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Peter, Riya and Kanthas submitting their petition at the Interior Ministry. Photo: TV Channel 7

 

by TNR Staff

 

A DUTCHMAN who claimed a female civil servant based in Sakon Nakon swindled him out of almost 4 million baht went to the Interior Ministry to file a petition asking for an ethical investigation of this official today (Jan. 30), TV Channel 7 said.

 

Accompanied by Thai businessman Mr. Kanthas Phongphaiboonvej, or Gun Chom Palang, the Dutchman, who was only identified as Mr. Peter, 61, related that he got to know this female official through a dating application while already living with a Thai girlfriend in his own country.

 

He alleged that the official tricked him into selling his house in the Netherlands and transferring money to her to buy land and house in this upper northeast province for the two of them to live in retirement together. However when he came to Thailand he could not find the promised land and house with this also affecting his ex-Thai girlfriend in the Netherlands.

 

Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2023/01/30/dutchman-petitions-ministry-over-alleged-swindle-by-female-civil-servant/

 

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[Captain Monday]

Keep petitioning these crooks, but come on.

 

Is this guy a complete idiot?

[save the frogs]

he should have checked her instagram for red flags?

[OneMoreFarang]

It's not enough when people make stupid decisions. Some of them go then in front of the press to present how stupid they are. 

Thanks for the entertainment.

[OneMoreFarang]

I think about what kind of superwoman would be able to convince me that I sell my house so that she can build a house so I can live with her - after I met her on a dating app.

I don't think such a woman exists in this world.

[riclag]

Boy o boy  this Thai lady must of used magic on this guy!

I watched this guy on a video asking for help , but Geez buddy , he was so dumb.
My wife said she ( Thai woman in the story)only got 500k from him and he’s claiming he lost 5 mill.

Hope he gets something out of it , besides learning another lesson in life.

Edited January 30, 2023 by riclag

[hellohello123]

Is that him receiving  a "certificate of being a doughnut"

Edited January 30, 2023 by hellohello123

[Millcx]

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I think about what kind of superwoman would be able to convince me that I sell my house so that she can build a house so I can live with her - after I met her on a dating app.

I don't think such a woman exists in this world.

Bigger joke is he was living with a Thai woman in Holland … He fell like Nelson and a certain bit of his anatomy ruled head 55555

[geisha]

Well, he sure was a silly billy. Who does things like that ? Although, if what he says is true, it will all be proven through bank transfers . If she took the money , there must be proof. 

[Straight8]

A fool and his money parted.

 

Seriously??? You transfer a large amount of money to someone you met online?????

 

What an e-diot

[geisha]

I Hope he has proof of correspondence with this official. Did he even ever meet her ??

[RichardColeman]

28 minutes ago, Millcx said:

He fell like Nelson and a certain bit of his anatomy ruled head 55555

Certainly either his fictitious lady or his ex is probably unwilling to kiss his Hardy now

[spidermike007]

He allows himself to get taken by a woman he met online. Did they ever spend any time together? If so, how long? Did he allow a few years to get to know her, before trusting her with alot of money? Or was he simply an impatient fool, without survival skills in this world? 

 

And lastly, why would he be bragging about it? I would be hiding out and not mention it to a soul. 

 

No sympathy for a major sucker.

[Artisi]

Don’t want to run the poor guy down, but sounds like he shouldn't be allowed to dress himself each morning. 

[neeray]

A two-timer and even going public about how he let a Thai girl (or two) rip him off. Geez !

[Mason45]

Hi all, I'd say that his b*lls are bigger than his brains. Cheers.

[CrunchWrapSupreme]

And in another thread we were just talking about: "Don't go for a bar girl, those are nothing but trouble. An educated, professional Thai woman, most likely in govt, now there's your ticket". ????

[itsari]

Peter has been a victim of fraud . The alleged fraudster has a lot of explaining to do if the money transfers can be documented . 

The man has been foolish to trust a person that he has not met before , but maybe he put faith in her as the accused is a  civil servant .

