Post: #1

When I started reading here, I remember Roosh said his bank account had been drained some by ATM withdrawals in Bangkok.

It was worrying to me because on the one hand I was trying to get my banks to let me use my ATM and credit card here in SE Asia consistently, but on the other hand I didn't want the accounts drained.

In yesterday's Bangkok Post, I saw this story, turns out it had more to do with Russians in Europe than Bangkok:

http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/...card-fraud

Quote:Russian man on credit card fraud
Published: 11 Jul 2013

A Russian national has been arrested and charged with forging credit cards stolen in Europe to withdraw cash from ATMs in Bangkok, police said.

Sergei Afanasev, 51, was apprehended at a hotel on Sukhumvit Soi 4, where police allegedly found 129 credit cards, one card skimmer and a notebook computer.

Pol Col Suebsak Phansura, chief of the Metropolitan Police Bureau's Division 5, said the suspect entered Thailand on Saturday and had used fraudulent cards to withdraw money at least six times prior to his arrest.

Officers retrieved only 500 baht from the suspect during the arrest, leading them to believe Mr Afanasev transferred the money to other members of his gang, Pol Col Suebsak said.

Investigators believe the victims targeted by the gang were customers of banks in Europe.

Even though the victims were not in Thailand, the presence of this type of crime here was damaging to the country's reputation, Pol Col Suebsak said.

The victims' banking data was intercepted by a card skimmer used by the gang, while their pin numbers were retrieved by using a pinhole camera, he added.

Post: #2

My bank account wasn't drained. They got less than $1,000.

The bank never told me what happened.

Post: #3

(07-12-2013 05:03 AM)Roosh Wrote:  My bank account wasn't drained. They got less than $1,000.

The bank never told me what happened.

Maybe now you know. Contact the Bangkok police for more details as a possible victim of the crime.

Post: #4

This happens daily around the world and there are probably hundred of gangs doing this everywhere. You can even buy the CC date online and build your own cards with them etc.
The banks usually just refund the money and seem pretty helpless against this, because it seems pretty easy to steal the data.
Some idiots are getting caught withdrawing the money in BKK or Pattaya atleast every few months...