I was informed yesterday that 2 groups of Thai women from the villages, wearing their gold, and visiting BIG C over 2 days were spoken to by a well dressed Thai woman -mid 30's, who somehow, managed to transfix them sufficiently to enable her to relieve them of their gold, cash and other valuables. One victim was apparently a Farang wife.
All apparently lost all sense of reality for some 10 minutes or more, and when they realised the woman had gone.
Take care - leave the gold at home!