"Sweet talking farang ripped me off to the tune of 1.2 million baht", says Thai woman

[Steve Vincent]

Som na na ........ talk about the shoe being on the other foot ???? Nigeria 1 Thailand 0  

[Ej2562]

Destiny1990, yest many scammers are from Africa.  They are Farangs, which anyone who is not Thai. Don't be so naive to think that there are not European and American scammers, no matter of race. 

 

 

[bluesofa]

2 hours ago, hellohello123 said:

3 hours ago, Stoker58 said:

Errmm.....if I went to the police with my face completely covered would they talk to me?

does that mean, youve lost face? or gained face?

or you have just covered your face

I thought she'd put an 'X' in the no publicity box.

[Ej2562]

I agree with ChrisKC,  In a state of weakness and desire to help, and many Thai people are eager to help others, regardless of what your experience may be.

 

[chuck holmes]

How many times you read about this <deleted>. Then you yourself fall victim

 Are you that desparate for a man.

[Ebumbu]

Anyone got her facebook?    ????

[raccos21]

This kind of scams have been there for quite sometime and have also been busted a few times and is warned by media. Seems like she is online doing romance stuff but forgot the check of what’s going on other side of the world. So it’s her fault for being dull-headedness.

[Ajarnbrian]

Naive people who are perhaps in a vulnerable time have been cheated by scammers. Unlike some posting here, I sympathise with victims, whether Thai or farang. 

[spornb]

I would like to start a fund to help this lady donations in amounts of 1000 bhat , and multiples there of , send to me I will hold and onward forward, I am A Chartered Accountant and trust worthy

 

Receipts will be issued

[spornb]

1 minute ago, spornb said:

I would like to start a fund to help this lady donations in amounts of 1000 bhat , and multiples there of , send to me I will hold and onward forward, I am A Chartered Accountant and trust worthy

 

Receipts will be issued

Money is rolling in, thanks keep up the good works

[KKr]

On 9/20/2019 at 2:51 PM, SteveK said:

He won't be a Farang - he will have posed as one but almost certainly African.

you seem to be almost too well informed.

[billybog]

back in 1998,  lent 1000 baht to a jerk while in Bangkok. I hounded this idiot for 2 weeks to get my money back...always one story after another. I could have hit him over the head easily...but figured the lesson wasnt worth it. thats the last time I have lent money out. doesnt matter where you are...there are leeches everywhere.

[billybog]

27 minutes ago, spornb said:

Money is rolling in, thanks keep up the good works

let me know if you need help holding onto that money....I would certainly be able to help you with that.

[wreckingcountry]

Hope the so called thief avoids any action! In another country


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[neeray]

7 hours ago, Baggy said:

Who took her photo, where was the photographer standing, me think a good story, fake news, but a fun read.

What's wrong with the fact that perhaps a third person took the picture? Thais do more than selfies.

Why "fake news"? I see nothing fake about it. This is a common occurrence.

[chrisandsu]

The most laughable part of all this is the gullible few who still think she was lending this money out of the goodness of her heart . Her own greed got her tangled in this deceitful web and nothing else ! She thought she was onto a sure fire winner until it backfired . 

[wazzupnow]

On 9/20/2019 at 2:11 PM, Thaiwrath said:

If I had 1,000 baht for every farang male I have heard saying that, I'd be minted ! ????????????????

payback time b......

[Sydebolle]

This is NOT ok but she better writes off the money; no way of getting a scammer as he, most likely, left Malaysia already. 

Having said that, please note however that the ratio of Thai woman cheating Alien Farang is in absolutely no relation to Alien Farang cheating Thai woman. The list is endless and millions of Baht are stolen and cheated out of Alien Farang while you read these lines. 

[dirtybirty]

Som nom nar

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[pookondee]

The article stresses how she was "cautious"

and

"still skeptical"

 

So really, how does anyone who is cautious and skeptical still end up giving away over a million baht to a stranger shes never met?

 

the mind boggles!

 

Maybe the article is written a little creatively for sympathy to the girl..

 

people cant be that stupid??

 

 

Edited September 21, 2019 by pookondee

[Just Weird]

10 hours ago, Vacuum said:

But she took the bait, and when she lost the 'lottery', she's blaiming someone else for her own stupidity.

And the scamming 'Nigerian' isn't to blame at all?  Jesus...

[Just Weird]

9 hours ago, Vacuum said:

Well of course. Can't blame herself can she. I would and kept quite about it.

Why would you have kept "quite" [sic] about it?  You've got so much that you could happily write off B1.2m?  Perhaps she isn't quite as well placed as you are.  And, why would anyone in their right mind, who's just been defrauded out of a lot of money, keep "quite" [sic] about it when reporting it to the police would at least give her a chance of getting it back or seeing the crook get some comeuppance?

Edited September 21, 2019 by Just Weird

[Just Weird]

9 hours ago, Destiny1990 said:

Seems She easily believing others.

...and your point is? 

 

Do you know how long she was corresponding with him or how credible he was?  Of course you don't, you just want to Thai-bash!

Edited September 21, 2019 by Just Weird

[off road pat]

On 9/20/2019 at 9:59 AM, Destiny1990 said:

Scammed by a Nigerian but blames a farang.

She said that she was cautious having heard about Romance Scams but this was different. 55555555

 

Soon "Christian" - who she believed was an American - said he had to go to Malaysia to sort out a multi million dollar inheritance he had got from his father who was involved in government contracts to build roads in that nation. His father died in 2015, he said......Yep the ordinary Nigerian Scam !!!

[off road pat]

2 hours ago, pookondee said:

The article stresses how she was "cautious"

and

"still skeptical"

 

So really, how does anyone who is cautious and skeptical still end up giving away over a million baht to a stranger shes never met?

 

the mind boggles!

 

Maybe the article is written a little creatively for sympathy to the girl..

 

people cant be that stupid??

 

 

Yes they can,.....happens all the just time the Ordinary Nigerian Scam !!!!

[off road pat]

41 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

...and your point is? 

 

Do you know how long she was corresponding with him or how credible he was?  Of course you don't, you just want to Thai-bash!

Well you have to admit that falling for this ordinary Nigerian Scam deserve a price !!! I read about them over 40 years ago,...and they still fall for it...Greed never gives up !!!

There's about one every day in Thailand falling for this !!! read the newspapers !!!

[White Christmas13]

8 hours ago, Steve Vincent said:

Som na na ........ talk about the shoe being on the other foot ???? Nigeria 1 Thailand 0  

When was that soccer game on ?

[White Christmas13]

7 hours ago, Ebumbu said:

Anyone got her facebook?    ????

I will PM you

[Destiny1990]

59 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

...and your point is? 

 

Do you know how long she was corresponding with him or how credible he was?  Of course you don't, you just want to Thai-bash!

 Trying to make this thread longer are u?

[kohmakmaxx]

On 9/20/2019 at 2:59 PM, Destiny1990 said:

Scammed by a Nigerian but blames a farang.

Guess a Nigerian is still also a Farang..... or not...... maybe I miss something