Scams R Us

mark stutley wrote:

where are those guys going???? snow bound

They are just making sure no one has stolen theirs cars  LOL

khanh44 wrote:

Canada but just saying there's no border to scamming people of their hard earned money with sob stories.

I've learned to accept people hating me lol.

I would have offered her a ride.  If someone is genuinely in need of help, they will accept.  If they just want your money, they'll decline (objective - milk this guy for money - failed). 

I had a kid begging for money but I said no.  Instead I bought him a bottle of water and THAT he rejected.  Well, guess you don't need my generosity, you just want this piece of polymer (unlike US currency that's made out of cotton, Vietnamese currency is made out of polymer...a kind of plastic).

ancientpathos wrote:

Tran Hung Dao wrote:

Do girls always ask you "When are you going back to America?" (as in, if I marry this sucker, when will he take me to the USA?)

Ok, I will admit to being dishonest when I answer this question. I tell them once I have found my passionate love.

Good answer.  But in the girl's head, she's thinking "after he marries me, he'll take me to America.  Then I can leave him...woohoo, free airline ticket!"

Tran Hung Dao wrote:

ancientpathos wrote:

Tran Hung Dao wrote:

Do girls always ask you "When are you going back to America?" (as in, if I marry this sucker, when will he take me to the USA?)

Ok, I will admit to being dishonest when I answer this question. I tell them once I have found my passionate love.

Good answer.  But in the girl's head, she's thinking "after he marries me, he'll take me to America.  Then I can leave him...woohoo, free airline ticket!"

After he's paid for, and sponsored the rest of the family to go there first, of course.

I have a friend in the USA who was matched up with a girl from the rural center, took her to USA and married her, the whole INS nine yards.  Once she had stolen everything sellable he owned, she arranged for a return visit to see her fammilly with a happy ending of him getting his throat slit and her a US citizen, wheeeee. 

All the US Vietnamese took one look at her and said, "bad news."  She spoke on the phone louder than someone trying to shout across a canyon.  Once she took off he get it annulled and we introduced him to a woman we knew in PQ.  Since then his life has taken a nose dive and he wasn't at cruising altitude in the first place. 

What a mess.  We employ his wife while she waits for him to inherit and move here.

bluenz wrote:

After he's paid for, and sponsored the rest of the family to go there first, of course.

Actually thanks for that warning.  I'm going to move to Alaska as a deterrent.  "Alaska IS America...sorry you thought every part of America is like California babe.  Oh your family wants to come here too?  SURE...but first, have them sleep in the ice-freezer at the local supermarket and let me know how they like it okay?"

bluenz wrote:

khanh44 wrote:

I've learned to accept people hating me lol.

It just comes naturally living in VN, you don't have to learn it.

MIA2013 wrote:

bluenz wrote:

khanh44 wrote:

I've learned to accept people hating me lol.

It just comes naturally living in VN, you don't have to learn it.

Some people have taken being hatred to a spiritual level. Yes I include myself in that comment.

No scam, went to a coffee shop and bakery today in Da Nang near my house. Wonderful bake goods, had coffee and it was cheap. The people could not speak.  I heard about a place like this called" bread of life".  They may be connected to them.

ancientpathos wrote:

No scam, went to a coffee shop and bakery today in Da Nang near my house. Wonderful bake goods, had coffee and it was cheap. The people could not speak.  I heard about a place like this called" bread of life".  They may be connected to them.

Oh hey you found it!  That's the restaurant the US Consulate visits every month or so.

http://breadoflifedanang.com/?lang=en

I posted here that they gave a notice on the date change to December 6th.
https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=321427

Tran Hung Dao wrote:

ancientpathos wrote:

No scam, went to a coffee shop and bakery today in Da Nang near my house. Wonderful bake goods, had coffee and it was cheap. The people could not speak.  I heard about a place like this called" bread of life".  They may be connected to them.

