BURI RAM: Police launched a search for a man who tried to buy 200 baht weight of gold from a shop in Nang Rong district with a bank transfer of B5.8m he immediately cancelled.
He fled empty-handed when the owner wised up to the deception.
However, the same man is believed to have earlier got away with 100 baht weight of gold from a shop in Nong Khai using the same ploy.
The proprietor of Lan Mae Kim Kee gold shop in Nang Rong district, Premyuda Kamphetpakjirawanit, on Friday filed a complaint at Nang Lang police station accusing the customer of attempted fraud.
Ms Premyuda, 45, said a man aged 20-25 years wearing a black medical…
