Suspect In Student Visa Scam Nabbed

[webfact]

Pixelated image of the suspect. Photo: Naew Na

 

by TNR Staff

 

THAI MAN was arrested Mar. 2 on the charges of defrauding the parents of students studying at a well-known international school by offering to get student visas for a fee but cutting them off upon receiving the initial payment, TV Channel 7 said.

 

Metropolitan police had been tipped off by complaints filed at its IDMB.Bangkok Facebook page that a man who called himself Mr. Ball Chaipenying had infiltrated the Line group of the parents of students of a prominent international school and posted an advertisement offering to get student visas for their children to study abroad.

 

The fraud took place in March last year with many parents being fooled by this scammer but after paying part of the fee upfront he blocked all communication channels with them.

 

Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2023/03/02/suspect-in-student-visa-scam-nabbed/

 

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[rankric]

I totally get how this scam can be a winner.

 

I dread the messages that come through from the school on line, the panic of not being part of the group is instilled via these messages. 

 

 

 

 

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The fraud took place in March last year with many parents being fooled by this scammer but after paying part of the fee upfront he blocked all communication channels with them

Excellent news, time these scammers got what they deserve.

[mikebell]

51 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Excellent news, time these scammers got what they deserve.

He deserves more than he'll get.  It all depends on how much he made when it comes to police/court action.

[zzaa09]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

Excellent news, time these scammers got what they deserve.

Get a rope. 

[SuperSilverHaze]

Minor case of fraud against farang. Nothing will come of this.

 

Why don't the parents get the proper paperwork from the school?

[thainet]

27 minutes ago, SuperSilverHaze said:

Minor case of fraud against farang. Nothing will come of this.

 

Why don't the parents get the proper paperwork from the school?

Where do farang come into this???

[proton]

Thought it might have been Wallen at first, they have certainly got this ed visa scan in their sights

[Poilu]

2 hours ago, SuperSilverHaze said:

Minor case of fraud against farang. Nothing will come of this.

 

Why don't the parents get the proper paperwork from the school?

He was offering visas for the students at the school to go and study abroad.

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, zzaa09 said:

Get a rope. 

A short one with a long drop.

[thainet]

7 hours ago, proton said:

Thought it might have been Wallen at first, they have certainly got this ed visa scan in their sights

This is scam against Thai's...not foreigners.