Complaint filed against woman who allegedly deceived FB users into parting with Bt40 million

By The Nation

 

 

A group of 10 Facebook users on Monday sought help from the Crime Suppression Division for around 300 victims to get their money back from a woman who had allegedly deceived them into losing heavily in a gold investment scheme.

 

The group said they represented people who had been conned by Rungtawan Pimkotha into losing some Bt40 million in total from the scam.

 

They said Rungtawan had originally opened a Facebook page to invite other Facebook users to invest in the gold trade with the promise of high yields.

 

For example, they were each promised Bt6,000 as a profit within just 10 days for investing Bt100,000.

 

They said they had received the promised yields during the first months of investment, but after a year there were no further profits at all – and Rungtawan also refused to return their investment capital. 

 

She also closed her Facebook page and disappeared without trace, they added.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30355120

 

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And those "victims" no doubt were just greedy expecting gains far over and above something that common sense would tell you is normal.

Old saying come to mind:  "If it sounds too good to be true..."  Ok, you know the rest. lol

 

Personally I will not do ANY business with people that ONLY have a "Social Media" or Free email" account.

 

I am NOT saying that only do business with people that have a website, but at least you can search the HISTORY of the domain. If it's been online a year or more, some level of credibility exists - again when I see a "free" email address for contact, help and etc, I do not have much faith in the website.