Thai woman conned out of thousands by "American" - he promised marriage and diamonds, she lost everything

 

 

Channel 7 reported on the case of a 33 year old woman who thought she had found love with an American on Instagram. 

 

Four months ago he asked to add him as a friend and the couple were soon chatting and falling in love. 

 

He said he was the engineer on a ship and when he retired they would make a life together in Thailand. 

 

Despite this just being online chat the lady was convinced she had found her true soulmate. 

 

So when he contacted her to say he was getting $400,000 and would send it to her along with a bunch of diamonds she was all ears. 

 

A package arrived at customs and a helpful lady called the victim to confirm that there was a parcel for her that x-rays revealed contained a lot of very valuable goods. 

 

She was persuaded to transfer 36,000 to secure their release. She agreed to this and waited for the millions to arrive. 

 

Instead the same lady called back and said that 150,000 baht more was needed to complete the documentation. 

 

She contacted her boyfriend saying she had no money to pay. He said he would try and help and this convinced her to find her last remaining 140,000 baht and transfer it to the woman's account. 

 

After this the Instagram account was shut and the lady proved to be uncontactable. 

 

Police in Ratchaburi are now investigating what has become known as a "Romance Scam". 

 

Thaivisa notes that for years mostly Africans - and especially Nigerians - have been operating this scam in Thailand. 

 

Source: Channel 7

 

 

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And how can it be known he was actually an American, No actual phone calls, never hearing the voice, fake photos and such probably, Maybe it was the supposed other female who was working in conjunction with the Nigerians in their romance scams.  It is not newsworthy as other than the woman loosing money, as the rest of the story is unknown.... 

13 minutes ago, webfact said:

Four months ago he asked to add him as a friend and the couple were soon chatting and falling in love. 

 

He said he was the engineer on a ship and when he retired they would make a life together in Thailand. 

What a beautiful start to a story, then sadly, no happy ending ????

 

She missed the memo that it's meant to work the other way around, take the money from the falang

14 minutes ago, webfact said:

 

So when he contacted her to say he was getting $400,000 and would send it to her along with a bunch of diamonds she was all ears. 

I bet she was.

 

They call these ‘romance scams’ but I prefer to call them ‘greed begets greed scams’. 

2 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

And how can it be known he was actually an American 

I don't think anyone's claiming it was a genuine "American", most likely a Nigerian scammer using a false identity. Some of these women must live in a bubble, plenty of publicity's been given to numerous identical cases.

11 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

She missed the memo that it's meant to work the other way around, take the money from the falang

I think that she was dutifully following the memo, but she somehow got confused between instagram and real life.

These conmen are usually Thai women paired up with farang counterparts.

So a Thai woman conned another Thai. Lol

29 minutes ago, BobbyL said:

How is this newsworthy at all? 

all tired of the day in and day out  coronavirus news.... this one it's so stupid that will make some of us laugh

The "package" scam has been going on for years and has been written about on Thai Facebook a multitude of times.  I knew 2 girls on "Date in Asia" who almost got snagged.  The scammers even have a legitimate looking express tracking website.  It's the old game where they get them all excited, stringing them along with tracking reports from stop to stop. Usually, the story is the cargo plane had an emergency and had to land in Malayasia and customs there is holding the package hostage.  The "boyfriend" is en-route so he can not access his money.  "Please help me darling, I will pay you back triple"

Greed wins again.

44 minutes ago, webfact said:

Despite this just being online chat the lady was convinced she had found her true soulmate. 

O M G .... maybe she also believed that santa claus is coming to town

For every opportunistic Thai ripping off a foreigner,

there will be an equally opportunistic 419 scammer ripping off a greedy Thai - what goes around, comes around.

40 minutes ago, mauGR1 said:

Personally i find it interesting and fascinating, almost unbelievable.

He's getting one back

I've reviewed a number of dating sites since my recent breakup, and they all say never get money involved especially if you have never met someone in person.

40 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

She missed the memo that it's meant to work the other way around, take the money from the falang

She was trying very hard to do this and was prepared to invest to do so, if the story is true then som nom na!

59 minutes ago, webfact said:

Thaivisa notes that for years mostly Africans - and especially Nigerians - have been operating this scam in Thailand. 

Mostly them yes, but this time maybe a farang taking revenge ? ????

So all this time I've seen "No Scammers" on women's profiles. I thought they were talking about a man who tells them some BS, has sex with them and then moves on, the old "pump and dump."  But it's actually a money scam.  Learn something every day.

Edited April 28, 20206 yr by Kelsall

Oldy but goldy; redresses the Land of Scams balance somewhat.

I guess she thought he was "different".

Som nom na. ????

35 minutes ago, garrya said:

These conmen are usually Thai women paired up with farang counterparts.

So a Thai woman conned another Thai. Lol

Almost all of these scams are commited by west africans and not farangs

She should have told him: I love you and I don't care about money or diamonds.

Come to Thailand and visit me.

 

Or is it possible that money was more important to her than the love of her life?

I’m sure he said he was rich American.  Would he say he was African

I doubt it 

One day I like to get some lessons from one of those scammer how to make a woman fall in love with me and spend lots of money in that process. These guys must have real talent.

1 minute ago, Cali farong said:

I’m sure he said he was rich American.  Would he say he was African

I doubt it 

Many Americans have big wallets, and many Africans have big "something else".

 

Easy too see what many women wants....????

3 minutes ago, Cali farong said:

I’m sure he said he was rich American.  Would he say he was African

I doubt it 

He should send her a picture to impress her.

 

53 minutes ago, garrya said:

These conmen are usually Thai women paired up with farang counterparts.

So a Thai woman conned another Thai. Lol

correct and shouldn't be hard to trace considering it surely must be a Thai bank account

haha .... good job,  boots on the other foot so to speak 

ya just cannot trust those nigerian americans

 

now she's gotta fall for 3 more,

just to break even for the first one...

Edited April 28, 20206 yr by tifino

 Just 2 months ago my Pattaya  ‘girlfriend’ copy pasted me exactly the same story from her Line. She was hesitating about how to react. But she has already provided the man she has never met in her life with her full name, postal address and other personal details. Then I told her to inform the man that she will not receive any parcels or packages in her name. That was enough for the millionaire- lover to disappear forever.

 These girls are greedy and stupid. An ideal type for all kind of the con masters.

 

Edited April 28, 20206 yr by Zikomat