Clothing traders in Udon Thani reported a 38 year old woman known as ‘Som Priao‘ for defrauding over 30 people in an online share scheme and escaping with 1.3 million baht (US$37,700).

 

The victims claim she now lives a luxurious life at their expense, as they face financial difficulties, and urge the police to help recover their funds.

 

One victim, 38 year old Pha (full name withheld), revealed that she got to know Som Priao since she became a regular customer at her clothing store, where they eventually became close acquaintances. Recently, Som Priao invited her and other merchants to join an online share scheme called “Online Share House By Som Priao.” Trusting her, many of the merchants invested various amounts, ranging from a few thousand to 300,000 baht (US$8,700). However, it soon transpired that Som Priao had fled with over a million baht.

 

The victims claim that now, Som Priao lives a comfortable life, dressing in expensive designer clothes, a stark contrast to her previous shopping habits of requesting credit for 500 baht (US$15) purchases.

 

by Nattapong Westwood

 

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Full story: https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/crime/udon-thani-clothing-traders-fall-victim-to-1-3m-baht-online-share-scheme-fraud

 

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Another 30 plus suckers.

 

Will they ever learn?

15 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Another 30 plus suckers.

 

Will they ever learn?

Fraud victim blaming is never a wise or upstanding position.  

 

There's a sophisticated scam out there being tailor made to snare you brother.

 

Bank on it. 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

One victim, 38 year old Pha (full name withheld), revealed that she got to know Som Priao since she became a regular customer at her clothing store, where they eventually became close acquaintances. Recently, Som Priao invited her and other merchants to join an online share scheme called “Online Share House By Som Priao.”

There was the first red flag.... 

3 hours ago, anchadian said:

Another 30 plus suckers.

 

Will they ever learn?

Nope.

3 hours ago, chalawaan said:

Fraud victim blaming is never a wise or upstanding position.  

 

There's a sophisticated scam out there being tailor made to snare you brother.

 

Bank on it. 

That´s a load of cr*p! These people are completely without logic, common sense and live in another dimension of realistic views.

To make an investment, a person must do due diligence as market research, trust and organizational checks. In that case it does not matter how sophisticated a scam is. A scam is a scam, and if you are only 1% doubtful about an investment, a sensible person stays away from the offer.

 

So, you can just bank on that you might fall for it, but that is just connected to the functions logic, common sense and realistic views.

7 hours ago, webfact said:

The victims claim that now, Som Priao lives a comfortable life, dressing in expensive designer clothes, a stark contrast to her previous shopping habits of requesting credit for 500 baht (US$15) purchases.

Another success story of local girl makes good.

7 hours ago, webfact said:

The victims claim that now, Som Priao lives a comfortable life, dressing in expensive designer clothes, a stark contrast to her previous shopping habits of requesting credit for 500 baht (US$15) purchases.

Exactly the kind of person I would be racing to invest THB 300k with - what could possibly go wrong ?

3 hours ago, kidneyw said:

Another success story of local girl makes good.

It was that or stare at ceilings, thievery won

 

Some people never learn that if a deal appears too good to be true then it is seldom true. So long as there are fools there will be people ready to take advantage of them. Just like dope as log as people desire it there will be those ready to sell.