Makro supermarkets will happily take them at their service desks…

It all depends on how you present and to an extent how the IO you front feels about investigating deeper at that time. The bottom line they’re looking to ascertain is are you a genuine tourist.

So I would say another indicator that might cause scrutiny and rejection is your address registrations. Are they the same every time, or are they not made at all very much. As that would indicate you either own or rent property long term and would likely raise a “not a tourist” red flag.

@Robert ********

Sorry for you then.

Previously I was led to believe that it was only an issue for the “shortcut” opened accounts.

@robert Jenkins

So, an open question for you.

Was your bank account opened “following all the rules” by you in person with all documents required?

Or was it done through a third party?

@Fitfac ****************

Well written and comprehensive information.

Thank you…

So.

What exactly have you lost?

Some Accor points.

Well, prove to Accor that they were fraudulently taken and make them return them.

They will.

Accor will then demand refund to cancel payment to hotel. So the hotel will then lose out, as they should, as they allowed the identity fraud to occur.

As to you, you end up the victim of identity fraud, but other than that too have lost nothing.

No need for you to do anything in Thailand at all.

It’s pretty much the exact same process as if someone had used your credit card details and placed a transaction on your account that you then dispute…

@Jeffrey ***********

Did you go there at all?

The rural townships in Korat and elsewhere in Isaan that I went to were pretty much unaffected. Life just went on.

@Dimitri *******

Hahahaha

You should have seen a bit more of Thailand maybe.

Rural areas, villages, were alive, and never noticed a change. Be they seaside, countryside, or mountain side areas.

Only the tourist based areas had problems, and where “ghost towns” as you put it.

As by the way, they were all over the world…

@Bill ***********

FYI

@Cliff ********

Yes, get a travel history in passport, other Asian and western countries if you can…