TOURIST SCAM WARNING!!" - Page 15

saintofsilence · May 31st, 2009, 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FLW

Hotel occupancy is down to 35%.
This shortage of tourists to scam has the BMA doubling their efforts.
I noticed quite a few new "LITTERING Police" trapping tourists this week.

image hosted on flickr

Stand near a BMA "Police" box sometime and watch them harass visitors for 2,000 - 10,000 baht each!

Scammed all day long is what tourists are telling friends and family back home.

LINK.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2932458...418287/detail/

Hi FLW

Can you let people on thaivisa know all this stuff i supplied a link but if you could do the same with some pics and seperate headings regularly this would help heaps of tourists

sos

FLW · June 1st, 2009, 01:04 AM

Clubs run by Thugs are trapping tourists!
This has been happening for years.
Thai Police drink free in these clubs.

Tourist Report below:

"We were ripped off in Pat Pong last night. We were told that cover was free and drinks were 100 baht. I had been to a show before and we paid a nominal fee and had to tip the girls heavily. This was different. My husband and I only stayed 10 minutes. The show was boring, so we decided to leave. We had bought 3 drinks (100 each). We expected to pay 300 since we had been there such a short time. The waitress came with a bill for 3200 baht. Ridiculous. The owner physically pushed me and then my husband when we refused to pay. Then, they blockaded the door. I have never had such a horrible experience!!!!!!!!!!

FLW · June 1st, 2009, 01:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by saintofsilence

Hi FLW

Can you let people on thaivisa know all this stuff i supplied a link but if you could do the same with some pics and seperate headings regularly this would help heaps of tourists

sos

I do not have a Thai Visa account.
Feel free to post my links.
Bangkok's infamous scams have ruined the holidays of many, many visitors to Thailand and it is an important thing to be aware of beforehand if you want to avoid becoming yet another victim.

Foreigners are often defrauded on their trip to Thailand and Thai authorities are ignoring their plight. In fact, many Thai Authorities are directly benefitting from the scams.. including the Tourist Police.

Many that have been scammed are making reports on the internet, helping the victims and fighting corruption. See the below links.

BANGKOK SCAMS:
http://www.bangkokscams.com/scams-in-bangkok/index.php

WIKIPEDIA:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_gem_scam

GEM SCAM GROUP:GEM SCAM GROUP:
www.geocities.com/thaigemscamgroup/

INTO ASIA :
www.into-asia.com/bangkok/gemscam/

2BANGKOK:
www.2bangkok.com/2bangkok/Scams/Sapphire.shtml

SINGAPOREANS AGAINST THE THAI GEM SCAM:
http://thaigemscam.wordpress.com/200...t-all-started/

THAI TOURIST MAFIA WARNING:
http://thailandtouristmafia.blogspot...ist-mafia.html

LONELY PLANET DISCUSSION:
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntre...ailand&x=0&y=0

TRAVELFISH:
http://www.travelfish.org/feature/129

PAKNAM TRAVEL:
http://www.thai-blogs.com/index.php/...hailand?blog=5

GEEBOBG:
http://www.geebobg.com/2006/09/16/gr...thailand-scam/

ULTIMATE TOURIST SCAMS:
http://www.crimeandinvestigation.co....-_Thailand.htm

DISCUSSION:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...676476&page=14

TOURIST MAFIA PHOTOS:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29324583@N05/sets/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21533131@N06/sets/

FLW · June 1st, 2009, 03:08 AM

Tourist making donations would be sad to learn the money gets diverted into the pockets of gangsters. BMA Police control every centimeter of these footpaths....
Hungry or poor Thai people cannot go beg for a meal.
This is valuable 'turf'.

Dozens of severely disfigured, crippled and diseased Cambodians are imported into Thailand and put on the streets to collect donations for the poor.
Every morning at 6AM they are positioned all over Bangkok.
Now, a walk down the footpath has turned into a muesum of horrors.

image hosted on flickr

image hosted on flickr

FLW · June 1st, 2009, 06:54 AM

Tourists are fined 2,000 - 10,000 baht each.
BMA Police are increasing their efforts to ruin the holidays for visitors.

image hosted on flickr

FLW · June 2nd, 2009, 02:04 AM

Seems the TAT doesn't understand how to survive in the internet age.
They won't return calls or even answer emails.

