is a way of life. This should surprise no traveler.

You'd be surprised as to the countries/cultures where these lovely character traits prevail the highest....

I just scammed a friend recently, I bought a bunch of silver coins off him for a tenth of their value, but he was happy with that he got, so I don't feel bad.

Why did you hafto pay for her mistake? Us Farangs are always seen as easy money. At least its hoped most of the time.

Originally Posted by FailSafe

I once checked my pockets after a bender in Patong and found a fake 500 baht note that I'd been given as change at some bar the night before- the size, colors, and numbers were correct, but it had a picture of Mickey Mouse on it.

I got a dodgy US $100 note in the philippines once , looked real enough but had a picture of monica lewinsky giving bill a blowjob . i think its still pinned behind a bar in subic

Scammed in Smile Rock Girls A Gogo Bar Soi 15 Walking Street. Pattaya: Sexy:: Sexy:
I should have listened to the song - One Night in Bangkok (Pattaya). A old go go girls trick me and stole my purse with 9000 Bath.-- The police come but money and purse was lost. I never heard anything from the owners Tom and PLE.
One Night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble-- Not much between despair and ecstasy--One night in Pattaya and the tough guys tumble- Can`t be to careful with your compagny- I can feel the devil walking next to me

Originally Posted by petercallen

Originally Posted by BobR

Bought a new Toyota from the dealer on the light side of Sukhumvit. When the license plates came, I decided to have them do the first oil/filter change at tge same time they put the plates on. Not trusting a Thai mechanic, I checked the oil when I got home, neither it or the filter had been changed even though I was charged for it. They also misadjusted the clutch. Since then Ive serviced the car myself.

No warranty on a new car if you service it yourself

Never had any problem with that in the USA, and in Thailand I doubt if a reputable company like Toyota would pull a stunt like that, although the dealer might try to claim that was the case. The car is 3 years old now and like a typical Toyota has never had any problems, so it's non-issue.

I also kept all my receipts for oil and filters and wrote the mileage and date on each one just in case.

I've read lots of stories about fallangs being scammed ..... and usually there's a touch of humour to it all . But it can be a serious business . When I became involved with a Thai lady my friend tried hard to warn me of dangers . He showed me stories in the papers and on websites about some ruthless scams . In other words he knew full well . He must have spoken to me about 4 times to say " be very careful" ....... and yet even this guy has just found out that he has been scammed out of EVERYTHING ! This is someone who knows --- but he said he trusted his lady and she has secretly sold off his Chanots losing him altogether around 22 million Baht . Wiped out . How ? He trusted her so much he gave her power of attorney to operate his buying and selling. Stupid . Stupid . Stupid . She totally cleaned him out . Remember........it's only the people you trust who can do this to you . You're hardly going to entrust your monies to somebody that you don't trust - are you ?

You deserved to be tagged for pulling over and talking to the guy..

Originally Posted by Wasp

You're hardly going to entrust your monies to somebody that you don't trust - are you ?

Unfortunately farangs do.

^
^
I was once offered a "joint" in the stairwell of a whoretel in a provincial town for 250B. It didn't even look that convincing, never mind smell of much - my nose is finely tuned from years of living in northern English council estates, where the stench frequently wafts from the betracksuited skinhead pavement bikers.

Originally Posted by petercallen

Originally Posted by DrAndy

I went to a bar and had a small Singha

they charged me B65; I have seen it in 7/11 for B40

bastards

That's not a scam thats just normal business they have to make a profit
65 baht or $2 is cheap, where else in the world could you get a beer in a bar for that price excluding Asia

That went right over your head, didn't it?



I once exchanged 100 American pounds for Chinese pounds round the corner of a wall in a hotel with a shady Indian moneychanger, and got exactly the same rate as at the bank. He was clearly a bit rubbish at scamming. All that drama, intrigue, and performance for nothing.

Originally Posted by Humbert

I got scammed by Merrill Lynch. Crooks.

Recently, in the UK, I was arranging a specialist insurance policy with a small company of reputable professional financial advisers, and the questions the guy was asking to do a organise for me were (by chance?) identlcal to the ones I was reading on an specialist insurance quote website form that I was filling in myself. Presumably he was expecting to charge something for his services. They got back to me to ask about it; needless to say, he didn't.

Originally Posted by CaptainNemo

reputable professional financial advisers

Is there such an animal?