Spotting a Conman in Pattaya

Pattaya attracts all sorts and usually the type of people to avoid and be seen avoiding, however you can't live in a Thai vacuum, especially if you don't pood Thai or speak the language, so you end up meeting all these sorts at bars and go-gos. Harmless conversation can't hurt anyone. Only some farangs aren't so harmless. They prey on the gullible and there are plenty of those around judging from the number of men who sign over ownership of their houses to Thai women without a lawyer looking at the contract.

So farangs find themselves in dubious business sucking away their retirement income faster than a crack addiction.

"He seemed like such a good guy."

My old boss Manny Winick taught me one thing. "Never trust anyone."

But how can you tell if someone is a con.

Here are some warning signs;

Is your prospective business partner only know by one name?

Does he express concern about his business endeavor saying, "If only I had another $10,000, then I would be on top of the world."

Do his stories change from time to time?

Eyes are the windows to the soul, so if people look to the right when they are telling a story, then in all likelihood they recalling the incident from reality, whereas someone looking to the left is fabricating the story off the top of his head.

Of course if you want to be sure it's good to do a check on the character of your new best friend and finally if something seems too good to be true then it is too good to be true and if you have any real doubts, get an elephant to sniff him out, you don't see them getting conned too much

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