Thai son fakes his own death to con mum out of 60,000 baht in funeral expenses

 

Pictures (2): Sanook

 

A Thai man posted pictures of himself online apparently dead.

 

He was lying down with cotton wool stuck in both his nostrils and text from his wife spoke of the tragedy after he suffered an asthma attack.

 

But it was all a con to rip off his relatives and friends to the tune of 60,000 baht.

 

Sanook reporters went to a temple in Lampang in Thailand's north where they met Phra Bunchuay a monk who is the uncle of the man at the center of the con.

 

He said that the relatives had clubbed together to book a pavilion at the temple to hold the funeral after the wife of his nephew contacted his mother by phone.

 

The son and his wife had gone to work in Ayuthaya many years ago.

 

 

The wife said that her husband had died suddenly from asthma - a condition he was known to have suffered from for a long time.

 

The mother was naturally distraught and in floods of tears during the call on July 14th.

 

The wife asked for 60,000 baht to pay for a coffin and have the body transported back for the funeral rites in his hometown in Lampang.

 

She said the body was lying at a temple in Ayuthaya. The money was transferred to the wife's account.

 

The temple was booked, wreathes were ordered and a Chinese table feast was arranged.

 

The family waited in tears for the body to arrive on the 15th. They called the deceased's wife who said she had reached Nakorn Sawan on the sad journey north.

 

By early evening there was no sign of them. By late night still no one showed up. Then the wife stopped answering calls.

 

A policeman relative contacted the temple of Wat Phra Aram Luang in Ayuthaya and they said they had never had a body by that name. The local hospital too were sure that they had not had an asthma victim in that name at all.

 

The penny finally dropped and everyone was as mad as hell.

 

It was all confirmed when the supposedly dead man actually answered his own phone and hurriedly cut the call off.

 

Sanook contacted the mum who said that she was furious with her son and can't understand why he would do such a thing.

 

He had visited Lampang with his wife just a week before the hoax and she had taken them out to dinner. All seemed well.

 

She confirmed that she had had to endure the sight of seeing her son apparently dead in the pictures posted on a chat forum.

 

"He has never done anything like this before," she said. "But he is still my own flesh and blood".

 

There has been no contact between either side since the hoax.

 

Source: Sanook

 

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6 minutes ago, webfact said:

The penny finally dropped and everyone was as mad as hell.

 

Then the Chinese table feast was served with lao khao, and there was much joy and laughter.

all that for a meager 60.000 Thb. barely buys a decent motorbike

If this had worked he would have soon be trying it again and branching out into amulet sales no doubt.

This is the best plan at least 3 grown up people could come up with.

 

And a satisfactory figure assuming the plan worked as expected only 60k THB. 

 

Jesus weapt. Stupidity of this calibre is VERY hard to fathom

4 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

If this had worked he would have soon be trying it again and branching out into amulet sales no doubt.

Well, the amulet obviously brought him back to life. I'd be happy to 500 baht for one of them.

and now the cremation. just as soon as this MORON shows up again.

 

 

One must admit Thais are innovative people ?

How low can people go in order to scrape the barrel, including a man of the cloth too????

 

Those kinds of scams, plus many more; most are aware about,  continue to bolster the extortion plus corruption associated with this country.

 

Sad...

I guess the deep family ties and the famous honesty of Thai people, just got a little scratch on the shiny laquer.

 

 

Was the "scammed" mum remarried to a farang?

He thai'd his own mom? The humanity!

"He has never done anything like this before," she said.

 

Yeah, the sort of stunt you only pull once.

some times it's that bad you've just got to laugh but mummy won't blame precious for too long so all is well

Ya Ba.  Not even once, folks.

Despicable as well as plain dumb- the fault line comes with the inevitable reincarnation?.

Well next time when he dies again atleast the mom has already paid for his funeral.

Edited July 27, 20187 yr by Destiny1990

A Thai man posted pictures of himself online apparently dead.

 

Really?

The Big Pumpkin asked Thai people to be 'Innovative' and this Guy was doing just that.    The only thing they are any good at is thinking up new scams !

My Pa in law-who was already dependent on his wife- repaid her kindness by pawning her gold and absconding to the casinos in Cambodia.  Needless to say he returned within a week or so absolutely baht-less. Some short time later he suffered a paralysing stroke.  I guess the stroke was always going to happen, but you do wonder!  The doctors were rather angry with Ma-in- law: she'd woken up to find him lying on the floor in a peculiar position, but hadn't thought much about it! Village people are wonderful!

All this, plus burning bridges with family and relatives, for just THB 60,000. One doesn't get stupider than that.

Great Thai thinking. Great Thai logic

If he wasn't dead before, he will wish he was soon. 

Hilarious read. 

If for some reason he were to die now no one would mourned because he's suppose to be dead already. Must have ran out of borrowing power with his mom and relatives. Even if he is alive he should stay dead. Lol! 

Unfortunately one can not pick his relatives.....

just happens!

4 hours ago, rgrdns said:

One must admit Thais are innovative people ?

And gullible !!!

Generally buffalo dies for money, this time strange that husband is the victim.

 

Is he a step-son or biological son ? Doesn't seems to be a real one.

Most scams are repeatable. I think this one is not. He is not the brightest thai is he

3 minutes ago, car720 said:

Heartless maggot.

 

Once again, Thais come back to Money, Money, Money.

No names given and all this for only 60000 baht.

 

Don`t believe it, fake news.