Beware in Bangkok Airport

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shanghaiceltic

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Posted: July 03, 2009 - 06:52 AM
Post subject: Beware in Bangkok Airport

It is worth reading this article if any of you are travelling through Bangkok.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6590584.ece?to ken=null&offset=0&page=1

A very nasty scam.

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dfoo

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Posted: July 03, 2009 - 09:17 AM

So what is the scam exactly? It just says that they were falsely accused of shop lifting, and then were forced to pay a big bribe...

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Veejay
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Posted: July 03, 2009 - 09:34 AM

In Thailand else very common took-took scam and jewelry shop scam. Anyway, that is best country for travel in Asia, imho.

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