Fraud[edit]
Thailand as a major tourist destination is infamous for scams and touts. Among the most famous and lucrative are the gem scam, Thai tailor scam, fake travel agents[19][20] and Thai zig zag scam.
The boiler room scam (a fake stock trading scam) is perhaps the most publicized white collar crime in Thailand.[21][22][23][24]
Stateless persons are targeted with fake UN working rights cards.[25]
Serious passport and identification forgery caught the attention of US authorities after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Some 259 stolen visa labels had disappeared from a Thai consulate in Malaysia in August 2013.[26] They were used to cross the Thai border illegally. Thirty-five Iranians, one Cameroonian, 20 Nigerians, four Pakistanis, four Indians, and others from Asia made the crossing