Love on the rocks: Thai woman’s 5 million baht loss leads to threats from scammer

[snoop1130]

 

A Thai woman approached the non-profit organisation Saimai Survive for help after she lost 5 million baht to a romance scammer and faced threats after she tried to distance herself from the violent swindler.

 

The 37 year old victim revealed to the Saimai Survive that she lost 5 million baht to the scammer in three months. The woman explained that she met the fraudulent trickster on a dating application in April of this year. The man was charming at first and flirted with her until she was convinced to meet him.

 

According to the victim, the man promised to help pay off her 800,000 baht debt. To gain her trust, the man claimed to possess not one but two bachelor’s degrees in economics and boasted of being a stock market investment expert with a lot of money deposited in a foreign bank.

 

The man convinced the victim to create some financial credit by buying a car and paying back her debt would be easier. She was convinced and bought the car even though she could not drive. Two weeks later, the man then suggested she bought another car, which she did.

 

The scammer persuaded her into borrowing money from several financial institutions and told her to borrow money from her friends and colleagues. He also urged her to buy expensive valuables and gold, which he kept.

 

By Petch Petpailin

Caption: Photo via TNews

 

Full Story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/love-on-the-rocks-thai-womans-5-million-baht-loss-leads-to-threats-from-scammer

 

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[StayinThailand2much]

Not the smartest cookie in the jar, amassing 5 million baht debt for a stranger. 

Edited July 19, 2023 by StayinThailand2much

[phetphet]

I am starting to believe that saying, "There is one born every minute", is a serious underestimation.

[rwill]

Paying 5 million baht to get rid of 800K debt is not the brightest thing to do.

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The man convinced the victim to create some financial credit by buying a car and paying back her debt would be easier. She was convinced and bought the car even though she could not drive. Two weeks later, the man then suggested she bought another car, which she did.

 

The scammer persuaded her into borrowing money from several financial institutions and told her to borrow money from her friends and colleagues. He also urged her to buy expensive valuables and gold, which he kept.

My ole man was a shrewd bu$$er...

he said son "when you're in a hole stop digging"

[jacko45k]

16 minutes ago, rwill said:

Paying 5 million baht to get rid of 800K debt is not the brightest thing to do.

The 800k was perhaps a debt caused by lending a farang his extension money!

[RichardColeman]

Woman has serious mental health issues if she thinks a man posing in his scruffy vest for a car buying promotional photo makes him financially OK

[save the frogs]

he's wearing a wife-beater ... 

 

[tomazbodner]

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

Woman has serious mental health issues if she thinks a man posing in his scruffy vest for a car buying promotional photo makes him financially OK

He is now. And he's probably after another naive victim.

[ignore it]

Decent looking woman for an idiot.

She got any sisters?