Oh hey you found it!  That's the restaurant the US Consulate visits every month or so.

http://breadoflifedanang.com/?lang=en

I posted here that they gave a notice on the date change to December 6th.
https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=321427

I was at a different place.  They may be connected.  The bakery was awesome!

ancientpathos wrote:

I was at a different place.  They may be connected.  The bakery was awesome!

What?  So locals are ripping off successful restaurant names now?  I've seen a few local companies ripping off or presuming/assuming/copying names of a well named brand (AquaFina) with AquaTonka or AquaFuma but now you're saying they're using restaurant names?  Is this to purpose mis-direct Americans who are actually seeking THE bread of life restaurant to pick up their SS checks?

Do you remember the street address?  We should report this to the US Consulate.  I don't want American Citizens going to the wrong restaurant....knowing how you old fart SS recipients are getting senile      -haha gotta get a old person joke in there.

From "Scams to coffee again?

charmavietnam wrote:

From "Scams to coffee again?

This coffee shop sounds like a potential scam, using another more famous restaurant's name.

Anyway, not much as in China

Tran Hung Dao wrote:

This coffee shop sounds like a potential scam, using another more famous restaurant's name.

charmavietnam wrote:

Anyway, not much as in China

Tran Hung Dao wrote:

This coffee shop sounds like a potential scam, using another more famous restaurant's name.

I've seen so many "Apple Stores" in Việt Nam, it's funny.  Did you read the story about the fake "Apple Store" in China? 

Even the staff was fooled.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article … ooled.html

But in Việt Nam, they just want to fool the customers to unload their money.  Don't bother investing in good customer service, sell a great quality product, just change your name to "Skarbucks" and you're rich!

In this case, Bread of Life...that's why I'm asking ancientpathos if he remembers the street address.

In the USA when the #1 VN deli ("Saigon Deli") relocated, the new one that bought the old property didn't even change the sign.

It didn't work.

I just got scammed today.  It's not a big scam but it pissed me off that I told it to the guy's face.  Here's the story so you guys can be aware.

I pulled up to a Thimex (Thailand Import Export) - I think I remember the name like that....it has a heraldry shield for a logo - gas station on my home from a wedding arty.  Usually because my motorbike is a light semi-automatic (not a scooter), gas attendants generally fill it with Research Octane Number(RON) 92 by default.  This is like your "regular unleaded" pump.  RON 95 is like your "premium unleaded" and only high end scooters like the Airblades/SH get these.

Well, the guy starts pumping my motorbike with RON95 and I said I wanted RON92.  The guy DELAYS me by talking about oh, it's only a few hundred đồng (RON 95= 24300/liter, RON 92=21300/liter), you will have better gas...yadi yadi yadi...next thing you know, my tank is full.

I'm like, now suck your RON95 out and put in my RON92!  But of course, that can't happen.  The guy purposely stuck a higher price gas octane pump in my tank and didn't stop pumping it to switch to gas pump I wanted.

I told the gas pump attendant I hate people doing that crap.  I don't need RON95 nor do I want it.  He mumbled something in response that I didn't understand.

I wonder how many other people he's done it to.  "A few hundred" a day over a "few hundred" motorbikes adds up.

I don't recommend the RON95 anyways because you really don't know if it's just RON92 gas that they're pumping and just label it RON95 just to jack up the price.  This is a nation that has "made in the USA" labels on oranges that originated from China.

This guy's trick reminds me of SaigonPetrol getting caught a few months ago diluting their gas with water....such as selling 1 liter with 90% real gas and 10% water so they're only selling 900 milliliters of gas at 1 liter price.  Problem was, people's engine kept locking up and they traced it back to the gas stations. 

Anyhow, I think I'll just stick with PVOil or PetroVietnam gas from now on.  Their gas attendants at least wear uniforms.

Oh will you look at that.  Google turned up a similar scam in 2012.

http://tuoitrenews.vn/society/194/binh- … s-stations