Thailand Dating Scams

Ask around in any expat bar in Bangkok or Pattaya long enough and you’ll hear the same stories with the names changed. A guy meets someone amazing online. Things move fast. Then, a few weeks or months in, money starts moving too — a sick relative, a broken motorbike, a visa fee that has to…

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Every relationship eventually touches money. That’s not unique to Thailand, and it’s not unique to relationships between foreigners and Thai partners. But this niche has a well-earned reputation for scams, and that reputation makes some men either paranoid about every request for cash or, worse, completely blind to the ones that actually matter. Neither serves…

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