News Forum - Police arrest 2 Iranian men for scamming people in Thailand

[Thaiger]

Police arrested two Iranian nationals today in Chanthaburi province, eastern Thailand. The men allegedly scammed people out of money on at least two occasions in Samut Songkhram province, southwest of Bangkok. The men would ask people to exchange banknotes, but then snatch the victim’s money and run off without giving anything in return. The 24 year old man and 32 year old man, both of Iranian nationality, allegedly committed crimes in Samut Songkhram before escaping to Chanthaburi province, where they were arrested today under arrest warrants issued by Samut Songkhram Provincial Court on June 21. On June 13, the men […]

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[riclag]

11 minutes ago, Thaiger said:

Police arrested two Iranian nationals today in Chanthaburi province, eastern Thailand. The men allegedly scammed people out of money on at least two occasions in Samut Songkhram province, southwest of Bangkok. The men would ask people to exchange banknotes, but then snatch the victim’s money and run off without giving anything in return. The 24 year old man and 32 year old man, both of Iranian nationality, allegedly committed crimes in Samut Songkhram before escaping to Chanthaburi province, where they were arrested today under arrest warrants issued by Samut Songkhram Provincial Court on June 21. On June 13, the men […]

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It’s refreshing to see the nationality, as opposed to lumping it into the foreigner category!

[Nivram]

I agree

[Janneman]

Personally, I would not call this 'scamming' as that would imply some kind of a cunning plan. This is just plain robbery. And rather stupid too.

[Nivram]

I agree on both observations.

[kalyan]

pathetic robbers from iran !

 

they should be very poor, some how they landed up in the land of smiles !