As credit card fraud becomes increasingly bad, be ultra-vigilant in Asian countries. Thailand is well known for it. Even though you may take precautions such as not letting your credit card out of your sight, it is not enough. Once they have the imprint of your details, you are at risk.
We observed all the rules about credit cards in Thailand and we're not sure how, but someone managed to make a number of withdrawals from our account adding up to $6,000. It may have been that they accessed our account details whilst we were using wireless internet to check account balances and transfer money. The money was taken out in the UK. I have heard of many people with the same problems recently. You must check your account for a few months following your visit as the withdrawals have happened as long as 3 months after the visit.
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At Least Do This: My advice to anyone is to withdraw cash at an ATM (with caution) and use that. Do not use your credit card for general transactions.
We found that although you are supposed to be able to withdraw 40,000 baht per day, we could only get 20,000 in a transaction.
Alternative: Perhaps the wisest choice is to take as much cash with you as you can and keep it safely on your person.