Thai woman manipulated by scammer into swindling her mother

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Police in the Isaan province of Ubon Ratchathani rescued a 21 year old Thai woman who was manipulated by a call centre scammer into swindling her mother out of 250,000 baht.

A Thai woman reached out to Mueang Ubon Ratchathani Police Station officer and Chief of Khemarat district after her daughter, 21 year old Su, was allegedly kidnapped for ransom. The mother revealed that she had to pay 250,000 baht for her daughter’s freedom.

 

The mother said that she managed to speak to Su on the phone three times, but her daughter broke down in tears each time. The gang demanded she send them 30,000 baht upfront, threatening to sever one of Su’s organs if she refused. They also said they would rape her daughter, prompting the mother to transfer the money immediately.

Upon investigation, officers located Su renting a room in a provincial hotel. They swiftly entered the room to find Su alone, engaged in a video call with the criminal. The call was abruptly ended as soon as the criminal noticed the presence of the police.

Still in a state of fear, Su revealed that a Thai Post officer had contacted her on December 9, claiming her involvement with a money laundering gang. Allegedly, someone had delivered seven foreign passports, five debit cards, five foreign bank accounts, and her foreign bank account to her in Thailand.

 

by Petch Petpailin 

Photo via Channel 8

Full story: The Thaiger 2023-12-14

 

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[worgeordie]

It seems so easy to scam people ,reading the story it seems unbelievable that she

would do what they were telling her to do, all over the phone , without actually

meeting anyone ......

 

regards worgeordie

[spidermike007]

Sheer insanity. Such naivety. There is a whole subculture in this world, who absolutely refuse to work for a living, and instead like to prey on those who are vulnerable, naive, dumb, and easy victims. It is our responsibility to be careful, prudent, willing to do some vetting, some research, some due diligence, anytime we part with cash. Especially online, or on the phone! Dealing with Ebay, Lazada, Amazon is one thing. You have recourse. But, dealing with Facebook vendors, Instagram, Youtube, dating sites, any other social media, or some Joe Blow who calls you on the phone, the scammers outweigh the real deals. People get taken every day. I get junk emails offering me at least $100 million a month.

[sirineou]

Perhaps I missed something but , What Naivety?

The daughter was involved with some criminals and conspired with them to fake her abduction and make her mother pay ransom .

It's a old story. 

[Thingamabob]

She ripped off her own mother. No excuses.

[hotchilli]

She was "manipulated" i'd like to know how?

[Gottfrid]

Keep it in the family.

[Scouse123]

A weird one, either incredibly dumb or very crafty.

 

It could be either.

[Foek]

5 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Sheer insanity. Such naivety. There is a whole subculture in this world, who absolutely refuse to work for a living, and instead like to prey on those who are vulnerable, naive, dumb, and easy victims. It is our responsibility to be careful, prudent, willing to do some vetting, some research, some due diligence, anytime we part with cash. Especially online, or on the phone! Dealing with Ebay, Lazada, Amazon is one thing. You have recourse. But, dealing with Facebook vendors, Instagram, Youtube, dating sites, any other social media, or some Joe Blow who calls you on the phone, the scammers outweigh the real deals. People get taken every day. I get junk emails offering me at least $100 million a month.

i am paying at least 100 mil a month in bitcoins so they dont broadcast my dirty moves of myself made by the webcam i not have.

[CanadaSam]

The girl was alone, in a hotel room.  She masterminded all of this, lock her up, pronto!

[brianthainess]

So she was in a hotel room alone, not locked in or tied up, with free access to a phone and instead of phoning the cops, makes a fake vid. of her being about to be raped, and it appears the cops believe her, but apparently they know the scammers bank details in Cambodia. 

If I was a Cop the first question would be "Where is your boyfriend right now Su" 

Then " what nationality is he?"