if i read this right...
he meets a guy (employed by said establishment) who offers to pay half of a fabricated bill in order to encourage the willing victim into paying up?
(Deligrams, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 9:20, 2 replies)

^This^
Sounds a bit dodgy to me.
(How do you put the line through 'bit' and put 'lot'?)
( Blind Meach Cautiously optimistic, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 9:26, closed)

This what you mean?
<s>bit</s> lot

Comes out as

bit lot
( LemonEntryMyDearWatson This time, Moriarty, the hand is on the other foot, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 12:15, closed)

Many thanks dear chap!

( Blind Meach Cautiously optimistic, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 14:25, closed)

Yup
There were worse scams in other places, people having drugs planted on them and then marched to cash machines by fake policemen (Lima) cost £500 that one. To be fair he looked like he probably had drugs on him anyway, big hippy beard, stupid hippy trousers.

The usual Thai one is to sell you drugs then shop you to the police, they come along and search you. Confiscate the drugs and give you a warning, the drugs then go back to the original drug dealer and they split your money.

Don't let this put you off going anywhere, just be on your guard, don't mess about with drugs (or look like you do) or get too drunk (easier said than done) and remember the gorgeous Thai woman chatting to you hasn't loved you for a long time, she probably hasn't even been a woman for that long.
(Little Animal Disaster isn't finishing what he started, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 9:58, closed)