Scams on the rise in Pattaya

[ChiFlyer]

Based on the escalating number of obviously bogus emails and text messages that I am receiving, I am of the opinion that scamming activity is on the increase in Fun City. I have also had a "pig butchering" contact. I enjoyed playing around with the later for a while, just to have them waste their time before cutting them off at the knees. The "pig butchering" initial approach came over Line.

Anyway I was saddened to learn that a lady friend got taken in by a scam recently. She is usually a smart woman. The sophistication and masking of these scams seems to be getting more sophisticated. I had an email show up supposedly from DHL (had the logos etc.) saying that my package was being held because they needed my address and phone number. Glad I did not have an outstanding DHL request at that time.

 

[Freee!!]

13 minutes ago, ChiFlyer said:

I had an email show up supposedly from DHL (had the logos etc.) saying that my package was being held because they needed my address and phone number. 

I would have replied to get those from the sender as he should have provided that when sending.

[boydeste]

15 minutes ago, ChiFlyer said:

Based on the escalating number of obviously bogus emails and text messages that I am receiving, I am of the opinion that scamming activity is on the increase in Fun City. I have also had a "pig butchering" contact. I enjoyed playing around with the later for a while, just to have them waste their time before cutting them off at the knees. The "pig butchering" initial approach came over Line.

Anyway I was saddened to learn that a lady friend got taken in by a scam recently. She is usually a smart woman. The sophistication and masking of these scams seems to be getting more sophisticated. I had an email show up supposedly from DHL (had the logos etc.) saying that my package was being held because they needed my address and phone number. Glad I did not have an outstanding DHL request at that time.

 

This scam has been doing the rounds in the UK for quite some time now.

We have a scam thread somewhere here which I believe it has been highlighted before.

[boydeste]

[Krapow]

Bloke down the pub told me most of the scams are emanating from a Bryan Ferry lookalike UK ex pat up Korat direction ...

[Pumpuynarak]

3 hours ago, Krapow said:

Bloke down the pub told me most of the scams are emanating from a Bryan Ferry lookalike UK ex pat up Korat direction ...

and i'm still getting scam emails

[fygjam]

9 minutes ago, Pumpuynarak said:

and i'm still getting scam emails

And you look this bad and are deaf?

 

[Krapow]

10 hours ago, Pumpuynarak said:

and i'm still getting scam emails

More than this ...😂

[ChiFlyer]

22 hours ago, Freee!! said:

I would have replied to get those from the sender as he should have provided that when sending.

I had the thought, but decided that any kind of interaction with these crooks was ill-advised.

[Freee!!]

3 minutes ago, ChiFlyer said:

I had the thought, but decided that any kind of interaction with these crooks was ill-advised.

Valid point.

[boydeste]

51 minutes ago, ChiFlyer said:

I had the thought, but decided that any kind of interaction with these crooks was ill-advised.

I do the same now, although I did used to f**k with them years ago when you would get a phone call out of the blue from them.

[richy65]

It can be great fun winding up scammers on the phone, got my dad's parrot talking to one once but the bugger hung up!