CUSTOMERS are now in charge, can be heard around the globe and have a huge impact, in an instant.
People can now find each other anywhere and coalesce around you or AGAINST you.
The TAT and guidebooks can no longer control the message.
Crime against your customers can't be covered up.

My message to the Thais Tourism Industry?
You can make money without doing evil.

The TAT better take a good look at why it's customers are starting these websites:

BANGKOK SCAMS:
http://www.bangkokscams.com/scams-in-bangkok/index.php

WIKIPEDIA:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_gem_scam

GEM SCAM GROUP:GEM SCAM GROUP:
www.geocities.com/thaigemscamgroup/

INTO ASIA :
www.into-asia.com/bangkok/gemscam/

2BANGKOK:
www.2bangkok.com/2bangkok/Scams/Sapphire.shtml

SINGAPOREANS AGAINST THE THAI GEM SCAM:
http://thaigemscam.wordpress.com/200...t-all-started/

THAI TOURIST MAFIA WARNING:
http://thailandtouristmafia.blogspot...ist-mafia.html

LONELY PLANET DISCUSSION:
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntre...ailand&x=0&y=0

TRAVELFISH:
http://www.travelfish.org/feature/129

PAKNAM TRAVEL:
http://www.thai-blogs.com/index.php/...hailand?blog=5

GEEBOBG:
http://www.geebobg.com/2006/09/16/gr...thailand-scam/

ULTIMATE TOURIST SCAMS:
http://www.crimeandinvestigation.co....-_Thailand.htm

DISCUSSION:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...676476&page=14

TOURIST MAFIA PHOTOS:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29324583@N05/sets/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21533131@N06/sets/

FLW · June 2nd, 2009, 02:18 AM

Thailand's main tourist attraction - The Grand Palace, owned by the His Majesty, The King.
Thousands of tourists are drawn to this marvelous property every day.
Where is the TAT or Tourist Police?

Dozens of Tourist Mafia surround this property and mingle with the SECURITY GUARDS!
PHOTOS:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2932458...7616768273247/

Why does the management allow this?

image hosted on flickr

saintofsilence · June 2nd, 2009, 05:52 AM

[QUOTE=FLW;37558614]I do not have a Thai Visa account.
Feel free to post my links.
Bangkok's infamous scams have ruined the holidays of many, many visitors to Thailand and it is an important thing to be aware of beforehand if you want to avoid becoming yet another victim.

Foreigners are often defrauded on their trip to Thailand and Thai authorities are ignoring their plight. In fact, many Thai Authorities are directly benefitting from the scams.. including the Tourist Police.

Many that have been scammed are making reports on the internet, helping the victims and fighting corruption. See the below links.

Thai Visa wont allow links to other forums to be posted so i will copy a couple of posts i hope thats ok , but if you have time to sign up its very easy and they have a very big membership and it would be beneficial to all , you are missing a huge audience .

great what you are doing
sos

FLW · June 4th, 2009, 04:44 AM

In light of the above posts, I found this extreemly disturbing.

A letter to the Bangkok Post:

"Teaching standards

I teach at a government university somewhere in Thailand. I live in a small soi across from the university. It is lined with internet and copier shops. Here ladies beg for money from their foreign acquaintances using e-mail, often assisted by the owners of these shops. Many more wile away their young lives playing video games.

As I walk back and forth to work, from time to time, I stop to chat with some shop owners. One such person is a Dutchman who lives with a Thai lady. He was telling me about his wife. ''She's a teacher at the university. She never stays there. She leaves the house, signs in at the university, and is home in five minutes.''

I know, first-hand, that her strategy is followed by many government university teachers.

Then one day, the two of them were together talking to me. The Dutchman said to his wife, ''Tell him how you sign-in and get home in five minutes.'' ''Oh yes,'' she said, smiling and laughing. ''I never stay at the school. I just sign-in and come home. It only takes five minutes.''

I asked her what she taught. And she replied, ''I teach Ethics.''

.

FLW · June 7th, 2009, 03:38 AM

ISN'T IT TIME THE T.A.T. DID SOMTHING??

chrislarsson · June 8th, 2009, 11:07 AM

Who said less tourists is a bad thing for Thailand anyway?
For sure it creates quite a few jobs, but it's mainly low paid jobs anyway.

