Singaporean investor says he was conned by Thai ex army Lieutenant General

 

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A Singaporean businessman and investor filed a report with Thong Lor police yesterday claiming that he had been swindled out of the best part of a million dollars by a former Thai army man.

 

The Thai - who was not named - had the rank of Lieutenant General in the army.

 

Investor Wong Jimeng or "Jimmy", 43, said he was introduced to the man at the back end of last year.

 

He first was asked if he would like to invest in government business but due to the fact that the paperwork seemed suspicious he declined.

 

Later he was contacted by the Thai suggesting that he invest in a Samut Prakarn based trading firm that would sell gold in Tanzania.

 

Jimmy decided to invest and after sending an initial sum of 100,000 baht plunged 750,000 dollars into the venture.

 

The money was sent to the company at the South Sathorn branch of U.O.B.

 

However, after that the former army man and his money has disappeared without a trace.

 

Pol Lt Col Chayaporn Nitayaphat received the case from Jimmy in the presence of his lawyer Somyot Phongsri yesterday.

 

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7 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

However, after that the former army man and his money has disappeared without a trace.

 

Given his tactical camouflage training, he's probably hiding in plain sight.

 

4 minutes ago, Darcula said:

 

Given his tactical camouflage training, he's probably hiding in plain sight.

 

Although I doubt he's hiding in plain flour - wholemeal possibly.

 

Jimmy, if you are reading this, I have some contacts in the Nigerian petroleum industry for your next investment.

A former Thai Lieutenant General would never ever do anything like this !?

24 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

due to the fact that the paperwork seemed suspicious he declined.

 

Shouldn't that have been the sign on the wall to not engage any further with this person?>

ha ha, reminds me of my ex girlfriend.

she was very kind and supportive, and never asked for money.

well, not too much money, anyway.

i asked her if we can get more serious, and even talked about marriage.

to prove my intentions,  i gave her a loan, which she promised to return

within few months, when i will come back to thailand.

i called her every few days, she called me "darling" every second sentence.

and few months later, when i came back to thailand she said she can't return the loan.

she was not so desperate, had money of her own, but just did not feel like paying me back.

i said i still wants my money, but anyway come to see me.

she stopped answering my calls.

 

Here's hoping "Jimmy" doesn't end up in a shallow grave.

 

Hopefully said General is prepared to "share the wealth".

London Bridge for sale if you are interested Mr Wong, inbox me

What can one even say? Wonder how much due diligence Jimmy did before handing over 24 million baht? That is alot of money. And of all the partners he could pick, an ex Thai army general? You might as well go into business with an ex Thai policeman, or a local mafia member. More or less the same thing, right? One can only hope he calls out this guy by his name. 

33 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Although I doubt he's hiding in plain flour - wholemeal possibly.

 

 

He could be pretending to be asleep in parliament.

If it's not a Lt. General than it's prominat minister , or an MP or a high ranking monk or ex PM or....

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11 minutes ago, Dave67 said:

London Bridge for sale if you are interested Mr Wong, inbox me

Stop moving in on my customer, I have already offered Mr Wong some lucrative Nigerian investment opportunities.

"firm that would sell gold in Tanzania.",I suspect it was supposed to be "Mine"

gold in Tanzania, if he could not get that right,no hope for him.with such

business acumen how did he manage to accrue a Million dollars and more,

in the first place is beyond me.

regards worgeordie

Calm down, Jimmy. The army man is probably currently in Tanzania selling gold just as promised. He'll be back soon. You can trust Thai people. Always. Unconditionally.

10 minutes ago, Darcula said:

He could be pretending to be asleep in parliament.

 

Now we know there's no way we could narrow it down to the right suspect:

1) There's too many asleep.

2) They all seem to have guilty consciences anyway.

 

53 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Although I doubt he's hiding in plain flour - wholemeal possibly.

 

 

'Army man' disappeared quickly after S'pore investor hands over US$750,000.

 

Yes there's some trickery scamming at play but somewhat surprised that a S'pore investor could be taken so easily.

 

Given the large amount of money did he not insist on see the originals and having copies of the army man's ID papers, plus a range of official documents relating to the company he was investing in.

 

Singaporean's are well educated and well aware of the world of business, risks to be astute to, seeing proof of ID, holding something appropriate as a security etc.

