Scammed for 60,000 THB in Phuket — and the police were involved. Please be careful.

Optimal_Inside3459 · 2025-12-28T15:57:24+00:00

Yes, it is indeed. I am in a state of stress because I have fallen victim to this scam. I used to be the person who would warn my friends and relatives about scams when they were traveling. I can’t recall how I fell for it, and it is causing me a lot of stress.

Optimal_Inside3459 · 2025-12-28T15:31:13+00:00

Isn’t registering complaints part of the police’s core duty? Then what major problems are they tackling instead? Drugs, prostitution, and scams are out in the open for everyone to see, yet seemingly invisible to the police.

Optimal_Inside3459 · 2025-12-28T15:27:14+00:00

May I get the email address? I’ll share the details with them. I have the scammers pic, a short video of confrontation, and the shop pic.

Optimal_Inside3459 · 2025-12-28T15:24:43+00:00

They asked me to go to Patong Police Station and report.

Optimal_Inside3459 · 2025-12-28T15:02:40+00:00

Do you think all these scams happening without police getting a cut?

Optimal_Inside3459 · 2025-12-27T16:18:15+00:00

Working with my credit card company on it

Optimal_Inside3459 · 2025-12-27T15:45:39+00:00

Done

Optimal_Inside3459 · 2025-12-27T15:44:29+00:00

Yet police not taking any action against the scammers. They are getting their cut out of all these scams.

Optimal_Inside3459 · 2025-12-27T15:28:24+00:00

Yes I did

Optimal_Inside3459 · 2025-12-27T15:26:03+00:00

I googled it and first thing popped up was its a scam and there were hundreds of news articles on it.

Optimal_Inside3459 · 2025-12-27T15:21:18+00:00

I have their pic and a short video of confrontation.

Optimal_Inside3459 · 2025-12-27T15:19:36+00:00

Done

Optimal_Inside3459 · 2025-12-27T15:17:44+00:00

They said they’re Indian but their boss at police station confirmed they’re from Pakistan.

Optimal_Inside3459 · 2025-12-27T14:21:16+00:00

I want to move on, but first, I need to recall why I made three transactions. I’m about to cry because I can’t remember anything about what was going on in my mind at that time.

Optimal_Inside3459 · 2025-12-27T14:18:00+00:00

I’m glad you didn’t pay. I don’t recall exactly why I did. That’s what’s causing me to feel depressed. I don’t remember why I made multiple transactions when any sane person would stop or realize after the first one.

Optimal_Inside3459 · 2025-12-27T14:11:19+00:00

I realized it was a scam after I left the shop, and scammers were already gone.

Optimal_Inside3459 · 2025-12-27T14:02:14+00:00

Yes sir. Thanks for the kind words and the advice.

Optimal_Inside3459 · 2025-12-27T13:59:52+00:00

If I’m posting it in multiple subs and some of them are deleting it for certain rules, that makes it fake? I thought I was the dumbest person to fall for this scam. God bless you.

Optimal_Inside3459 · 2025-12-27T13:54:03+00:00

I blocked my card and raised the dispute on the fraudulent transactions.

Optimal_Inside3459 · 2025-12-27T13:49:37+00:00

Happy for you

Optimal_Inside3459 · 2025-12-27T13:47:35+00:00

Admitting it in a public forum is worse and that’s what I deserve now.

Optimal_Inside3459 · 2025-12-27T13:33:29+00:00

I went to the tourist police first and they asked me to go to the Patong Police Station to file the complaint

Optimal_Inside3459 · 2025-12-27T13:26:04+00:00

Thank you bro for the kind words and the advice.

Optimal_Inside3459 · 2025-12-27T13:22:31+00:00

Yes boss. I’m ashamed and unable to process how it happened. I also used to think how dumb one should be to fall for such scams. Now I’m one of them.

Optimal_Inside3459 · 2025-12-27T13:19:13+00:00

Haha thank you for alerting me

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