Tourism come with a lot of hidden costs as well, such as usage of infrastructure, consumption of energy, water and other natural resources.
Many of them also behave like they are visiting a fun park where they believe they can do whatever they feel like.

The number of fat-bellied men walking around with girls half their age on Sukhumvit is astounding and is nothing less than pure pollution. If it is possible to prevent them from coming back with a few scams, that would be great, but I'm sure it takes quite a bit more than that to keep them away.

Thailand is now a middle-income country and should target sectors of higher value than tourism.

FLW · June 12th, 2009, 02:03 AM

2 years ago, I sent emails to the Central World Customers Relations and Management.
NO REPLY!

image hosted on flickr

Tourist Mafia has full time scammers posted around the Central World Mall.
These scammers are there all day every day.
They intercept and attempt to defraud every tourist they meet.
I see them chatting with the Central World SECURITY GUARDS and DOORMAN
Why are they still there 2 years after I sent emails to the Central World Mall Management?

image hosted on flickr

***AltinD*** · June 12th, 2009, 10:31 PM

Haha, this thread was quoted on bangkokscams.com: http://www.bangkokscams.com/scams-at...xi-scam-2.html

returning the favour?

***AltinD*** · June 12th, 2009, 10:34 PM

Seriously, I am thinking for a 3 - 4 days visit to Bangkok to meet someone I know, but the stories I'm hearing are ... WOW

GoSatta · June 12th, 2009, 10:49 PM

don't believe everything you read in this thread, yes scams do happen in Bangkok, maybe even more than in some other cities. . but just with a little common seance there is no problems! people are not agressive, you will not get mugged..

if you are stupid, people will fool you all over the world. . its not something special to Bangkok . .

***AltinD*** · June 12th, 2009, 11:12 PM

Is mostly the annoyance and also that the possible visit would be a impulsive on-the-spot decision and not really a planned touristic trip or for the go-go bars. I've got a "When are you coming to BKK" invitation from someone I knew from long, that I'm finding difficult not to honor.

GoSatta · June 12th, 2009, 11:13 PM

just go! Bangkok is one of the best cities in the world in my opinion

FLW · June 13th, 2009, 12:59 AM

Does Thailand deserve your hard earned tourist dollars I ask?
The way they treat tourists is despicable.

GoSatta · June 13th, 2009, 01:08 AM

who goes to Thailand without the knowledge that the country is corrupt? or that almost all of SEA is more or less corrupt?

where do you want us to go? that is not corrupt?

witch big tourist nation in the world do not have tones and tones of scamers? please tell me? it kind of comes with the territory .

yes we don't got many here in Sweden where i live, but we don't have millions of tourist either.

to warn people is okey. . but you are an extremist.

FLW · June 13th, 2009, 01:14 AM

It's not just me.
Thousands are now reporting their experiences on the internet.

http://www.bangkokscams.com/scams-in-bangkok/2.html

For every report you read hear, there are at least a thousand more.
The TAT and guidebooks can't cover this up any longer.
Thais need to get serious about this situation.
I would never recommend a novice traveler come to Thailand.
Even the Tourist Police are scamming visitors now.(according to a TAT representative)

BANGKOK SCAMS:
http://www.bangkokscams.com/scams-in-bangkok/index.php

WIKIPEDIA:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_gem_scam

GEM SCAM GROUP:GEM SCAM GROUP:
www.geocities.com/thaigemscamgroup/

INTO ASIA :
www.into-asia.com/bangkok/gemscam/

2BANGKOK:
www.2bangkok.com/2bangkok/Scams/Sapphire.shtml

SINGAPOREANS AGAINST THE THAI GEM SCAM:
http://thaigemscam.wordpress.com/200...t-all-started/

THAI TOURIST MAFIA WARNING:
http://thailandtouristmafia.blogspot...ist-mafia.html

LONELY PLANET DISCUSSION:
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntre...ailand&x=0&y=0

TRAVELFISH:
http://www.travelfish.org/feature/129

PAKNAM TRAVEL:
http://www.thai-blogs.com/index.php/...hailand?blog=5

GEEBOBG:
http://www.geebobg.com/2006/09/16/gr...thailand-scam/

ULTIMATE TOURIST SCAMS:
http://www.crimeandinvestigation.co....-_Thailand.htm

DISCUSSION:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...676476&page=14

