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It can go both ways, older brother of my Thai son's Thai wife asked for 500,000Baht for him to bank ready to pay for my funeral, 5 days of ceremonies, numerous monks, big Chinese style banquet, dancing girls, big fancy big packs of food and drinks for funeral attendees to take home.
All with the purpose of making her family look important / rich. Plus he planned to amke a list of all family members to eceive a gift of 100,000Baht cash.
My Thai son intervened and personally told all rellies it's a scam to get your full correct name, address, phone no etc.
Son got the name list and ripped it up where many could see.
Big brother quickly went into hiding for several months.