Criminal law in Thailand Part LVI: Beware of scams III - tourists in paradise | Bangkok Post: lifestyle

Expat Counsel

While we're on the subject of scams, here are a couple for the tourist in all of us, and those visiting Thailand. Let's say you've always wanted to visit a Bangkok landmark, such as Wat Arun, but have never found the time.

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You are walking with your family towards the ferry that will take you across the river when a well-dressed young man stops you and identifies himself in perfect English as a medical doctor, a professor of engineering at a local university or maybe a former exchange student in your country who has just recently returned to Thailand. He asks where you're going, and you tell him.