Pretty Thai girl and her mum ripped me off for 50,000 baht engagement dowry, says factory worker

 

Picture Thai Rath

 

A factory worker in Pathum Thani went to police to say he had been ripped off by a pretty woman who promised to marry him.

 

The woman seems to have been in league with her mother.

 

Bunchuai Moontham, 32, told Klong 1 police that he met Orisa at a market in Nawa Nakorn where she was selling things.

 

After their meeting in early September he went to her house and asked her mother if he could move in.

 

She said "no way" and demanded that he do the right thing and get engaged first then she would let him stay.

 

He offered 20,000 baht as an engagement dowry but again mum refused saying that "relatives in Udon Thani" insisted that the dowry must be 50,000 baht.

 

Bunchuai agreed and a ceremony was arranged at their house for September 24th.

 

The night before Bunchuai told police that he caught his future wife chatting with another man on the Line application and confronted her.

 

She said: "I'm not married yet - I can talk to whoever I want".

 

The alarm bells had not rung for Bunchuai who was keen to get his hands on the pretty young woman.

 

The ceremony went ahead and a 5,000 baht necklace was handed over along with the cash - then mother and daughter disappeared.

 

Bunchuai said subsequent investigations revealed that the pair were running an online scam selling goods but not delivering.

 

It appeared that they had now turned to doing the same with him in a different way.

 

Source: Thai Rath

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-10-04

3 minutes ago, webfact said:

After their meeting in early September he went to her house and asked her mother if he could move in.

 

What a tosser !

Would have been better saving face, and saying nothing, instead of getting the police involved !

It's almost as if paying for a bride is a seriously flawed and bad idea. 

 

I'm pretty sure the old saying 'you can't buy love' is a universal truth. 

48 minutes ago, Thaiwrath said:

 

What a tosser !

Would have been better saving face, and saying nothing, instead of getting the police involved !

Wow you are happy for scammers to get away with scamming people. Are you an African prince ?

He is a factory worker and that's 2 or 3 months wages. Would you be happy to lose that.

And how nice to know there are some Thai people who don't care bout 'face'.

 

 

Since when is there an engagement Sin Sod? Isn't It usually part of the marriage ceremony.

23 minutes ago, berybert said:

He is a factory worker and that's 2 or 3 months wages.

 

Probably nearer half a year of his wages, or even a year of his disposable income.

 

I think it's appalling that people with so little should be taken advantage of like that.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The night before Bunchuai told police that he caught his future wife chatting with another man on the Line application and confronted her.

 

Ahh,, caught the woman cheating with another man,, Thailand national sport

and pass time, geeks and mia noys.....

poor bugger. some girls are so cruel 555

3 hours ago, rkidlad said:

It's almost as if paying for a bride is a seriously flawed and bad idea. 

 

I'm pretty sure the old saying 'you can't buy love' is a universal truth. 

Wasn't in Farang land up until the recent past. The only difference was that it was the bride's parents who paid for the wedding ( which was/is quite a hefty sum).

Ahhhh....! We've all been there.

Well, not really. I pay by the hour.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

where she was selling things

Yeah, bet she was ?

 

1 hour ago, berybert said:

If you think someone with a pixelated face is beautiful then I guess its not hard to work out your favourite form of viewing.

Ok if he was into Minecraft ?

If my daughter's boyfriend asked to move in with with her in less than a month I'd tell him get stuffed ! (unless he was loaded of course)

3 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

Since when is there an engagement Sin Sod? Isn't It usually part of the marriage ceremony.

No, it's presented at the engagement ceremony. The formal process is the groom and family go the house of the bride and present the dowry to her parents. Then the parents give permission to marry and the groom fetches the bride and then the rest of the ceremony starts. 

3 hours ago, berybert said:

Wow you are happy for scammers to get away with scamming people. Are you an African prince ?

He is a factory worker and that's 2 or 3 months wages. Would you be happy to lose that.

And how nice to know there are some Thai people who don't care bout 'face'.

 

 

I am with you, bring them down, let them spend a few years in Bangkok's finest accommodation I say, well done young man, let us hope this experience is helpful in the future for you and others.

 

5 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

 

What a tosser !

Would have been better saving face, and saying nothing, instead of getting the police involved !

