Eight Thais duped in Facebook South Korea jobs fraud

By Prasit Tangprasert 
The Nation

 

 

Eight Thai workers claimed they were duped of Bt142,000 last month by a Thai man who used Facebook to advertise agricultural job opportunities in South Korea.

 

Nakhon Ratchasima employment official Nithi-on Boonyanusit and team interviewed the alleged victims on Sunday at Tambon Talad Sai in Chum Phuang district and collected evidence about the Facebook page, details of the bank account the victims had wired the money to, and the victims’ chat records with the suspect. 

 

Victim Boonlert Ard-dee, 36, told officials that she found information of the job opportunity in South Korea in December on a Facebook page of a Thai man named Kongpop Pongkamla. She and five relatives applied for passports and sent all information to the man to book their tickets. He charged them Bt17,000 each while her two other friends, who were charged at Bt20,000 each, also joined them. A total of Bt142,000 was wired to the suspect. They became suspicious when the suspect closed his Facebook page just a few days before the group’s departure date on December 15 so they filed a police complaint on December 14. Police began investigations and froze the suspect’s bank account.

 

Another victim, Kanokporn Chaloychim, 24, said she became interested in the higher-paid job in South Korea as she wanted to build a house for her mother. She pawned her gold necklace for Bt20,000 to fund her travel but it turned out to be a scam. “I am very sad that I lost the money. I will be more careful next time. Now I know I should contact the Department of Employment [DoE]’s provincial office for job opportunities so I can travel and work legally in another country,” she added.

 

Nithi-on said many Thais were duped in this way by criminals who used social media as a channel to boost their credibility and lured prospects before fleeing with their money. She urged people wishing to work abroad to check all information if the individual or a company, who claimed to be a job agent, were certified by the DoE or to contact the DoE provincial offices to find legal work abroad.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30335603

 

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-01-07

Ah, that facebook thing...

6 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

Ah, that facebook thing...

Yes, Facebook, where so many lose face.............

With all the on going daily Thai media reports about these facebook scams shown on Thai Tv and in Thai newspapers how can there still be any Thai people falling for scams like this one. What is wrong with these people , they must see or hear about all these facebook scams and yet they still happily transfer money to some un known person on facebook . 

 

Any one have the answer as to why people keep falling for the same facebook scams over and over again 

24 minutes ago, Once Bitten said:

With all the on going daily Thai media reports about these facebook scams shown on Thai Tv and in Thai newspapers how can there still be any Thai people falling for scams like this one. What is wrong with these people , they must see or hear about all these facebook scams and yet they still happily transfer money to some un known person on facebook . 

 

Any one have the answer as to why people keep falling for the same facebook scams over and over again 

Ignorance , naivete, greed. Characteristics most people exhibit at some time or another.

25 minutes ago, Once Bitten said:

With all the on going daily Thai media reports about these facebook scams shown on Thai Tv and in Thai newspapers how can there still be any Thai people falling for scams like this one. What is wrong with these people , they must see or hear about all these facebook scams and yet they still happily transfer money to some un known person on facebook . 

 

Any one have the answer as to why people keep falling for the same facebook scams over and over again 

 

Pure greed!

1 hour ago, Once Bitten said:

With all the on going daily Thai media reports about these facebook scams shown on Thai Tv and in Thai newspapers how can there still be any Thai people falling for scams like this one. What is wrong with these people , they must see or hear about all these facebook scams and yet they still happily transfer money to some un known person on facebook . 

 

Any one have the answer as to why people keep falling for the same facebook scams over and over again 

Stupidity...!!!

28 minutes ago, KIWIBATCH said:

Stupidity...!!!

Agree that's why they are still in Thailand & have to resort unknown sources to get international employment & only in Asia

1 hour ago, ratcatcher said:

Ignorance , naivete, greed. Characteristics most people exhibit at some time or another.

fail to see how working class people trying to find better paid work abroad is seen as greed. The people who rip off these working people are scum

2 hours ago, Once Bitten said:

With all the on going daily Thai media reports about these facebook scams shown on Thai Tv and in Thai newspapers how can there still be any Thai people falling for scams like this one. What is wrong with these people , they must see or hear about all these facebook scams and yet they still happily transfer money to some un known person on facebook . 

 

Any one have the answer as to why people keep falling for the same facebook scams over and over again 

they don't learn to drive more carefully even after becoming the number one country in the world for traffic accidents so why would you expect them to exercise more prudence even when something sounds too good to be true

2 hours ago, Once Bitten said:

With all the on going daily Thai media reports about these facebook scams shown on Thai Tv and in Thai newspapers how can there still be any Thai people falling for scams like this one. What is wrong with these people , they must see or hear about all these facebook scams and yet they still happily transfer money to some un known person on facebook . 

 

Any one have the answer as to why people keep falling for the same facebook scams over and over again 

Desperation...

Everyone dreams for a comfortable life.

3 hours ago, BEVUP said:

Agree that's why they are still in Thailand & have to resort unknown sources to get international employment & only in Asia

How about the smart foreigners working in Asia?

 

Edit

Not smart enough to find a job at home?

 

Edited January 7, 20188 yr by ravip

10 hours ago, ravip said:

How about the smart foreigners working in Asia?

 

Edit

Not smart enough to find a job at home?

 

Well that may depend  on which country you are talking about because the many I know choose to work abroad to get away from the rubbish one has to put up with in gaining employment in their own country