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I don't wish to sound like a bitter old misogynist expat, here we go anyhow, but she's missing a trick. For the cost a few sim cards and burner phones you can earn 50k+ p/a tax free. My wife's "friend" Taing must have been raking in 4-5k a month US$, plus freelance work on top. This scam nets, what, 15-20 bucks a day. Surely that is feminist empowerment?
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cptrelentless wrote:I don't wish to sound like a bitter old misogynist expat, here we go anyhow, but she's missing a trick. For the cost a few sim cards and burner phones you can earn 50k+ p/a tax free. My wife's "friend" Taing must have been raking in 4-5k a month US$, plus freelance work on top. This scam nets, what, 15-20 bucks a day. Surely that is feminist empowerment?
I would like to meet you're wife's friend Taing. Or perhaps you can tell us directly how that scam works.
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Luigi wrote:
cptrelentless wrote:I don't wish to sound like a bitter old misogynist expat, here we go anyhow, but she's missing a trick. For the cost a few sim cards and burner phones you can earn 50k+ p/a tax free. My wife's "friend" Taing must have been raking in 4-5k a month US$, plus freelance work on top. This scam nets, what, 15-20 bucks a day. Surely that is feminist empowerment?
I would like to meet you're wife's friend Taing. Or perhaps you can tell us directly how that scam works.
Either get pregnant or pretend you did by borrowing someone else's scan, have that shit aborted because you don't want it dragging you down, tell them you're moving out to the village to be looked after by the family and there's no reception. At some point tell them it died. About seven or eight months later, usually. The more of a soft touch they are the more cash you get, and you can string out some further sympathy at the end if you are particularly skilled in manipulation. I think she's freezing her ass off in Finland now, some other sucker married her. The other trick, by a different person, is wait until your partner has bought a house and they're asleep. Take a thumb print, make sure you clean the thumb afterwards, noob, and hock that bad boy for some gambling dollars. This is your shit or bust play, though.
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cptrelentless wrote:
Luigi wrote:
cptrelentless wrote:I don't wish to sound like a bitter old misogynist expat, here we go anyhow, but she's missing a trick. For the cost a few sim cards and burner phones you can earn 50k+ p/a tax free. My wife's "friend" Taing must have been raking in 4-5k a month US$, plus freelance work on top. This scam nets, what, 15-20 bucks a day. Surely that is feminist empowerment?
I would like to meet you're wife's friend Taing. Or perhaps you can tell us directly how that scam works.
Either get pregnant or pretend you did by borrowing someone else's scan, have that shit aborted because you don't want it dragging you down, tell them you're moving out to the village to be looked after by the family and there's no reception. At some point tell them it died. About seven or eight months later, usually. The more of a soft touch they are the more cash you get, and you can string out some further sympathy at the end if you are particularly skilled in manipulation. I think she's freezing her ass off in Finland now, some other sucker married her. The other trick, by a different person, is wait until your partner has bought a house and they're asleep. Take a thumb print, make sure you clean the thumb afterwards, noob, and hock that bad boy for some gambling dollars. This is your shit or bust play, though.
Funny how the first one actually works and I have seen it in action many times, third worlders really take kindness for weakness if it's cashing out.

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if it aint broke... why fix it
ie there are always new tourists everyday that dont know the scam, so it will continue to be used,

same as the Filipino card scams
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cptrelentless wrote:
Luigi wrote:
cptrelentless wrote:I don't wish to sound like a bitter old misogynist expat, here we go anyhow, but she's missing a trick. For the cost a few sim cards and burner phones you can earn 50k+ p/a tax free. My wife's "friend" Taing must have been raking in 4-5k a month US$, plus freelance work on top. This scam nets, what, 15-20 bucks a day. Surely that is feminist empowerment?
I would like to meet you're wife's friend Taing. Or perhaps you can tell us directly how that scam works.
Either get pregnant or pretend you did by borrowing someone else's scan, have that shit aborted because you don't want it dragging you down, tell them you're moving out to the village to be looked after by the family and there's no reception. At some point tell them it died. About seven or eight months later, usually. The more of a soft touch they are the more cash you get, and you can string out some further sympathy at the end if you are particularly skilled in manipulation. I think she's freezing her ass off in Finland now, some other sucker married her. The other trick, by a different person, is wait until your partner has bought a house and they're asleep. Take a thumb print, make sure you clean the thumb afterwards, noob, and hock that bad boy for some gambling dollars. This is your shit or bust play, though.
WOW! Just fukin WOW! And I was naive enough to think I had been around the block once or twice. Crime, scams, cons have never been my forte. I'm too stupid, lousy liar & I have a conscience for reasons I do not know. I thought having been through three world wars & watching goats fukin in the Chetumal market would prepare me for S.E.A. WOW! :popcorn:
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3 world wars>

when was the third???
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phuketrichard wrote:if it aint broke... why fix it
ie there are always new tourists everyday that dont know the scam, so it will continue to be used,

same as the Filipino card scams
Actually, the golden days for the milk scammers are long gone. Very few people fall for it these days and many guesthouses and hotels warn their guests about it. Police pushed them out for a few months but they seem to have good connections.
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phuketrichard wrote:3 world wars>

when was the third???
If you gotta ask you weren't there.
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boozyoldman wrote:The HUY MENG MINIMART is the name of the establishment in on the scam.

A picket line of yappy feminists on the sidewalk
in front of this establishment for a few hours every evening would see the scam ended.
I'm probably going to regret asking this but why is this a job for feminists in particular?


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