400 people fall victim to Japan tour scam resulting in 14 million baht loss

Representatives from 10 travel agencies filed a complaint with the Central Investigation Bureau after being lured into buying 14 million baht worth of fake tour packages to Japan. Over 400 victims have been duped by the scam so far.

Representatives for the group claimed to have purchased tour packages from a major company based in the central province of Pathum Thani, to resell them to their clients. However, they later discovered that the packages were entirely fraudulent.

The victims were enticed by the low cost of the packages and believed that the company was reputable, and subsequently invested a significant amount of money to obtain the best possible price. For instance, a five-day package was sold for approximately 21,000 baht, even though a round-trip ticket from Bangkok to Japan usually costs around 20,000 baht.

After reselling the packages to customers, the buyers…