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In a heart-wrenching tale of deceit, a Taiwanese man, Chia Wei Te, was defrauded of nearly 10 million baht by a Thai woman he believed he would marry. Driven to seek justice, he travelled to Thailand, only to find that the woman had vanished.

 

Chia, 34, filed a complaint at Pha Khao Police Station in Loei province, detailing his relationship with 25-year-old Kwanthida, who lured him into a fraudulent romance while working as a service worker in Taiwan. She gained his trust over several years, promising a shared future.

 

Kwanthida initially borrowed small sums, claiming she needed to renovate her Pha Khao district home for sale. To support the supposed joint future, Chia sold his Taiwan house, sending her money totalling 9.3 million baht in 52 transactions.

 

 

Despite her reassurances, Kwanthida grew evasive, and a false photo of money in a bank safe coaxed further funds from Chia, leading him to realise her deceit too late. Overwhelmed, Chia even contemplated suicide before relatives intervened.

 

When tracked down by reporters, Kwanthida admitted to the scam from abroad, spending all the funds on personal indulgences. The promised future was simply a facade built on deception, including the renovation story. Her family denied knowledge of her actions, claiming innocence concerning her financial activities.

 

Police are investigating the intricate scam. Meanwhile, Chia remains in Thailand, holding onto slim hopes of clawing back some part of his lost wealth, desperately seeking closure and justice for the betrayal he endured, reported The Thaiger.

 

If you or anyone you know is in emotional distress, please contact the Samaritans of Thailand 24-hour hotline: 02 713 6791 (English), 02 713 6793 (Thai), or the Thai Mental Health Hotline at 1323 (Thai). Please also contact your friends or relatives at this time if you have feelings of loneliness, stress, or depression. Seek help.

 

-- 2025-03-06

 

 

It's not the first and it won't be the last  people sending money to girlfriends with out meeting them are really looking to loose  it

18 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Police are investigating the intricate scam. Meanwhile, Chia remains in Thailand, holding onto slim hopes of clawing back some part of his lost wealth

 

18 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

When tracked down by reporters, Kwanthida admitted to the scam from abroad, spending all the funds on personal indulgences

Too late, she's blown it all... probably got the next sucker on a hook.

Another mug, Pattaya is full of the silly prats. 😅🤣😂

Rent, don't buy.

This is news? 

On 3/6/2025 at 7:45 PM, ozz1 said:

with out meeting them

 

According to the story, they met in Taiwan.

 

"detailing his relationship with 25-year-old Kwanthida, who lured him into a fraudulent romance while working as a service worker in Taiwan"

On 3/7/2025 at 6:36 PM, Gknrd said:

This is news? 

 

At least, Not Very New; pretty common sort of happening in SE Asia.

It is rather amazing this old over-used trick still works...

On 3/7/2025 at 1:21 PM, Toby1947 said:

Another mug, Pattaya is full of the silly prats. 😅🤣😂

 

And the loss of those foreigners also eventually impacted on some part of immigration rule in 2017; regarding the conditions of the retirement O extension.

 

In that revision, the bureau started to demand the foreign retirees to keep half of their 800K year around, after their extension was granted(as known today).

 

That is because quite a few old age expats(in that region)  have beaten the hospital bills after they wasted much of their fund on those money-grabbing bitc*es.

 

A kind of worst combination; falling chronical illness by the  lack of  health awareness(drinking and smoking heavily), and trapped by the obvious fake romance.