The Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) arrested a Thai man operating a romance scam using a fake social media profile of a woman to dupe nearly 2.6 million baht from a victim.

 

The arrest was made following a complaint filed by a victim last year. The victim revealed that the scammer used the profile of an attractive woman to approach him on a social media platform. The scammer invited the victim to invest in cryptocurrency, promising a high return of 50%.

 

After the victim expressed interest, the scammer sent him a website for registration. In the beginning, the investment gave the victim a high profit and he could withdraw money without any complications. On the back of this, the victim transferred 2.58 million baht into the website to gain more profit.

However, he faced more and more conditions when he wanted to withdraw his money. The website required him to pay taxes, pay withdrawal fees, or invest more to access both the initial investment and profits.

 

by Petch Petpailin

Photo via Facebook/ ตำรวจไซเบอร์ – บช.สอท.

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/love-con-job-thai-romance-scammer-busted-for-netting-2-6-million-baht

 

-- The Thaiger 2023-09-07

 

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Naughty naughty.

39 minutes ago, webfact said:

The scammer invited the victim to invest in cryptocurrency, promising a high return of 50%.

too good  to be true

2 hours ago, webfact said:

After the victim expressed interest, the scammer sent him a website for registration. In the beginning, the investment gave the victim a high profit and he could withdraw money without any complications. On the back of this, the victim transferred 2.58 million baht into the website to gain more profit.

However, he faced more and more conditions when he wanted to withdraw his money. The website required him to pay taxes, pay withdrawal fees, or invest more to access both the initial investment and profits.

Slowly slowly catchy monkey.

Sure are a lot of gullible people in this country

I'm in the wrong business...these scams just keep working! The greed of Thai people is never ending!

Another ponzi scheme. 

1 hour ago, ChrisY1 said:

I'm in the wrong business...these scams just keep working! The greed of Thai people is never ending!

exactly ... agree 100%.

3 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Sure are a lot of gullible people in this country

Lack of logic and greed main driver.

The wonders of Facefook.

8 hours ago, webfact said:

scammer sent him a website for registration.

People still not learning !!! Grid is the main reason. 

Who was it that said greedy people that got huge wealth are the best suckers