Romance scam gang busted by joint forces

By The Nation

 

 

Thai police have joined their Malaysian counterparts to bust a Nigerian gang operating online romance scams, the same gang that fled Thailand a year ago to set up in Kuala Lumpur.

 

Thai immigration police head Maj-Gen Surachate Hakparn, in his capacity as deputy director of the Thailand's Action Taskforce for Information Technology Crime Suppression (TACTICS), on Wednesday led his team to join with Malaysian economic crime busters to search seven locations in Kuala Lumpur. At the same time, Thai police raided three locations in Thailand that allegedly had links to the gang. 

 

The operation in Kuala Lumpur led to the arrest of seven Nigerians, all of whom were wanted for alleged fraud in Thailand, and seven female Thai accomplices. 

 

Officers also seized computers and cell phones showing chat messages with victims, many of whom were in process of being convinced to wire money, and some scripts to persuade victims.

 

The romance scams would usually involve criminals using bogus white male identities to woo and later persuade women to wire money to pay an import tariff and fee for the delivery of overseas “gifts".

 

Surachate said TACTICS had come down hard on this gang, prompting the criminals to flee to Malaysia about a year ago. The gang set up their new base and resumed the romance scams, he said.

 

Surachate claimed that this gang had duped people of nearly Bt100 million in total.

 

Last year, TACTICS co-operated with their foreign counterparts to make nine arrests in seven countries.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30362875

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2019-01-24

Pixelating the man boobs wouldn't have been a bad idea !

There must be many stuped woman out there, making this such a big business.

The OP photo looks like a scene from The Black Mamba film.

What a disappointment, in their emails to me they were young, beautiful girls. I don't think I'll reply now. 

Those guys look like they need some romance.

Nigerians, I'm shocked.

 

Why would a country even bother to grant a visa? Nothing but trouble.

Kudos to the Malaysian police.

 

Scammers not given opportunity to flee...

7 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

There must be many stuped woman out there, making this such a big business.

Oh! The irony... :)

6 hours ago, KhunFred said:

Those guys look like they need some romance.

Yeah, they don't look too romantic. Looking at my screen, I smell something very bad.

8 hours ago, kotsak said:

The OP photo looks like a scene from The Black Mamba film.

I dunno, but at least we now know what happened to Danny Glover after the Lethal Weapon movie franchise ended, sat there in there in his red and yellow shorts.

This must be the Nigerian prince who was going to inherit many millions and needed my help to open a bank account...

 

Good that they are busted now.

 

Looks like they are still trying to romance a cops arse????

Oddly comforting to see that desperate older women have twins 3P fantasies too.

The kebab sales in Nana must have dropped a quite a bit when they were gone.

Edited January 25, 20197 yr by RotBenz8888

Very fine specimens, indeed.  I can see why the middle-aged Thai ladies lub them so  much. 

14 hours ago, Number 6 said:

Nigerians, I'm shocked.

 

Why would a country even bother to grant a visa? Nothing but trouble.

 

obviously, location is less an issue, as long as they have one (or few) willing local accomplices.

 

Coming soon! New mandatory opening program in all Thai cinemas:

 

Why does this happen? Who gets "involved" with someone online, without ever meeting them? First is all, the biggest variable when you meet someone online, is whether or not you will like them once you see them. Do you find them attractive? Do they find you appealing? Is there any chemistry? Is she emotionally developed, or a stunted, emotional retard? There is no shortage of women that fit that category here. Would you want to be with her any longer than an hour, once you meet her? If not, what do you do once you have made this rather grand and rather silly commitment of your time?

 

I guess it comes down to self esteem. When I was doing online dating, I always limited the first encounter to 15-30 minutes, over a cup of coffee. And 90% of the time I was very glad I had followed that protocol. I also limited the number of contacts prior to that cup of coffee to three. I do not have any interest in having pen pals. And Thai women love to chat, and text, and you end up wasting alot of hours on someone you have never met, and more than likely are not going to get with once you do meet her, for a couple of dozen reasons. The numbers are not on your side, so why invest the time, once you have made the contact? What would Bond do?

 

Always remember one very important fact. You are a man. You have as much control as you are able to establish. You set the agenda. Time is always your ally. Not hers. She is almost always going to be in a hurry to make things happen. And lastly, if she is willing to come and stay with a guy she has never met before, she has more than likely been working as a bar girl, in a special massage parlor, or as an escort or freelancer. Very few real "civilians" would move that fast, nor be that forward. Buyer beware. And be good to yourself. Be a man. Leave behind the Western ways of emasculation.