The Land of Scams | Bangkok Post: lifestyle

Let's face it, the world is at a lowpoint and definitely going to end soon. It's 2012, and all the actors have been replaced by clones while the music charts are full of attention-seeking kids with ADHD. So it's no wonder that morality is plummeting to darker depths than Donald Trump on a bad hair day.

With life generally sucking, scams are also on the increase. Recently, a 68-year-old teacher lost some B30 million to a call centre scam.

We can scam better than most here in Thailand and because we were brought up to believe that there is no evil in the world and that crime doesn't exist, it seems we are also quite easily duped. But, to be fair, some of the scams involved some genuinely impressive initiative such as self-mutilation and a script that would intimidate a Hollywood director. Let's take a look at five of the stupidest scams ever pulled in Thailand and some tips to prevent yourself from getting tricked.