Normally, the most common swindle you hear of happening to tourists in Thailand is blokes finding out that the nice Thai lady they tried to take back to their room was a ladyboy instead… But one British bloke hoping to get lucky with a local lass had his rather expensive Rolex watch stolen instead.
Thai police are reportedly investigating a woman accused of stealing a Rolex watch worth US$30,000 from a British tourist in the popular beach resort of Pattaya.
According to a police report filed by the Pom, he invited a Thai woman he’d just met back to his hotel to “hang out”, and whilst he was taking a bath, both his new friend and his gold, diamond-encrusted watch were gone, Pattaya News reports. Embarrassingly, he didn’t even know her name.
Our take? His first mistake was travelling to Thailand with a $30,000 Rolex. Travelling with expensive…
