A Western tourist had his gold necklace stolen while filming himself walking down a street in Bangkok, Thailand.
As he walked in the Asoke area of Bangkok, near the BTS station, a person who appeared to be a transgender woman approached him, putting her arms around his neck in a sort of hug.
In fact, she used this ploy to steal his gold necklace.
The stranger didn't notice anything and she left with the necklace.
The man claims that a transgender woman was standing on the sidewalk near the Westin Grande Sukhumvit hotel around 11 p.m. when she approached him, wrapping her arms around him in a hug.
In the video, the man can be heard asking him, "Go back to your room?"
According to Thai media reports, the foreigner reported the incident to the police.
He added that his phone was also stolen last week on Khao San Road.
The necklace theft video
Video of the incident then circulated on social media with the caption:
"Sukhumvit Road, Gold Chain Snatching.
Watch out for ladyboy gangsters.”
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4 comments
There are pickpockets and thieves in every country, and Thailand is clearly no exception to the general rule...
What bothers me most about this phenomenon of thefts targeting foreign tourists in particular is the indecent insistence of the Thai authorities in hammering home at tourist sites the fact that Thailand is a safe country for tourists and that they risk nothing there, neither being robbed, nor mistreated, nor stolen or worse...
I will not go into the misadventures of many tourists, ranging from simple rip-offs for the price of a taxi with a rigged or non-existent meter to murder for a few euros or following a gang rape.
The majority of Thais are honest, unfortunately, as everywhere, there is a minority of dishonest people, crooks, thieves and criminals who target tourists or foreign workers, easy prey and less inclined to call the police due to lack of knowledge of the area.
When you walk around this neighborhood at 11:00 p.m., you take off all outward signs of wealth.
You don't parade around in a gold necklace in front of poor sex workers trying to survive.
Fortunately, there are some great stories.
A somewhat absent-minded friend had forgotten his wallet in a local restaurant (on the restaurant's camera, we could clearly see that he had left it at the checkout).
A Thai man took it, called it, and brought it back to him. He hadn't taken anything. We gave him 1,500 baht.
Thieves, gangsters, they are everywhere, Thailand is no exception to the rule.
Everyone thinks they are safe in Thailand, but no, I had a problem that could have ended badly with a drunk Thai in a remote area, besides, if the prisons are full, it's not for nothing.
I'm gently amused by those on YouTube who praise a country where everything is peaceful from a security point of view; it's completely false.
In Paris or Brussels, the same thing, but to the power of 1000.