Goodwill so people are under the impression that a lot is being done. If you are an OG you know that it's posturing. Agents are all over Thailand atm making a shit load of $ and everyone is getting their cut.
Kimberly is right, rules breaking IS indeed acceptable in Thailand, as long as you have the cash. Let's not forget that Tod has contacts at immigration, he cannot admit that kind of stuff publicly. Whether it's underground casinos in Bangkok, black market lottery, animal fighting, or visa agent, as long as everyone is getting their cut, it is acceptable, doesn't mean that it's legal or right.
Nothing has changed, people are still able to get their visas via an agent. There has been no crackdown on visa agent. Just like there was no crackdown on buying lottery tickets on the black market and get paid if they win, even tho it is illegal and sometimes they caught criminals who happen to be working in the black market. It's the same for underground casinos in Bangkok. They are up and running even tho there was a crackdown few years ago because one owner forget to pay his tea money.
A fake stamp is what they give you at the border if you want to cross Poipet. It's a famous bus scam in Bangkok that leads to a restaurant near the border where you get stamped something that never works once you cross border. But when you can use your stamp to exit a country without having to pay twice, or any form of overstay, it is not a scam. You don't seem to understand the difference between legality, and legitimacy. Something can be highly illegal but yet legit in practice. For example, black market lottery is illegal in Thailand, yet, if you buy tickets and win, they will pay you. A scam is when they don't.
Nothing is fake, Thai Visa Centre will ask you for documents if needed. It's not fake or a scam, but whether it's legal or not is another question completely. I never personally went all the way with them, but I know people who did and they had no issue getting their passport back or leaving the country. They obv work with IO's, the legality of that I'm not getting into for obv reason.
Drugs maybe, Visas, no, because these visas are done by IO's. They are real visas. Ask the thousands of people that have received a visa from them, no problem after.