You’re never too smart to fall for this simple Thai travel scam.
WHEN Australian tourist Dan Boland was approached by a friendly stranger outside a Bangkok temple, he had no idea he was about to fall victim to an elaborate scam that would trick him out of thousands of dollars.
The Hong Kong-based airline pilot would later realise he’d been swindled in a clever “attractions closed” scam. It’s one of a number of ways cunning con artists are preying on Western tourists in Thailand, according to insurance company Travel with Jane.
Mr Boland said he and his wife were approached by an official-looking man as they were entering Bangkok’s famous Wat Pho temple on their last day in the city back in May.
“The man said, ‘Sorry, no, you can’t go in because the monks are praying’, and I thought, oh well, I can’t argue with that,” Mr Boland told news.com.au.
“He said it was the same thing at the Grand Palace — we couldn’t go in because people were praying…
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