Thai Woman Scammed Out Of 200,000 Baht By ' Nigerian 419' Approach

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Thai Woman Scammed out of 200,000 Baht on Internet

SAMUT PRAKAN: -- Reports that Thai women, perhaps new to the internet are being scammed by ruthless conmen have continued this week, as another lady, this time in Samut Prakan, has been duped by the old “Nigerian 419” Approach

Many internet scammers have moved on from the “ dearly beloved” and “ my family member who died with 10 billion dollars in the bank” type of approaches that we have become used to, and are now befriending Thai women who use facebook.

Easily able to convince their prey that they are an amercian businessman, a soldier in Afghanistan or an Australian named Ferry Franklin, they quickly gain trust and go as far as to propose marriage, promising to transfer millions of baht to their new loved ones. But as one lady found out again this week, there is a catch. The scammers suddenly need money for taxes, documentation or transfer fees.

This week, a 35 year old, well educated woman transferred her savings of over 200,000 baht into the hands of the “virtual” man she trusted, only to find out she had been robbed.

Full story: http://www.pattaya103.com/thai-woman-scammed-out-of-200000-baht-on-internet/

--Pattaya 103 FM 2013-05-21

[jacko45k]

She was 'well educated', I beg to differ.

[HeavyDrinker]

Trink was writing about this back in the 1990s....

It's hard to have sympathy here....

Seems the lass never read her Night Owl....

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Woman conned by Facebook marriage scammers
By Coconuts Bangkok

BANGKOK: -- Nawaporn Chaiaumporn was in tears when she reported to the police that she was tricked out of TBH190,000 by a Facebook-based marriage scammer.

The Samut Prakan woman, 35, filed the complaint last Monday with the Bangkok Police’s Crime Suppression Division (CSD).

According to Nawaporn, a colleague of hers asked her to correspond in English with a foreign national through Facebook, beginning last May. The man introduced himself as Ferry Franklin and was impressed by what he had learned about her. He claimed that he wanted to marry Nawaporn.

Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2013/05/21/woman-conned-facebook-marriage-scammers


-- Coconuts Bangkok 2013-05-21

[Lancelot]

She was 'well educated', I beg to differ.

We can say the same about university educated foreign men that buy houses/farms/businesses in their grammer school educated Thai wife's name.

Back on topic, its not a one way street as Thai women are also scammed by foreigners...

[HeavyDrinker]

It's only 4000 quid....ish

I've scammed my missus out of far more than that....

[kotsak]

Haven't visited the 419eater.com website for ages.. I had plenty of laughs with what is being posted there..

[jes]

Xxxx happens. Not against the law to use your head. How many Farangs are scammed every day by Thai women?

Edited May 21, 2013 by metisdead
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[soi41]

The Nigerians are going to have a very good market here! With all the greedy Thai ladies around "looking for love"

I don't feel sorry for the victims, it is simply karma catching up!

[tingtongfarang]

There is a reason this scam works so well on the thais, Its easier to scam greedy people.

[Payboy]

I'm pretty sure the sick buffalo that I'm having taken care of in Roi-et is a genuine and deserving case.

[rkidlad]

This is no different to speculating with your money.

You invest money in the hope you make more money, but your investment offers no return because you were stupid and did no research.

Welcome to international capitalism.

[lee b]

I cant belive someone would be fooled by this scam. ! And it says above shes well educated, i say there is more brains in a glass ashtray !

[transam]

I cant belive someone would be fooled by this scam. ! And it says above shes well educated, i say there is more brains in a glass ashtray !

It's not a ''one way street'',

[TheShockMaster]

... and at no point in any of this long winded scam did she mention it to someone who might have turned around and told her she is mental?

[Stjohnm]

I'm pretty sure the sick buffalo that I'm having taken care of in Roi-et is a genuine and deserving case.

Ours was last seen in Aisle 11 (Frozen Lasagne freezer)

Edited May 21, 2013 by Stjohnm

[CrisRMenumate]

another "419" type scam is appearing with ads on FB and even on ThaiVisa for "MBA in 3 months on line" only to realise that the university (That doesn't actually exist) will confirm your MBA if you send Euro 499 for documentation and notarisation services... last you will see of that money. Advance payment scams are everywhere, usually you can tell by the poor english of the offers/proposals that its a scam. Beware!!!

[janderton]

what about the hundred thousands foreigners scammed by thai women? infinitesimal chances to report the trick to thai police or to go in the newspapers.

said that, are we really sure there's an actual nigerian behind that FB profile? i mean, every time i step into an internet shop i found the manager playing contemporarily with 5 different dateinasia's profiles...

Edited May 21, 2013 by janderton

[seajae]

hahahaha, you mean they will do anything if they think they can make money from it, sorry but if they are that stupid and simply that money orientated they are only getting what they deserve. For the ones that are "smitten" I am sorry for you but the rest, nada,

[blabla1]

Perfect country to scam,their greed is bigger than their sense...

[MikeOboe57]

I cant belive someone would be fooled by this scam. ! And it says above shes well educated, i say there is more brains in a glass ashtray !

It is not that easy. While there are scams floating around the internet that are pretty obvious to most of us, the very fact that they are still used is proof that they do succeed. A scammer fires of several hundreds of them from some crappy internet cafe in Lagos or wherever and if he gets one victim that pays via the usual Western Union or Moneygram agencies the scam has paid off. WU and MG are the preferred payment modality because once the money has been picked up it cannot be traced and recalled. A good indicator for a scam is the insisting on WU or MG, even if the scammer claims to be head of a bank.