 

[Boomer6969]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

he could not find the promised land and house with this also affecting his ex-Thai girlfriend in the Netherlands.

"the promised land", obvious polygamy, must be some Mormon. 

[geisha]

Some of the most successful crooks/ fraudsters have had good backgrounds , education , careers etc. An official, secretary, nurse , bank workers can be just as crooked and thieving as a humble bar girl or shop worker , or anyone for that matter. I won’t add the positions of the worst culprits.

[jabis]

Well this thread escalated quickly - victim blaming shouldn't be the go-to attitude 

[Fat is a type of crazy]

As silly as he has been I give him some credit for having a bit of fight and taking it up to the lady who it appears is identifiable as a Thai civil servant, with payments documented, and had not been some scammer from Nigeria or something. 

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

He alleged that the official tricked him into selling his house in the Netherlands and transferring money to her to buy land and house in this upper northeast province for the two of them to live in retirement together. However when he came to Thailand he could not find the promised land and house with this also affecting his ex-Thai girlfriend in the Netherlands.

Reap what you sow...

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, Captain Monday said:

Keep petitioning these crooks, but come on.

 

Is this guy a complete idiot?

Very likely...

[itsari]

2 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I think about what kind of superwoman would be able to convince me that I sell my house so that she can build a house so I can live with her - after I met her on a dating app.

I don't think such a woman exists in this world.

The alleged fraudster exists in this world and what superwoman it would need to have you send money too has no consequence for the plaintiff. 

[OneMoreFarang]

24 minutes ago, itsari said:

Peter has been a victim of fraud . The alleged fraudster has a lot of explaining to do if the money transfers can be documented . 

The man has been foolish to trust a person that he has not met before , but maybe he put faith in her as the accused is a  civil servant .

 

What would he need to show she did something illegal?

I guess he would need a signed document from her that he will buy a house for her and she in return will love him and have sex with him for the rest of her life or something like that.

Maybe she liked him at the beginning. What guarantee did he every have?

If she told him or wrote to him: "Peter, I will love you forever", is that good enough? In that case there wouldn't be any divorce anywhere with all those people who swore to love each other for the rest of their lives.

 

I have to admit once I also bought something for a girl who I fancied and who gave me the idea that we might stay together and be happy ever after. But we didn't stay happy ever after. So I had to learn that the phone which I bought for 3000B was a lost investment. Though times!

[EVENKEEL]

This guy goes against all stereotypes of the Dutch being tight with their money.

[Lucky Bones]

Do people really do this?

1 Giving money to strangers?

2 Attempting to get the money back?????????

[itsari]

1 minute ago, OneMoreFarang said:

What would he need to show she did something illegal?

I guess he would need a signed document from her that he will buy a house for her and she in return will love him and have sex with him for the rest of her life or something like that.

Maybe she liked him at the beginning. What guarantee did he every have?

If she told him or wrote to him: "Peter, I will love you forever", is that good enough? In that case there wouldn't be any divorce anywhere with all those people who swore to love each other for the rest of their lives.

 

I have to admit once I also bought something for a girl who I fancied and who gave me the idea that we might stay together and be happy ever after. But we didn't stay happy ever after. So I had to learn that the phone which I bought for 3000B was a lost investment. Though times!

If the woman has received money and Peter wants his money back as the agreement on buying a house was not fulfilled he has a good chance that a civil case would be successful. It has nothing to do with love as you mention. 

But if he can prove that the woman has tricked him into sending the money then a criminal case could be made .

Will either option see his money returned ? I doubt it 

 

 

 

[OneMoreFarang]

19 minutes ago, itsari said:

The alleged fraudster exists in this world and what superwoman it would need to have you send money too has no consequence for the plaintiff. 

Thanks for your inside knowledge. I was already surprised and a little annoyed that he didn't ask me for my personal opinion. Or he could have posted a picture or her here in the forum and ask how much I and others would spend for her. This is a strange world.