Six arrested in 120 million baht Romance Scam - gang preyed on older women

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Daily News Caption: Older women targeted

 

Region 3 police have arrested six people for their involvement in a Romance Scam operating over the last four years that has defrauded especially older women of 120 million baht.

 

Police said the gang involves Thais and foreign nationals.

 

Arrested this time were six Thais - four men called Suthin, 30, Soronin,39, Arthit,19 and Pongsathorn, 23 and two women Sathaporn, 35 and Saman 40.

 

Romance scams involve people posing as handsome and well connected foreigners online in order to defraud. 

 

Picture: Daily News

 

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This is mainly done by getting victims to pay tax on parcels or presents claimed to be held up at customs. Gang members pose as customs and other officialdom in the scam.

 

Lt-Gen Somprasong Yenthuam, Region 3 chief, said there had been complaints from over 100 women and there were thought to be many more reluctant to come forward.

 

Fraudster Sathaporn said she had no proper job and lived via fraud. She said she learnt the tricks of the Romance Scam while in the company of foreigners in Malaysia. 

 

In this operation she claimed to be taking 10% of the profits.

 

Daily News reported that the police action was part of RTP chief Gen Suwat Chyaengyodsuk's plan to crack down on online fraud that is adding to the people's hardship from the pandemic. 

 

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[metisdead]

A troll post using a trolling meme has been removed.

[MasterBaker]

"gang preyed on older women" aka stupid women

[vandeventer]

4 minutes ago, MasterBaker said:

"gang preyed on older women" aka stupid women

Why do older women always look for young guys and old guys always look for young women? It's just a normal thing as our eyes never get old.

[OneMoreFarang]

Was there ever an article about such an investigation involving women getting money from men?

Or are men stupid if they spend money on pretty girls and women are victims if they spend money in hope to receive expensive gifts or get a rich husband?

 

Where are all those women groups calling for equal treatment? 

[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, vandeventer said:

Why do older women always look for young guys and old guys always look for young women? It's just a normal thing as our eyes never get old.

I think these women were tricked at the thought of extra wealth not servicing.

[Bluespunk]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Fraudster Sathaporn said she had no proper job and lived via fraud. She said she learnt the tricks of the Romance Scam while in the company of foreigners in Malaysia. 

Pesky foreigners 

[Tarteso]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

She said she learnt the tricks of the Romance Scam

Good student but she choose a very bad subject .

[StayinThailand2much]

1 hour ago, Bluespunk said:

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Fraudster Sathaporn said she had no proper job and lived via fraud. She said she learnt the tricks of the Romance Scam while in the company of foreigners in Malaysia. 

Pesky foreigners 

Some Malaysians tried the 'blackjack scam' on me in Kuala Lumpur years ago. Reportedly, this scam originated in Thailand.

[DeaconJohn]

I wonder who the "foreign nationals" were?

   Thailand, like the Woke West, is getting very coy about naming a certain vocal and violent demographic when they misbehave.

[Iamfalang]

I’m not bragging but my picture was all over the home page!!

[Liverpool Lou]

20 minutes ago, DeaconJohn said:

I wonder who the "foreign nationals" were?

   Thailand, like the Woke West, is getting very coy about naming a certain vocal and violent demographic when they misbehave.

"I wonder who the "foreign nationals" were?"

The report didn't say that there were any foreigners arrested.  Do you just expect them to name some random West Africans?

[DaddyWarbucks]

1 hour ago, DeaconJohn said:

I wonder who the "foreign nationals" were?

   Thailand, like the Woke West, is getting very coy about naming a certain vocal and violent demographic when they misbehave.

Good point, but it might not apply in this case.

A highly profitable long-running scam, it certainly wasn’t impeded by low IQs and/or impulse-control issues.

This lot could be any of the flotsam that wash up on these shores.

[freedomnow]

Easy enough to say the older women were stupid for being tricked - but it's babystep-by-step stuff clouded by emotion.

 

I never thought I'd get scammed in my life and I did - and badly - but got the money back and only just...blind confidence...

"happens to other people"