Thai Police Arrest Nigerian Facebook Cheat

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Police arrest Nigerian Facebook cheat

The Nation

Suspected Smith Nnamadi

Photo of alleged Joe Henry

BANGKOK: -- Nakhon Ratchasima police have arrested a Nigerian man for allegedly duping a Thai woman into sending him tens of thousands of baht after leading her to believe he wanted to marry her.

The arrest of Nigerian Smith Nnamadi, 34, at a Bangkok department store, came after a woman, whose name was withheld, complained to police that he had allegedly lured her to send him money under false pretences.

The woman claimed that she knew the suspect via Facebook under name of Joe Henry, a British. They became lovers and Nnamadi proposed marriage after chatting via the network for two months.

The suspect claimed he wished to bring in a Bt3million dowry but could not afford the fee of Bt321,560, so he asked her to help. The victim wired him Bt74,560 but Henry said he needed more. That made her suspicious and she turned to the police.

A sting operation was set up at a local mall, where the Nigerian suspect came to pick up the money.

The police investigation found that Nnamadi conspired with other foreigners to lure Thai women, wanting foreign husbands, via MSN, Facebook and online websites to dupe them into sending money. Police will hunt for his accomplices.

-- The Nation 2012-05-30

[BookMan]

Wow! Ten thousand ex pats are on the way to police stations across Thailand right now to report similar scams.

[OzMick]

He looks more like John Henry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Henry_%28folklore%29

[OzMick]

Wow! Ten thousand ex pats are on the way to police stations across Thailand right now to report similar scams.

I thought that it was strange that she always sent her ugly step-sister to pick up the money.

[TheShockMaster]

No report of where the woman's Bt74,560 went. These Nigerian scammers are in it for the long haul. That's quite an operation to set up and pull off.

[ratcatcher]

Another African arrested doing dodgy things. He'll soon make friends at Immigration Detention Center.

I couldn't help noticing the Abercrombie & Fitch Tee shirt on the trailing policeman. No doubt the real thing.

[Kananga]

Another African arrested doing dodgy things. He'll soon make friends at Immigration Detention Center.

I couldn't help noticing the Abercrombie & Fitch Tee shirt on the trailing policeman. No doubt the real thing.

Well considering how seriously the Thai authorities take Thailand's 'image' when it comes to fake goods I would say definitely.

[mca]

They became lovers .

[RickBradford]

This is the old romance scam -- nearly as nasty as the charity scams.

There are no depths to which these people will not sink to take money which is not theirs.

[guyrprobert]

Well if they are cracking down on this sort of activity then these police need to arrest a hell of alot of Isaan girls that do this day in and day out !!

[LucidLucifer]

'They became lovers'

I presume not in the literal sense, because it would be hard not to notice her silver-haired caucausian Brit had morphed into a 6 foot plus black man.

There is something sweetly ironic about this story.....although I can't quite put my finger on what it is....

[OzMick]

'They became lovers'

I presume not in the literal sense, because it would be hard not to notice her silver-haired caucausian Brit had morphed into a 6 foot plus black man.

Would she care if he had the B3 million dowry?

[LucidLucifer]

'They became lovers'

I presume not in the literal sense, because it would be hard not to notice her silver-haired caucausian Brit had morphed into a 6 foot plus black man.

Would she care if he had the B3 million dowry?

Of course not, but being 'lovers' with someone, in my eyes anyway, would involve a certain level of physical intimacy. I was talking in that sense.

[OzMick]

'They became lovers'

I presume not in the literal sense, because it would be hard not to notice her silver-haired caucausian Brit had morphed into a 6 foot plus black man.

Would she care if he had the B3 million dowry?

Of course not, but being 'lovers' with someone, in my eyes anyway, would involve a certain level of physical intimacy. I was talking in that sense.

the computerised version of phone sex - sorry my web cam is broken (but you take your clothes off)

[Thaddeus]

'They became lovers'

I presume not in the literal sense, because it would be hard not to notice her silver-haired caucausian Brit had morphed into a 6 foot plus black man.