TOURIST MAFIA PHOTOS:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29324583@N05/sets/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21533131@N06/sets/

June 1st, 2009, 01:04 AM	#282
FLW Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 732 Likes (Received): 0	Tourists trapped in Pat Pong Bar by Thugs-DOOR BLOCKED! Clubs run by Thugs are trapping tourists! This has been happening for years. Thai Police drink free in these clubs. Tourist Report below: "We were ripped off in Pat Pong last night. We were told that cover was free and drinks were 100 baht. I had been to a show before and we paid a nominal fee and had to tip the girls heavily. This was different. My husband and I only stayed 10 minutes. The show was boring, so we decided to leave. We had bought 3 drinks (100 each). We expected to pay 300 since we had been there such a short time. The waitress came with a bill for 3200 baht. Ridiculous. The owner physically pushed me and then my husband when we refused to pay. Then, they blockaded the door. I have never had such a horrible experience!!!!!!!!!! __________________ --

June 1st, 2009, 03:08 AM	#284
FLW Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 732 Likes (Received): 0	DIVERTING DONATIONS TO THE POOR Tourist making donations would be sad to learn the money gets diverted into the pockets of gangsters. BMA Police control every centimeter of these footpaths.... Hungry or poor Thai people cannot go beg for a meal. This is valuable 'turf'. Dozens of severely disfigured, crippled and diseased Cambodians are imported into Thailand and put on the streets to collect donations for the poor. Every morning at 6AM they are positioned all over Bangkok. Now, a walk down the footpath has turned into a muesum of horrors. image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr __________________ --

June 1st, 2009, 06:54 AM	#285
FLW Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 732 Likes (Received): 0	More Tourists being scammed by Thai Officials Tourists are fined 2,000 - 10,000 baht each. BMA Police are increasing their efforts to ruin the holidays for visitors. image hosted on flickr __________________ --

June 2nd, 2009, 02:04 AM	#286
FLW Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 732 Likes (Received): 0	Can Thai Tourism survive in the Internet Age? Seems the TAT doesn't understand how to survive in the internet age. They won't return calls or even answer emails. CUSTOMERS are now in charge, can be heard around the globe and have a huge impact, in an instant. People can now find each other anywhere and coalesce around you or AGAINST you. The TAT and guidebooks can no longer control the message. Crime against your customers can't be covered up. My message to the Thais Tourism Industry? You can make money without doing evil. The TAT better take a good look at why it's customers are starting these websites: BANGKOK SCAMS: http://www.bangkokscams.com/scams-in-bangkok/index.php WIKIPEDIA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_gem_scam GEM SCAM GROUP:GEM SCAM GROUP: www.geocities.com/thaigemscamgroup/ INTO ASIA : www.into-asia.com/bangkok/gemscam/ 2BANGKOK: www.2bangkok.com/2bangkok/Scams/Sapphire.shtml SINGAPOREANS AGAINST THE THAI GEM SCAM: http://thaigemscam.wordpress.com/200...t-all-started/ THAI TOURIST MAFIA WARNING: http://thailandtouristmafia.blogspot...ist-mafia.html LONELY PLANET DISCUSSION: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntre...ailand&x=0&y=0 TRAVELFISH: http://www.travelfish.org/feature/129 PAKNAM TRAVEL: http://www.thai-blogs.com/index.php/...hailand?blog=5 GEEBOBG: http://www.geebobg.com/2006/09/16/gr...thailand-scam/ ULTIMATE TOURIST SCAMS: http://www.crimeandinvestigation.co....-_Thailand.htm DISCUSSION: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...676476&page=14 TOURIST MAFIA PHOTOS: http://www.flickr.com/photos/29324583@N05/sets/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/21533131@N06/sets/ __________________ --

June 2nd, 2009, 02:18 AM	#287
FLW Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 732 Likes (Received): 0	Tourist Mafia Mingle With Security Guards At The Entrance To The Grand Palace Thailand's main tourist attraction - The Grand Palace, owned by the His Majesty, The King. Thousands of tourists are drawn to this marvelous property every day. Where is the TAT or Tourist Police? Dozens of Tourist Mafia surround this property and mingle with the SECURITY GUARDS! PHOTOS: http://www.flickr.com/photos/2932458...7616768273247/ Why does the management allow this? image hosted on flickr __________________ -- Last edited by FLW; June 2nd, 2009 at 02:50 AM.

