Thread: Scam watch: Facebook Ponzi schemes take Thais in Australia for nearly half-a-million

Originally Posted by David48atTD

She just had a better rate then what was commercially available through the banks.

Thai Partner had done several successful transfers using her.

David you are a nice guy. But unbelievably innocent and gullible if you went for this. Damn dude... "A fool and his money are soon parted".

Originally Posted by aging one

David you are a nice guy. But unbelievably innocent and gullible if you went for this. Damn dude... "A fool and his money are soon parted".

Firstly, Dave sorry for your loss.
I use the bank, OFX, or Transferwise. Other than my bank, i did extensive research into the other two companies length of operation, stability, reviews, complaints to govt depts and how they actually do the transaction before sending them any money. Even that does not guarantee your money but it does cut down the risk.
Expats living in foreign countries do seem to let their guard down when they are dealing with fellow countrymen and many of their countrymen take advantage of that.
For some it is hard to fathom money is now just a sequence of numbers that travel from one computer screen to another.