Russian travel firm in Pattaya accused of scam

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Russian travel scam in Pattaya

Published: 23 Feb 2013 at 16.08
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Fourteen Russian tourists are demanding that police speed up their investigation into a scam by a Russian travel company in Pattaya.

The tourists told the superintendent of Pattaya Police Station on Saturday that they had paid a total of 3 million baht for package tours but the operator did not keep her promises.

They filed their original complaint last Monday against Natalia Aleynikova, the 55-year-old operator of the World of Chang travel company in Bang Lamung district.

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jpk
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Discussion 21 : 24 Feb 2013 at 23.5021
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The easiest scammer to scam is another scammer.
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Discussion 20 : 24 Feb 2013 at 21.2720
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Just been thinking.....did these Russians Que up to get ripped off, or did they just barge on through and que jump everyone to get ripped off first. Pattaya, your are welcome to the Russians. Currupt police for corrupt people.
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Discussion 19 : 24 Feb 2013 at 14.0619
Nothing new here, Yep Pataya is the worst place to be in Thailand and its getting even worst every year the place are full of cons and scammers just waiting to pounce on you. Tourist beware you have been warned and if you do decided to go there prepare to be Amazing Thailand.
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Discussion 18 : 24 Feb 2013 at 13.0718
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Pattaya is the toilet bowl of Thailand.....one big cesspool of prostitutes, mafia and rip artists of all shapes and sizes. Unbelieveable how that place has totally changed in the last 10 years. I'll never go there, ever again, it's a horrible place.
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Discussion 17 : 24 Feb 2013 at 12.3117
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Fourteen years ago I stupidly owned a bar in Pattaya. I was approached by 2 men who said they wanted to be partners in the bar. I informed my police protection officer (who I paid 5,000 a month) He said don't have anything to do with them, they are Russian mafia. They were known about even then.
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Discussion 16 : 24 Feb 2013 at 11.4916
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Pattaya is ruled by Thai and foreign Mafia for decades, as the police is profiting handsomely from the scams everything will stay business as usual.
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Discussion 15 : 24 Feb 2013 at 06.4415
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Maybe the company just got bankrupt. I remember tens of thousands of Thai Limited Companies in 1997, who got loans from banks and put 30 percent in own pockets and only 70 percent in the business. After declaring bankruptcy, the owners were all very rich suddenly, but could not pay company debts to the banks.
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Discussion 14 : 24 Feb 2013 at 02.1714
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I wonder how did those tourists comunicate with our police men? The Russian who cheated the tourists must have been in Thailand quite sometime. They might already learned Thai and the art of cheating as well.It is ashame that they cheat their own people.
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Discussion 13 : 23 Feb 2013 at 22.4213
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The pattaya police is well aware of the Russian mafia in the city. They are involved in money laundering, construction and prostitution. Somehow Thailand does not care about the background of foreign investors. This has made it a haven for money laundering operations. Some of the foreigners in pattaya are involved in Taxi stand rackets too. The sad story is that, there are still some genuine Russian tourists who are not aware of what their own brothers and sisters are upto in Pattaya. Every government that has come to power has promised to clean up Pattaya but, it just gets sleazier by the day.
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Discussion 12 : 23 Feb 2013 at 22.3812
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Russians bring in all these white Russians for the police to feast on. Is there any wonder that they get away with murder?
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