hanno wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2019 5:04 pm I am completely clueless but have never been seriously scammed (maybe overcharged by a Tuk-tuk once or twice or paid too much for a pineapple at the market) and honestly do not know what you are on about.

If we just stick to stories which have come out on this forum in the last few hours.

topic28086.html

It appears someone has been scammed by his Cambodian partner.

Maybe more information may come out on this story.

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Royal Gendarmerie Officer and Team Arrested for Drug Trafficking

I get criticized for saying things like, the police and drug dealers work together.

When you arrest the big boys, the smaller boys will stop a lot of their activities.

explorer wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2019 7:02 pm When you arrest the big boys, the smaller boys will stop a lot of their activities.

No, there's carnage as the smaller boys work out who the next big boy will be.

Anchor Moy wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2019 5:12 pm @explorer. Not sure if this is deliberate, or if you have not read the OP, but you have turned the subject right around.The topic of the thread is a foreigner who is deliberately trying to scam a Cambodian bank. You are making it about poor barang victims, when that is not at all the topic. The Swiss man is a thief and the bank is the victim. Get it ?

A lot of people are blame orientated. For example, this person did a bad thing, let him or her have a harsh punishment.

Smart people are solution orientated. That is, what can we do to minimize the likelihood of something similar happening in the future.

A girl killed another girl in a road accident. People are saying she should go to jail. People are not saying, we should introduce better driving training, or we should stop drink driving, or we should ensure all vehicles have lights so they can be seen at night. These measures would result in a genuine improvement in road safety.

Yes, this particular man was a thief. People are not saying we should make it illegal to produce or distribute fake notes. This would genuinely address this issue. I have discussed other situations, because this is not just a one of. Other people have been scammed with fake money.

This website is malfunctioning for me at the present time. If anything strange comes up, it may be the website malfunction.

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explorer wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2019 7:02 pm

hanno wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2019 5:04 pm I am completely clueless but have never been seriously scammed (maybe overcharged by a Tuk-tuk once or twice or paid too much for a pineapple at the market) and honestly do not know what you are on about.

If we just stick to stories which have come out on this forum in the last few hours.

topic28086.html

It appears someone has been scammed by his Cambodian partner.

Maybe more information may come out on this story.

topic28087.html

Royal Gendarmerie Officer and Team Arrested for Drug Trafficking

I get criticized for saying things like, the police and drug dealers work together.

When you arrest the big boys, the smaller boys will stop a lot of their activities.

I missed one.

topic28098.html

Grandiosity in Bipolar Disorder

In short, it is an exaggerated sense of one's importance, power, knowledge, or identity, even though there may be little evidence to support the beliefs.

https://www.verywellmind.com/grandiosit ... ies-378818

explorer wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2019 7:27 pm

Anchor Moy wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2019 5:12 pm @explorer. Not sure if this is deliberate, or if you have not read the OP, but you have turned the subject right around.The topic of the thread is a foreigner who is deliberately trying to scam a Cambodian bank. You are making it about poor barang victims, when that is not at all the topic. The Swiss man is a thief and the bank is the victim. Get it ?

Yes, this particular man was a thief. People are not saying we should make it illegal to produce or distribute fake notes. This would genuinely address this issue. I have discussed other situations, because this is not just a one of. Other people have been scammed with fake money.

Burning fake money at New Year is not specifically Cambodian. It's part of the culture in many Asian countries. Like China for example. The notes are all marked COPY.
In this case, there are foreigners who think they can exploit this play money, but the locals are used to it, so it doesn't work. I don't see why local people should change their habits just because some foreigners are greedy and stupid.
Otherwise, real counterfeit money is already illegal, in every country.

In this case, there are foreigners who think they can exploit this play money, but the locals are used to it, so it doesn't work. I don't see why local people should change their habits just because some foreigners are greedy and stupid.

It's the locals who produced this evil counterfeit money who are to blame. You don't understand. If you tried to understand a bit more you would know. Some people know, others don't know. It's always the locals who are to blame, and I have learned this from my long gap-year in Kampong Bumfuck talking to local bumpkins. If you try to be more like me you will realize how everything works.

explorer wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2019 7:27 pm

Anchor Moy wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2019 5:12 pm@explorer. Not sure if this is deliberate, or if you have not read the OP, but you have turned the subject right around.The topic of the thread is a foreigner who is deliberately trying to scam a Cambodian bank. You are making it about poor barang victims, when that is not at all the topic. The Swiss man is a thief and the bank is the victim. Get it ?

A lot of people are blame orientated. For example, this person did a bad thing, let him or her have a harsh punishment.

Smart people are solution orientated. That is, what can we do to minimize the likelihood of something similar happening in the future.

A girl killed another girl in a road accident. People are saying she should go to jail. People are not saying, we should introduce better driving training, or we should stop drink driving, or we should ensure all vehicles have lights so they can be seen at night. These measures would result in a genuine improvement in road

On the surface I agree with you. Finding solutions are good, but we also need to be careful. Responding with more laws in knee jerk reactions to everything that goes wrong is also how we have ended up with too many laws and regulations and big government.