Would she care if he had the B3 million dowry?

Of course not, but being 'lovers' with someone, in my eyes anyway, would involve a certain level of physical intimacy. I was talking in that sense.

Rapunzel, reversed?

Joe, Joe, let down your...........

[moe666]

Why would a sane person send money to someone they have never met.

[petedk]

Just been trying to teach a Thai student the word "Greed".

Sent from my GT-I9100 using Thaivisa Connect App

[Boater]

Why would a sane person send money to someone they have never met.

These Nigerian scams only work on people fueled with greed , this leafy was led to believe she was going to get 3 million thb !

Same with the black money scam ...

As the other poster said , there are many thai ladies pulling similar scams here in Thailand , what is to say she hadn't scammed a westerner out of that money .. Karma ?

They are many more out there

[edwardandtubs]

Why didn't she just tell him to deduct the Bt74,560 from the sin sot? It's difficult to have sympathy for such gullible and greedy people.

[prighas]

the funniest part of all this is he used the picture of a Lebanese veteran politician known as Sleiman Frangieh. Here's his website: http://www.sleimanfrangieh.com/ and the picture from his facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/people/Sleiman-Frangieh/1542249468.

[osiboy]

so now she will be visiting her lover in the hilton instead of the grace ??

[OzMick]

the funniest part of all this is he used the picture of a Lebanese veteran politician known as Sleiman Frangieh. Here's his website: http://www.sleimanfrangieh.com/ and the picture from his facebook page: http://www.facebook....gieh/1542249468.

Well if he's interested in a Thai bride, somebody's done the spadework for him. All he needs now is B3 million.

[sirchai]

A sting operation was set up at a local mall, where the Nigerian suspect came to pick up the money.

Gotta love FACEBOOK........

Is the guy behind him the Thai woman's husband pushing him???

[OzMick]

so now she will be visiting her lover in the hilton instead of the grace ??

".... looking for love in all the wrong places

Looking for love in too many faces......" Waylon J

[ANTIRACIST]

This is not a news to me,our Thais sisters are the grand Masters,they do this with farangs,marry old and dying farang,poison him or give him sex till he dies,after he must have bought a house in her name.

Greed made her send money to her fellow greedy partner,the police should arrest the Thais girl too if they want to eradicate this sort of Scam in our country.

[sirchai]

This is not a news to me,our Thais sisters are the grand Masters,they do this with farangs,marry old and dying farang,poison him or give him sex till he dies,after he must have bought a house in her name.

Greed made her send money to her fellow greedy partner,the police should arrest the Thais girl too if they want to eradicate this sort of Scam in our country.

You're right! But obviously there are "givers" and "takers" all over the planet. One of your sisters is my wife and she's cool....

Dying on or under one of your sisters might be a trustworthy way of reaching Nirvana in our country....

[MEL1]

I'm not sorry to say I have no sympathy for her whatsoever.

To send that kind of money to somebody purporting that they have millions, of thai baht that is, is just madness.

To connect with somebody online that doesn't have a webcam, and agree to marriage, is just downright thick!

Any woman with half-sense would be aware or very wary of dupes and scams.

So there we have it: She didn't see him once on a live webcam (which would be the normal thing to pursue), had no idea what he looked like, sent him a ridiculous amount of money, offered marriage to a guy she had no real idea about but said they had fallen in 'love', and ended up duped.

More fool the thicko, even if this guy was a scam artist.

Thai girls need to learn their lessons, just as farangs had to over the years!!!!

-mel.

[phiphidon]

Now I read that headline and thought to myself, There's no way that Mark Zuckerberg is Nigerian....................

[sirchai]

No racism please!

A school mate of my girl friend a long time ago got raped by a colored guy. She wasn't the brightest at all, the guy got busted and did his time.

When she sat at school next to my ex gf a few weeks later, she said: " I'm so scared that I'm pregnant. If so the baby will speak English then! "

Time to sue Mark Zuckerberg.....

He was Nigerian.

It happened in a country where people usually speak German............

[Nisa]

Maybe there should be classes and a license required before allowing people access to the internet.