Unfortunately this happens a lot, the family who are probably destitute and not that well educated are feed a load of nonsense / promises etc as to how they are their son will be so better-off - they will find him a well-paying job with great conditions etc, here's Bht 10,000 in advance.
Those who organised it should be removed from the air supply and the ar$eholes who exploited with should be named and shamed and locked up and treated the same way.
But being Thailand mai bpen rai .