I take it you dont mind being scammed. Credit is due to the guy for reporting this. Maybe though if you get lucky you will get taken for everything. I bet then you wont be so keen to condemn the guy

No longer a news as this is only a freshman process!

Once they catch these 2 scammers, throw them in jail for 10 years of hard labor.

 

3 hours ago, berybert said:

If you think someone with a pixelated face is beautiful then I guess its not hard to work out your favourite form of viewing.

In all fairness cigarettes, cigars, pipes, knives, guns, alcohol, etc... are pixilated these days in Thailand.

5 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

 

What a tosser !

Would have been better saving face, and saying nothing, instead of getting the police involved !

no. the guy did the right thing.  the police should bring those scammers while they already know before about their cyber trade 

Thais scamming Thais , it just shows you have to be careful in the land of scams.

scamming desperate people out of their money is pretty easy!... when you are desperate you are almost willing to believe anything if you think it will get you want you want.

 

a fool and his money are soon parted

 

I have very little sympathy for people who dont have enough common sense to spot an obvious con!!! 

5 minutes ago, speckio said:

if you think it will get you want you want.

And he believed he could "marry" a pretty one for the laughable sum of 50'000 Baht.

 

I have a few questions.

 

Why did he need a place to stay so desperately?

 

He meets her and 2 weeks later he wants to marry her?

 

He did not have any friends or family that could talk to him or he could stay with?

 

This guy seems to be strange.  He can not find a place to stay does not have the money for a room but can afford 50k.  Just seems strange.  

 

 

35 minutes ago, balo said:

Thais scamming Thais , it just shows you have to be careful in the land of scams.

 

Who would have thought it! People who are the same nationality scamming each other.... doesn't happen in other countries!!

6 hours ago, rkidlad said:

It's almost as if paying for a bride is a seriously flawed and bad idea. 

 

I'm pretty sure the old saying 'you can't buy love' is a universal truth. 

Standard practice in Thailand, among the respectable classes. Groom should offer a kilo of gold for the bride, reasoning that she'll move away and produce children, her parents losing a daughter. These days, the trick is to rent the gold for the ceremony, then return it.

This fellow was a fool and he paid for it. However, his suggestion to move in before marriage was improper. He was punished.

Par for the course. 

1 minute ago, PremiumLane said:

 

Who would have thought it! People who are the same nationality scamming each other.... doesn't happen in other countries!!

 

If you live in a country where even the highly educated start off making about $500 US/month you start looking for alternative means to make a quick buck...  In general Thai people are pretty trustworthy and honest but there will always be those who commit shady crimes that make the headlines which makes it appear the problem is rampart and common.

 

15 minutes ago, kingstonkid said:

I have a few questions.

 

Why did he need a place to stay so desperately?

 

He meets her and 2 weeks later he wants to marry her?

 

He did not have any friends or family that could talk to him or he could stay with?

 

This guy seems to be strange.  He can not find a place to stay does not have the money for a room but can afford 50k.  Just seems strange.  

 

 

 Right. The whole story is fishy. Normally both sides'  parents would meet and "size each other up" if it's serious. There's more to it. 

1 minute ago, speckio said:

 

If you live in a country where even the highly educated start off making about $500 US/month you start looking for alternative means to make a quick buck...  In general Thai people are pretty trustworthy and honest but there will always be those who commit shady crimes that make the headlines which makes it appear the problem is rampart and common.

 

You've been away. Highly educated Thais are pulling Bt100 -125, 000/mth ($3000-4000). The factory worker, maybe Bt 20,000/mth.

13 minutes ago, jgarbo said:

You've been away. Highly educated Thais are pulling Bt100 -125, 000/mth ($3000-4000). The factory worker, maybe Bt 20,000/mth.

 

 

I don't know or have ever heard of anyone who just graduated start off with that kind of salary! haha...

 

Not sure what you consider to be "highly educated" but I consider an engineer to be pretty damn educated! and according to this on average the salary appears to be about $ 756/month

 

http://www.worldsalaries.org/thailand.shtml

 

Granted this is for 2005 but i don't think it has changed that drastically over the last 12 years.

A fool-mate always meet his soulmate sooner or later...;)