Online thieves take advantage of success of artist "Nong Tham" - the boy lacking both arms

[webfact]

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported that a well known physically handicapped Thai boy with a large Facebook following had unwittingly been used by a gang of internet thieves to steal from his customers.

 

Watthana Kham-In, 18 is billed as "Nong Tham - the boy lacking both arms". He is helping his family and funding his education with some great entrepreneurial moves.

 

He is a M6 student at a school in Phitsanulok, northern Thailand. 

 

He uses his feet to paint images promoting global warming issues on cloth bags. 

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

He has now got 42,000 followers and the bags are flying off the shelves.

 

His mum Dokrak, 51, is running the Facebook page, taking orders and handling donations to her son. 

 

But Tham found out through chat on his page that people were still waiting for goods they had paid for. 

 

His records showed they had not ordered through him.

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

A check showed that some criminals had opened a nearly identical page with the same name. They had only 98 followers but 20 people had already ordered bags.

 

Bags they did not and will not get.

 

Tham and his mum have already reported the matter to the Nikhom Sang Ton Eng police.

 

He advised people wanting to buy his bags to make sure it was the real site. If there was any doubt he gave out a phone number that can be seen in the original Thai Rath article. 

 

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[worgeordie]

Nothing is sacred here , scamming people off the success of a young lad,

with amazing talent , hope they are caught and punished ,

 

regards Worgeordie

 

[Celsius]

12 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

Nothing is sacred here , scamming people off the success of a young lad,

with amazing talent , hope they are caught and punished ,

 

regards Worgeordie

 

 

Toronto Hospital for Sick Kids has been attacked demanding ransom

[brianthainess]

Robbing the disabled, a Thai pastime, Hopefully they can trace through bank accounts. 

[Tropicalevo]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

criminals had opened a nearly identical page with the same name.

Good old Facebook . Supporting crime all over the world. ☹️

 

As long as the ad money keeps pouring in, they really do not care.

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Nothing is sacred here , scamming people off the success of a young lad,

with amazing talent , hope they are caught and punished ,

 

regards Worgeordie

 

 

6 hours ago, webfact said:

His mum Dokrak, 51, is running the Facebook page, taking orders and handling donations to her son.

Mother is handling her handicapped sons business and finances and dad is where..

Who's scamming who?

The son is doing all the work?

[worgeordie]

1 minute ago, hotchilli said:

 

Mother is handling her handicapped sons business and finances and dad is where..

Who's scamming who?

The son is doing all the work?

I think the son is doing what he does best , not easy for him to do finances ,

packing goods etc, working together,been a Thai father I expect he buggered

off not wanting to look after son with disabilities , or he may have just died ........

 

regards worgeordie

[hotchilli]

5 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

I think the son is doing what he does best , not easy for him to do finances ,

packing goods etc, working together,been a Thai father I expect he buggered

off not wanting to look after son with disabilities , or he may have just died ........

 

regards worgeordie

And mother knows best... keep painting son..

[worgeordie]

Just now, hotchilli said:

And mother knows best... keep painting son..

You don't want the young kid to do everything do you ,painting, marketing,finances ,shipping,

regards worgeordie