✨ VISA AGENT SCAMMER UPDATE ✨

I wrote a post a few months ago about how I was scammed by a “visa agent” that found me on this group. She took my 11,000 baht and and as soon as I sent the money asked for another 11,000 baht.

At that point I realized it was a scam and asked for the refund. The person kept promising to refund every day, stretching the time.

I finally went to the police and filed a complaint.

Long story short: I got my money back a few days ago.

💸 11,000 baht that the scammer took from me and never returned — now it’s back in my hands thanks to the police.

The scammer got anxious ONLY when she received a summon from the police. Basically if she didn’t show up (or rather the person whose bank account she is using), police would have the right to arrest her/him.

It took almost 2 months, but I didn’t give up. I hope my story inspires you too:

👉 If someone scams you, always go to the police.

👉 Be persistent. Don’t let it slide. BE PERSISTENT AT THE POLICE STATION. At first police didn’t want to help me. I just persisted and persisted. Take Thai/English speaking person with you. Otherwise, at the police suggest that you hire an interpreter (I’ve learned that it’s one of the reasons police didnt want to take my case at first. Worried about them having to hire interpreter by themselves).

👉 Keep the mindset: I will do whatever it takes to make the scammer pay. I took this scammer personally. My heart is singing right now that I won and that she’s the one begging police to unfreeze her account now. I hope her account is unfrozen with the same delay with which she returned my money. 🤣

👉 NEVER give your money over the Internet. Take a picture of person’s ID PERSONALLY before proceeding with any payment.

💭 To those who laughed at me for believing in the police — ha-ha, look at me now. 😁

💭 To those who supported me in the comments and in private messages with kind words and useful information about the scammer — thank you from the bottom of my heart. You are amazing. 💖

💭 And to the scammer (because I know you’re reading this): karma will find you. 😈

⚠️ Some people asked me to disclose her identity. I checked with the police — and the answer is NO, it’s not safe in a PUBLIC SETTING.

But just so you know:

🔹 The scammer was already removed from this group a few months ago.

🔹 She changed her profile name right after I reported her.

🔹 When she texts you, she rushes you to start cooperation with her, sends selfies with her being at the immigration, holding passports etc. Asks you to sends the documents and even reviews them for you. Do not think she’s not a scammer just because she knows a lot about visa process.

🔹 Her bank account was frozen as soon as I filed the complaint, and now the official process is ongoing.

💪 The lesson? Never give up. Justice takes time, but it’s worth fighting for. I could have lost. But I knew I would do ANYTHING I CAN to make the scammer pay.

My family’s passports were damaged so we had to replace them all. I’m taking the new passports to immigration to get our visa stamps. I have a police report stating the cause of damage, and letters from our embassies requesting new visa/entrance stamps. Do I need to take anything else?

I would like to apply for DTV but there was an INCIDENT during my last visit.

When returning the bike, the owner accused me of damaging it (the side was slightly scratched, it was like that when I rented it, but I didn't take any photos). He wanted 10 or 15 thousand baht from me, I refused and went to the airport to leave Thailand. The owner wrote to me, showed screenshots from the messenger, that he had notified a policeman he knew, it looked quite credible, but he also said that the Thai police wanted to arrest me and that he had submitted reports that would reach all SEA countries (xD).

Could this affect my DTV visa? How can I check if this migration has received any reports? I haven't been to Thailand since then and I wanted to apply for DTV from Europe, but maybe a better idea would be to fly to Thailand for 60 days, see if the police or migration will have any questions for me and then apply for DTV by flying to a neighboring country ?

I had a motorbike accident yesterday on Rama IV with my Honda Rebel 500. A Thai woman on a scooter cut across 5 lanes of gridlocked traffic without checking for motorbikes and collided with me in the 5th lane. In the photos below, she's the red line and I'm the green line. I was accelerating because the light was green. There was a car blocking the view so we didn't see each other and collided at high speed. Neither of us have broken bones. Just some scrapes and bruises. An ambulance came and took her to a hospital. I told them I was fine and rode home on my motorbike. I wasn't sure if I should call the insurance company and ask them to come to the scene of the accident. I only have the compulsory insurance. The Honda service center estimates that it will cost 15K baht to fix my motorbike. I'm wondering, would her insurance pay for the repairs since she was clearly at fault? Or should I not expect them to pay for the repairs? If so, why? If you think they would pay for the repairs, how long should I expect it to take? What's the process? I'm talking with her daughter in Line. Thanks!

South Africans! I'm off to Penang soon, any new rules or problems I should know of being from SA? Dankie!