Two Thai men arrested for alleged romance scam duping Chinese woman

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Two Thai men arrested for alleged romance scam duping Chinese woman

By The Nation

 

 

Two Thai men have been arrested for allegedly duping a Chinese woman of over Bt600,000 in a romance scam, deputy tourist police chief Pol Maj-General Surachet Hakpal said on Thursday.

 

Surachet told a press conference at the Don Muang police station that Sitthikorn Wongyai, 26, and Chatree Werddom, 19, were arrested at a rented house in Chon Buri’s Muang district on Wednesday.

 

Surachet alleged that Chatree’s mother, Uthaiwan Chinbutr, 39, was the alleged mastermind of the scam. Uthaiwan has fled the kingdom to live in Malaysia with her “coloured” husband, he said.

 

Tourist police conducted the investigation and obtained a court warrant after a Chinese woman, Wong Mei, 59, sought their help at the Don Mueang International Airport on April 29.

 

Wong told police that she had met a man on Facebook under the account name of Dinler Steve. After talking with him for a month, she was coerced into transferring him Bt605,600 with a promise that she could meet him in Bangkok. She travelled to Bangkok and was unable to find him.

 

Police traced and found that the account belonged to Sitthikorn. Sitthikorn said Chatree withdrew the money and deposited it to Uthaiwan’s account. The money was withdrawn at an ATM machine in Malaysia, Surachet said.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30344535

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-05-03

 

 

[Bluespunk]

10 minutes ago, webfact said:

Two Thai men have been arrested for allegedly duping a Chinese woman of over Bt600,000 in a romance scam, deputy tourist police chief Pol Maj-General Surachet Hakpal said on Thursday.

I thought such scams were a reserved occupation for foreigners...

 

"Surachet alleged that Chatree’s mother, Uthaiwan Chinbutr, 39, was the alleged mastermind of the scam. Uthaiwan has fled the kingdom to live in Malaysia with her “coloured” husband, he said."

 

Ah, there we are...knew a pesky foreigner would be involved somewhere.

Edited May 3, 2018 by Bluespunk

[Expatthailover]

1 minute ago, Bluespunk said:

I thought such scams were a reserved occupation for foreigners...

I think some on here would narrow that down ro a demographic a lot closwr to home

[Bluespunk]

 

If ever a picture said "You're ******, son", this is it.

[PatOngo]

Fake Nigerians!

[Rc2702]

Sounds like his mom was employing him. Fall Guy.

 

 

[CanuckThai]

Thai guys do this all the time.  The only change is that it's a Chinese woman.   Many Thai women have been stung for every nickle they have (and  will have after borrowing)...

[Somtamnication]

Well, someone slap me with a wet noodle! Thai men scam women, too?

[scorecard]

1 hour ago, Rc2702 said:

Sounds like his mom was employing him. Fall Guy.

 

 

 

Mum's a great teacher of honesty, values etc.

 

 

[Henrik Andersen]

Stop send money and the scam go away 

[anon537687643]

So what’s the attraction! Chinese ladies think Thai man are more well endowed! As someone who has lived in China these folk need to realise to Thais are well trained at lying and with that famous smile luring smile


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4 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

 

If ever a picture said "You're ******, son", this is it.

 

The cops must always keep their cool but it must be hard sometimes not give some lo life some strong abuse. 

 

 

[bheard]

Not enough cops in that picture. . . considering the nature of the crime.

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[atyclb]

On 5/3/2018 at 3:48 PM, webfact said:

Surachet alleged that Chatree’s mother, Uthaiwan Chinbutr, 39, was the alleged mastermind of the scam