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Old 09-08-2010, 09:11 PM
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Re: Bangkok Field Report

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Originally Posted by adidas88 View Post
just want to share an airport experience i have 2 days ago ...

after checking-in at thaiairways counter, as i was approaching the immigration gate .. suddenly 2 chinese ladies stopped me ...
one was young and pretty .. the other is old lady .. looks like her mum ...
they know i am chinese and immediately start talking to me in chinese ..
the young lady explain to me that they r stuck in bkk now becoz they do not have enough money to go back home ....
i then asked them how they come here ??
they said they bought a 2 way tkt but now they cut short their trip and they dun have enough for the change tkt fee back to china ...
i then asked them how could they come to bkk with not enough money ??
she then show me her wallet and i could see a few hundreds rmb ...
she said she is short of a few hundreds baht ...

i begin to have suspicious becoz her speech was too smooth going and she seem to be able to anticipate my next question ....
next i could not see any luggages with them ...
and all these while she did not offer to give me any contacts or make any attempts to return the money ....
i have very strong feeling this is a scam to cheat money from unsuspicious travelers ..

i told her i would love to help them but i see no reason why i need to as i dun even know them at all and this is not a life threatening situation ....
and moreover, they can still go back to china as long as they stick to the original itinerary ... not a problem at all ...

looks like such similar china scams have evolve to foreign airports now ...
they really go regional now ...
I have already faced it twice at the old Don Muang airport. Always work in pairs. First pair was man in coat and woman. Claiming they are in transit and lost all their money. Yup in transit, inside the airport.

Second time 2 ladies, also after checking in.

What a joke.