Fake love, real trouble: Thai man’s romance scam unravels

[snoop1130]

 

Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) officers arrested a Thai man for operating a romance scam by using a fake social media profile of an attractive foreign man to deceive a Thai woman.

 

A Thai woman filed a complaint to the police at the end of last year. The victim reported that the scammer, called Roland, contacted her via Instagram before subsequently shifting to WhatsApp. They started a long-distance relationship, and the man expressed his desire to give her a gift.

 

The woman explained that the foreign man informed her that he would send her jewellery and money. He urged her to pay a delivery fee, taxes, and other charges in advance and would pay back to her later. The woman transferred the alleged fees to the scammer 19 times leading to the loss of over 1 million baht.

 

The victim never received the gifts and decided to report the issue to the police.

 

By Petch Petpailin

Caption: Photo via Facebook/ ตำรวจไซเบอร์ – บช.สอท

 

Full Story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/fake-love-real-trouble-thai-mans-romance-scam-unravels

 

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[KannikaP]

22 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

The woman transferred the alleged fees to the scammer 19 times leading to the loss of over 1 million baht.

There's one born every day.

[CanadaSam]

12 hours ago, KannikaP said:

There's one born every day.

This woman seems to have been born 19 times!

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The woman explained that the foreign man informed her that he would send her jewellery and money. He urged her to pay a delivery fee, taxes, and other charges in advance and would pay back to her later. The woman transferred the alleged fees to the scammer 19 times leading to the loss of over 1 million baht.

Greed will lure the un-wary

[OneMoreFarang]

Maybe the Thai man was rejected too often by Thai women. And then he asked himself: What do they want. And, I am sure after not too long research, decided they want a rich farang man.

So, he gave them what they want.

The funny part is obvious that many women, who want rich men, want those men to get their hands on the guy's money.

Now he showed them their own character.

He taught her a lesson. They should be happy about that.

[soalbundy]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

 

Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) officers arrested a Thai man for operating a romance scam by using a fake social media profile of an attractive foreign man to deceive a Thai woman.

 

A Thai woman filed a complaint to the police at the end of last year. The victim reported that the scammer, called Roland, contacted her via Instagram before subsequently shifting to WhatsApp. They started a long-distance relationship, and the man expressed his desire to give her a gift.

 

The woman explained that the foreign man informed her that he would send her jewellery and money. He urged her to pay a delivery fee, taxes, and other charges in advance and would pay back to her later. The woman transferred the alleged fees to the scammer 19 times leading to the loss of over 1 million baht.

 

The victim never received the gifts and decided to report the issue to the police.

 

By Petch Petpailin

Caption: Photo via Facebook/ ตำรวจไซเบอร์ – บช.สอท

 

Full Story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/fake-love-real-trouble-thai-mans-romance-scam-unravels

 

-- The Thaiger 2023-09-13

 

- Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here.

 

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One born every minute in Thailand apparently.

[RichardColeman]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The woman transferred the alleged fees to the scammer 19 times leading to the loss of over 1 million baht.

so, she transferred about 55,000 baht every time and never got suspicious ? The woman's an idiot - either that or she has an entirely useless education

[mikebell]

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

so, she transferred about 55,000 baht every time and never got suspicious ? The woman's an idiot - either that or she has an entirely useless education

Well, to be fair to her, most Thais get that sort of an education.  If the scam went on for over a year what sort of job has she got that enabled her to hand out 55K almost monthly?

[BusyB]

18 hours ago, soalbundy said:

One born every minute in Thailand apparently.

Oh not only ... by a long chalk ...

 

 

These guys have a whole series devoted to tracking down romance scammers.