Thai woman got lucky with gambling win - but when she claims, the cops came calling

[webfact]

Manager Thai Caption: Woman robbed after betting win

 

A Thai woman who got lucky winning nearly two million baht in online gambling soon didn't feel quite so lucky.

 

She alleges that a group of burly men claiming to be "cyber cops" extorted 400,000 baht from her, her husband and their 11 year old child after they were questioned. 

 

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Now well known lawyer "Thanai Tam" is involved saying that their office will be demanding answers from the head of the cyber police, reported Manager.

 

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[Thailand]

Just. commission due. Perk of the job?

[OneMoreFarang]

20 minutes ago, webfact said:

She alleges that a group of burly men claiming to be "cyber cops" extorted 400,000 baht from her, her husband and their 11 year old child

How exactly does anybody extort lots of money from an 11 year old child?

[RJRS1301]

2 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

How exactly does anybody extort lots of money from an 11 year old child?

Perhaps they intimidated them by using threats against the child? or another case of poor editing/reporting

 

[herfiehandbag]

25 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

How exactly does anybody extort lots of money from an 11 year old child?

Make threats to harm the child to the parents?

[herfiehandbag]

Surely, this cannot be, a branch of the Thai Police force involved with gambling?

[ezzra]

The eternal scrooge of gambling, even when you win, you lose....

[Ralf001]

How much coin did the kidlet kick in ?

[soi3eddie]

Sounds like they were collecting taxes.

 

[BangkokReady]

20%.  That's quite a cut.

[Pmbkk]

2 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

How exactly does anybody extort lots of money from an 11 year old child?

 

You obv' didn't go to the same school as me ????

[hughrection]

2 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

How exactly does anybody extort lots of money from an 11 year old child?

Threaten to turn off the internet! Confiscate their smart phone? ????

[JeffersLos]

2 hours ago, Thailand said:

Perk of the job?

I don't think they raped her. 

[Whale]

If gambling was not illegal I would say lets open a book on them being bona fide BiB. Odds of 100000/1 that they are not cops and evens that they are.

[zzaa09]

Whattsa cyber cop? 

[ikke1959]

Were there no cops who were billionaires? How come..... ???

[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, BangkokReady said:

20%.  That's quite a cut.

Normal...

[herfiehandbag]

4 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

20%.  That's quite a cut.

Well they're quite a force!

[tgw]

so what are the details of the extortion ?

 

if some cops came to me demanding for money, I'd at least ask for what ?

[djayz]

6 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

How exactly does anybody extort lots of money from an 11 year old child?

Take his/her piggy bank... ????

 

On a more serious note, how did these "cyber cops" know she had won the jackpot? Did she plaster the news all over social media and lure these guys? Something doesn't smell right here. 

Know a woman here (friend of a friend) who won 85k a year or two ago. As soon as she "shared" the good news on FB, various family members came crawling out of the woodwork with sob stories and hands stretched out. Every penny was gone by the end of the same day. Sometimes it's better to fly low under the radar.

[BangkokReady]

30 minutes ago, tgw said:

so what are the details of the extortion ?

 

if some cops came to me demanding for money, I'd at least ask for what ?

Isn't online gambling illegal? Maybe "give us a cut or well arrest you"? And "and well bash you and your kid" for good measure?

[NE1]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

A Thai woman who got lucky winning nearly two million baht in online gambling soon didn't feel quite so lucky.

Did I miss something , isn't online gambling illegal in Thailand ?

[SomchaiCNX]

If many things, like in the west, become legal, these scumbags aka as BIB will lose uge part of their income.

[MarcB]

4 hours ago, zzaa09 said:

Whattsa cyber cop? 

 

[Laughing Gravy]

Well I am shocked and appalled that the RTP with such a gleaming reputation of honesty and up holding the law without any bias to themselves could be accused of such a thing. I mean cases like this of the police extorting anything in any form are just unheard of right!

[Ralf001]

12 hours ago, zzaa09 said:

Whattsa cyber cop? 

https://www.ccib.go.th/

[wombat]

20 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

How exactly does anybody extort lots of money from an 11 year old child?

Stand over tactics?

[jacko45k]

13 hours ago, tgw said:

so what are the details of the extortion ?

 

if some cops came to me demanding for money, I'd at least ask for what ?

The answer is or else.......difficult people to be on the wrong side of. 

[RJRS1301]

13 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

The answer is or else.......difficult people to be on the wrong side of. 

and they were probably standover detritus employed by the "online gambling company" to retrieve funds won . 

 

[Misterwhisper]

18 hours ago, zzaa09 said:

Whattsa cyber cop?