 

Strange picture. 

24 minutes ago, Darcula said:

 

He could be pretending to be asleep in parliament.

No pretending required you just sleep.

11 hours ago, scorecard said:

 

'Army man' disappeared quickly after S'pore investor hands over US$750,000.

 

Yes there's some trickery scamming at play but somewhat surprised that a S'pore investor could be taken so easily.

 

Given the large amount of money did he not insist on see the originals and having copies of the army man's ID papers, plus a range of official documents relating to the company he was investing in.

 

Singaporean's are well educated and well aware of the world of business, risks to be astute to, seeing proof of ID, holding something appropriate as a security etc.

 

Strange picture. 

singaporeans are a bunch of arrogant idiots and the story tells why he did not see anything wrong with the papers - cause they learned what papers he wants to see the first time he checked an investment and "did not like the papers".

26 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

Stop moving in on my customer, I have already offered Mr Wong some lucrative Nigerian investment opportunities.

He's already come back to me, he's after some magic beans as a well a Bridge

If you present paperwork with the General's name and signature, can you still be up for "computer crimes act" nonsense.  Sure you would not want to be in country due to the con artist General having friends, but still why not expose the guy and get out of Dodge.  Good luck to the general getting the guy in Singapore.

1 hour ago, worgeordie said:

"firm that would sell gold in Tanzania.",I suspect it was supposed to be "Mine"

gold in Tanzania, if he could not get that right,no hope for him.with such

business acumen how did he manage to accrue a Million dollars and more,

in the first place is beyond me.

regards worgeordie

Likely inhereted.

 

You know what they say, money always skips a generation.

Something wrong with this story. Jimmy was suspicious at first - and then plonks serious cash later on?  What was left unsaid?

Greed and Gullibility  - 2 traits like by conman.

3 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Later he was contacted by the Thai suggesting that he invest in a Samut Prakarn based trading firm that would sell gold in Tanzania.

This sentence alone should have sent him running for the exit.

3 hours ago, bluesofa said:

I didn't know Nigerians were allowed in the Thai army?

 

where is Nigeria in this equation. please assist as I have missed something apparently.

31 minutes ago, lespaulTV said:

Greed and Gullibility  - 2 traits like by conman.

more like it. well said.

3 hours ago, SCOTT FITZGERSLD said:

ha ha, reminds me of my ex girlfriend.

she was very kind and supportive, and never asked for money.

well, not too much money, anyway.

i asked her if we can get more serious, and even talked about marriage.

to prove my intentions,  i gave her a loan, which she promised to return

within few months, when i will come back to thailand.

i called her every few days, she called me "darling" every second sentence.

and few months later, when i came back to thailand she said she can't return the loan.

she was not so desperate, had money of her own, but just did not feel like paying me back.

i said i still wants my money, but anyway come to see me.

she stopped answering my calls.

 

Bargirls see ur loan as a gift so its a misunderstanding only.

3 hours ago, SCOTT FITZGERSLD said:

ha ha, reminds me of my ex girlfriend.

she was very kind and supportive, and never asked for money.

well, not too much money, anyway.

i asked her if we can get more serious, and even talked about marriage.

to prove my intentions,  i gave her a loan, which she promised to return

within few months, when i will come back to thailand.

i called her every few days, she called me "darling" every second sentence.

and few months later, when i came back to thailand she said she can't return the loan.

she was not so desperate, had money of her own, but just did not feel like paying me back.

i said i still wants my money, but anyway come to see me.

she stopped answering my calls.

 

 

Sounds about right! Thais seem to confuse the word "loan" with "gift".

 

Sister-in-law had 3 loans from us, one for car, one for business and one to pay final year of daughter's degree. When we inquired about repayment the answer came back "are they so poor now they have to ask for it back". She now moans to all that we're too mean to "lend" her more!

 

Poor Jimmy. I doubt he'll ever get a satang back.

3 hours ago, worgeordie said:

"firm that would sell gold in Tanzania.",I suspect it was supposed to be "Mine"

gold in Tanzania, if he could not get that right,no hope for him.with such

business acumen how did he manage to accrue a Million dollars and more,

in the first place is beyond me.

regards worgeordie

Yep, Tanzania has a big gold mining and export operation.