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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2015 15:15:53 GMT 7
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Post by thaddeus on Jul 20, 2015 17:53:17 GMT 7
Very interesting, thank you.
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Post by godzilla on Jul 20, 2015 20:40:55 GMT 7
With so much commerce online these days, it's a boon for cyber criminals.
Everybody's paychecks are deposited electronically, purchases are increasingly online. And the governments want it that way. Easy to track.
Yet, if you're caught carrying a few thousand dollars or pounds, you have to explain why or you're suspected of a crime. Governments have some culpability in the rise in cyber crime.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2015 21:22:25 GMT 7
^^ Yup - the cash carrying limits are way to low.
I was dipped for £882 in January - to be fair to my bank, they deposited the money back in my account within six hours. By good fortune I noticed the money dripping out, the company/fraudsters involved were drawing $250.00 at a time, along with a smaller rogue value. I usually bring about £5,000 cash to Thailand with me - this year I'll be upping that to the max, and getting a couple of pals to carry money in as well.
I order brand new English £50.00 notes from the bank, and carry a copy of my transaction/withdrawal with me in case I get stopped. I also have a Thai bank account with a couple of hundred grand in it ( baht ). I'll be in Asia for three months next year including stays in Japan and Burma - £20,000 should do me for the three months - and that will save me drawing any money from dodgy ATM's or transacting through insecure portals.
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Post by siampolee on Jul 21, 2015 6:44:48 GMT 7
But remember hard cash can and indeed does tests the loyalties and honesty of ones native staff.
Customs along with immigration officials are not averse to confiscating cash or and goods either using some vague law or flight of fancy to enforce their ideas here in the Land of Smiles.
Strangely enough though, in all my 23+ years here I have never been subjected to any scam.
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Post by godzilla on Jul 21, 2015 11:34:48 GMT 7
Everyone is discouraged from carrying cash. Thai banks, the once shining beacon of trust and confidence (ha!) now charge patrons 2 percent for counting coins. I remember when everyone had a piggy bank. They are slowly going away as money is tied up in places where governments can watch it -- and criminals can access it. The distinguishing features between the two groups (governments and criminals) is quickly becoming blurred.
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