June 2nd, 2009, 05:52 AM	#288
saintofsilence Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2 Likes (Received): 0	Postings to Thai Visa [QUOTE=FLW;37558614]I do not have a Thai Visa account. Feel free to post my links. Bangkok's infamous scams have ruined the holidays of many, many visitors to Thailand and it is an important thing to be aware of beforehand if you want to avoid becoming yet another victim. Foreigners are often defrauded on their trip to Thailand and Thai authorities are ignoring their plight. In fact, many Thai Authorities are directly benefitting from the scams.. including the Tourist Police. Many that have been scammed are making reports on the internet, helping the victims and fighting corruption. See the below links. Thai Visa wont allow links to other forums to be posted so i will copy a couple of posts i hope thats ok , but if you have time to sign up its very easy and they have a very big membership and it would be beneficial to all , you are missing a huge audience . great what you are doing sos Last edited by saintofsilence; June 2nd, 2009 at 06:09 AM.

June 4th, 2009, 04:44 AM	#289
FLW Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 732 Likes (Received): 0	Ethics instructor scams school. In light of the above posts, I found this extreemly disturbing. A letter to the Bangkok Post: "Teaching standards I teach at a government university somewhere in Thailand. I live in a small soi across from the university. It is lined with internet and copier shops. Here ladies beg for money from their foreign acquaintances using e-mail, often assisted by the owners of these shops. Many more wile away their young lives playing video games. As I walk back and forth to work, from time to time, I stop to chat with some shop owners. One such person is a Dutchman who lives with a Thai lady. He was telling me about his wife. ''She's a teacher at the university. She never stays there. She leaves the house, signs in at the university, and is home in five minutes.'' I know, first-hand, that her strategy is followed by many government university teachers. Then one day, the two of them were together talking to me. The Dutchman said to his wife, ''Tell him how you sign-in and get home in five minutes.'' ''Oh yes,'' she said, smiling and laughing. ''I never stay at the school. I just sign-in and come home. It only takes five minutes.'' I asked her what she taught. And she replied, ''I teach Ethics.'' . __________________ --

June 7th, 2009, 03:38 AM	#290
FLW Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 732 Likes (Received): 0	ISN'T IT TIME THE T.A.T. DID SOMTHING?? __________________ -- Last edited by FLW; June 8th, 2009 at 11:52 AM.

June 8th, 2009, 11:07 AM	#291
chrislarsson Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 144 Likes (Received): 0	Who said less tourists is a bad thing for Thailand anyway? For sure it creates quite a few jobs, but it's mainly low paid jobs anyway. Tourism come with a lot of hidden costs as well, such as usage of infrastructure, consumption of energy, water and other natural resources. Many of them also behave like they are visiting a fun park where they believe they can do whatever they feel like. The number of fat-bellied men walking around with girls half their age on Sukhumvit is astounding and is nothing less than pure pollution. If it is possible to prevent them from coming back with a few scams, that would be great, but I'm sure it takes quite a bit more than that to keep them away. Thailand is now a middle-income country and should target sectors of higher value than tourism.

June 12th, 2009, 02:03 AM	#292
FLW Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 732 Likes (Received): 0	CENTRAL WORLD MALL TOURIST MAFIA 2 years ago, I sent emails to the Central World Customers Relations and Management. NO REPLY! image hosted on flickr Tourist Mafia has full time scammers posted around the Central World Mall. These scammers are there all day every day. They intercept and attempt to defraud every tourist they meet. I see them chatting with the Central World SECURITY GUARDS and DOORMAN Why are they still there 2 years after I sent emails to the Central World Mall Management? image hosted on flickr __________________ --

June 12th, 2009, 10:31 PM	#293
*AltinD* The Modecator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Tiranë / DUBAI / Vienna Posts: 29,854 Likes (Received): 712	Haha, this thread was quoted on bangkokscams.com: http://www.bangkokscams.com/scams-at...xi-scam-2.html returning the favour? __________________ I am the eye in the sky, Looking at you I can read your mind I am the maker of rules, Dealing with fools I can cheat you blind.

