Police investigate after Korat teen loses 20,000 baht in online "Baccarat investment" scam

[webfact]

PictureL Daily News

 

The family of a secondary schoolgirl and her teachers went to the Non Thai police in Nakhon Ratchasima after she was sucked into an online betting scam.

 

The M5 girl (this is the fifth year of secondary school) was on Facebook when she got a friend request.

 

This turned out to be a person she added who said she could get huge rewards by investing little in a Baccarat game. 

 

The contact said 300 baht would turn into 4-5,000 baht in next to no time.

 

She then added the person on the Line app and when they said she was now due 8,900 baht she agreed to pay 900 baht as a fee to "release the funds", reported Daily News.

 

Health insurance plans that meet the long stay visa requirements

 

 

-- © Copyright  ASEAN NOW 2021-12-23

 

- Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you

- Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

 

Get your business in front of millions of customers who read ASEAN NOW with an interest in Thailand every month - email [email protected] for more information

 

Other excuses followed until she had racked up debts of 20,700 with family to try and reclaim her initial investment.

 

She got nothing back. 

[JoePai]

M5 girl should go back and start again in M1 !!

[Caldera]

"Baccarat" and "investment" in the same sentence, what could possibly go wrong!

[Paulaew]

I asked my wife the Thai word for "investment." She said "lottery."

 

Paul Laew

[digger70]

One can't Fix Stupid.

[kidneyw]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

The contact said 300 baht would turn into 4-5,000 baht in next to no time.

Anyone got the link for this?

[metisdead]

6 minutes ago, kidneyw said:

Anyone got the link for this?

 

The link is in the OP:

• reported Daily News.

[Nojohndoe]

Unless this girl had a job at a 7/11 or similar that provided the extraction of 20,000 + can only mean her parent/s enabled the scam by being equally gullible !

[DJ54]

So many people gambling online..  they don’t understand it’s like throwing money in an empty pit...

 

[connda]

You gamble, you lose, then you go to the police to complain. Moron!

[kidneyw]

On 12/23/2021 at 6:31 PM, metisdead said:

 

The link is in the OP:

• reported Daily News.

I was taking the <deleted> mate.