1 - 10 of 24 results for "Nigerian scam"

  1. 1. news | 29 Apr 2013

    Taxi scam runs out of gas

    By Wassayos Ngamkham, Newspaper section: News

    » When a Nonthaburi couple hailed a taxi to take them to Suvarnabhumi airport earlier this month, they had no idea they were about to fall victim to a scam.

  2. 2. news | 23 May 2013

    DSI nabs suspected scam boss

    LOTTERY

    By King-oua Laohong, Newspaper section: News

    » The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has arrested the alleged leader of a lottery scam gang which has duped more than 10,000 people.

  3. 3. tech | 14 May 2013

    Head of hacker-powered stock scam sent to prison

    By AFP

    » A US man was sent to prison on Monday for orchestrating a hacker-powered scam to pump up stock prices and then dump inflated shares, raking in millions of dollars.

  4. 4. opinion | 29 Apr 2013

    Lessons from GT200 scam

    EDITORIAL

    Newspaper section: News

    » Thailand's role in the shameful saga of fake weapons detectors has been revived with the conviction in court of a British con man who masterminded the fraud.

  5. 5. learning | 04 Apr 2011

    Students lured into internet scam

    About crime

    By Jon Fernquest

    » An internet-based work-from-home pyramid scheme profits by selling memberships and products for resale.

  6. 6. learning | 29 Apr 2013

    Empty tank scam fools taxi passengers

    Easy English news

    By Terry Fredrickson

    » If your taxi appears to have run out of petrol and the driver asks you to push the cab to the side of the road, don’t do it – unless you have all your belongings with you.

  7. 7. news | 28 Mar 2013

    6 arrested in raid on boiler room

    » Four foreigners and two Thais were arrested at a house in Bangkok's Bang Na district on Wednesday for allegedly running a telephone investment scam.

  8. 8. news | 15 May 2013

    Nigeria police uncover second 'baby factory' in a week

    By AFP

    » Nigerian police on Wednesday said they had found six pregnant teenage girls in a raid on a house and arrested three people suspected of planning to sell their babies.

  9. 9. news | 30 Mar 2013

    B100m gold scam duo sought

    By Online Reporters

    » Arrest warrants are out for a couple accused of swindling money from about 10 people hoping to get rich from the gold trade, reports said on Saturday.

  10. 10. learning | 28 Mar 2012

    Phone scam gang busted

    About crime

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Gang members pretending to be police & bank officials earned 7% after getting Taiwanese people to transfer money to bank accounts.

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