June 12th, 2009, 10:34 PM	#294
*AltinD* The Modecator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Tiranë / DUBAI / Vienna Posts: 29,854 Likes (Received): 712	Seriously, I am thinking for a 3 - 4 days visit to Bangkok to meet someone I know, but the stories I'm hearing are ... WOW __________________ I am the eye in the sky, Looking at you I can read your mind I am the maker of rules, Dealing with fools I can cheat you blind.

June 12th, 2009, 10:49 PM	#295
GoSatta Rex Dominus Join Date: May 2005 Location: Stockholm / Bangkok Posts: 1,289 Likes (Received): 118	don't believe everything you read in this thread, yes scams do happen in Bangkok, maybe even more than in some other cities. . but just with a little common seance there is no problems! people are not agressive, you will not get mugged.. if you are stupid, people will fool you all over the world. . its not something special to Bangkok . . __________________ GoSatta www.gosatta.org - Pictures

June 12th, 2009, 11:12 PM	#296
*AltinD* The Modecator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Tiranë / DUBAI / Vienna Posts: 29,854 Likes (Received): 712	Is mostly the annoyance and also that the possible visit would be a impulsive on-the-spot decision and not really a planned touristic trip or for the go-go bars. I've got a "When are you coming to BKK" invitation from someone I knew from long, that I'm finding difficult not to honor. __________________ I am the eye in the sky, Looking at you I can read your mind I am the maker of rules, Dealing with fools I can cheat you blind.

June 12th, 2009, 11:13 PM	#297
GoSatta Rex Dominus Join Date: May 2005 Location: Stockholm / Bangkok Posts: 1,289 Likes (Received): 118	just go! Bangkok is one of the best cities in the world in my opinion __________________ GoSatta www.gosatta.org - Pictures

June 13th, 2009, 12:59 AM	#298
FLW Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 732 Likes (Received): 0	Does Thailand deserve your hard earned tourist dollars I ask? The way they treat tourists is despicable. __________________ --

June 13th, 2009, 01:08 AM	#299
GoSatta Rex Dominus Join Date: May 2005 Location: Stockholm / Bangkok Posts: 1,289 Likes (Received): 118	who goes to Thailand without the knowledge that the country is corrupt? or that almost all of SEA is more or less corrupt? where do you want us to go? that is not corrupt? witch big tourist nation in the world do not have tones and tones of scamers? please tell me? it kind of comes with the territory . yes we don't got many here in Sweden where i live, but we don't have millions of tourist either. to warn people is okey. . but you are an extremist. __________________ GoSatta www.gosatta.org - Pictures

June 13th, 2009, 01:14 AM	#300
FLW Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 732 Likes (Received): 0	It's not just me. Thousands are now reporting their experiences on the internet. http://www.bangkokscams.com/scams-in-bangkok/2.html For every report you read hear, there are at least a thousand more. The TAT and guidebooks can't cover this up any longer. Thais need to get serious about this situation. I would never recommend a novice traveler come to Thailand. Even the Tourist Police are scamming visitors now.(according to a TAT representative) BANGKOK SCAMS: http://www.bangkokscams.com/scams-in-bangkok/index.php WIKIPEDIA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_gem_scam GEM SCAM GROUP:GEM SCAM GROUP: www.geocities.com/thaigemscamgroup/ INTO ASIA : www.into-asia.com/bangkok/gemscam/ 2BANGKOK: www.2bangkok.com/2bangkok/Scams/Sapphire.shtml SINGAPOREANS AGAINST THE THAI GEM SCAM: http://thaigemscam.wordpress.com/200...t-all-started/ THAI TOURIST MAFIA WARNING: http://thailandtouristmafia.blogspot...ist-mafia.html LONELY PLANET DISCUSSION: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntre...ailand&x=0&y=0 TRAVELFISH: http://www.travelfish.org/feature/129 PAKNAM TRAVEL: http://www.thai-blogs.com/index.php/...hailand?blog=5 GEEBOBG: http://www.geebobg.com/2006/09/16/gr...thailand-scam/ ULTIMATE TOURIST SCAMS: http://www.crimeandinvestigation.co....-_Thailand.htm DISCUSSION: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...676476&page=14 TOURIST MAFIA PHOTOS: http://www.flickr.com/photos/29324583@N05/sets/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/21533131@N06/sets/ __________________ --

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