Other scams are more sophisticated. Recently we managed to kill a facebook site of a "SLY Heart Foundation" asking for donation to do complicated heart surgery on children for free. The FB page was decorated with stolen pictures from children in hospital (including a Chinese toddler suffering from the tainted baby milk - labelled Kiki from Lebanon), medical personnel in action and a fake CV from the "founder" which I had the pleasure to "shoot down" personally. The page got over a thousand "likes" and most certainly enough donors who were willing to contribute to this noble "enterprise".

Dating scams are the most despicable. These criminals prey on lonely and desperate men or women by producing a fake personality - a Robert Redford look-alike oil rig worker who lost his wife and is struggling to raise his 8 year old daughter, or the young woman ( photo of model attached) who wants to escape a horrible environment in a refugee camp. After they have established a solid base of friendship they come up with stories of mishaps and ask for money. While most of their victims cut and run at this point, there are enough that are willing to help. Again, one in a thousand victims willing to pay is good enough to continue these scams.

Most of the scammers use prefabricated scripts they buy from "professionals" and pretty much get lost when they have to deviate from them. Often they work in teams. Once a victim is "hooked" then a more experienced scammer takes over, posing as "barrister" or "banker".

That subject is a lot more complex but I do not want to flood this thread.

edit: typo

Edited May 21, 2013 by MikeOboe57

[LuckyLew]

The well educate lady, lol

They must mean "well educated by Thai standards"

[A Member]

There is a reason this scam works so well on the thais, Its easier to scam greedy people.

There's a TV programme about a team of con artists that regularly uses the line " you can't con an honest man ( or woman ).

[daiwill60]

I cant belive someone would be fooled by this scam. ! And it says above shes well educated, i say there is more brains in a glass ashtray !

It is not that easy. While there are scams floating around the internet that are pretty obvious to most of us, the very fact that they are still used is proof that they do succeed. A scammer fires of several hundreds of them from some crappy internet cafe in Lagos or wherever and if he gets one victim that pays via the usual Western Union or Moneygram agencies the scam has paid off. WU and MG are the preferred payment modality because once the money has been picked up it cannot be traced and recalled. A good indicator for a scam is the insisting on WU or MG, even if the scammer claims to be head of a bank.

Other scams are more sophisticated. Recently we managed to kill a facebook site of a "SLY Heart Foundation" asking for donation to do complicated heart surgery on children for free. The FB page was decorated with stolen pictures from children in hospital (including a Chinese toddler suffering from the tainted baby milk - labelled Kiki from Lebanon), medical personnel in action and a fake CV from the "founder" which I had the pleasure to "shoot down" personally. The page got over a thousand "likes" and most certainly enough donors who were willing to contribute to this noble "enterprise".

Dating scams are the most despicable. These criminals prey on lonely and desperate men or women by producing a fake personality - a Robert Redford look-alike oil rig worker who lost his wife and is struggling to raise his 8 year old daughter, or the young woman ( photo of model attached) who wants to escape a horrible environment in a refugee camp. After they have established a solid base of friendship they come up with stories of mishaps and ask for money. While most of their victims cut and run at this point, there are enough that are willing to help. Again, one in a thousand victims willing to pay is good enough to continue these scams.

Most of the scammers use prefabricated scripts they buy from "professionals" and pretty much get lost when they have to deviate from them. Often they work in teams. Once a victim is "hooked" then a more experienced scammer takes over, posing as "barrister" or "banker".

That subject is a lot more complex but I do not want to flood this thread.

edit: typo

Yes, a Thai female friend of mine recently asked me to look at some guy who had befriended her on FB. He had picyures of his daughter and he ahd been educated in the UK but lived in a non existent part of the USA or somewhere etc etc . My friend copied the photo of his beautiful daughter and put it into Google search, only to find that the picture was part of a story of a young girl in The USA who had gone missing and later was found dead by some means or another. Luckily my Thai friend was not at all taken in by this sob story sad xxxx, who was using images like this to prey on people.

Edited May 21, 2013 by metisdead
Obscenity edited out.

[Pimay1]

I know some of us also get scammed sometimes by our true love here in LOS. And it is despicable when anyone gets scammed. Us or them. It is easy to judge people and say, money is god, stupid is as stupid does, greed and so on. But I look at the other side of the coin. Most of us want the same thing in life. A nice family and happiness until we depart this world. As we know poverty has a lot to do with decisions people make. I have no idea the level of education of this lady and it really doesn't matter. She was duped into believing she would have a better life. Of course there were red flags that either she didn't notice or ignored. And she was new to the Internet.

How many of us have had a high pressure salesman come to our door and convince us to buy something that we really didn't need? I think we need to lighten up, be a little more understanding and give our fellow man a break when they go through bad times.

Just my thoughts.

Edited May 21, 2013 by Pimay1

[chainarong]

Don't worry ,if it's any consolation, they still fall for these scams in Oz, dozens a month, they are told , but never listen and from all walks of life.

[Pimay1]

Don't worry ,if it's any consolation, they still fall for these scams in Oz, dozens a month, they are told , but never listen and from all walks of life.

Same, same in the US.

[chainarong]

I'm pretty sure the sick buffalo that I'm having taken care of in Roi-et is a genuine and deserving case.

What, not again!!!

[greg71]

I live at On Nut area close to seacon square this is where many of these 419 scams are occuring from .Once had a guy from Ghana ask was i christian etc etc then the scam started ,brazen beyond belief.I muttered that im married to a police officer and he was gone .Another tried to say he was a pro football player in the Vietnam league then hit me up for bank transfer.Anyway a fool and there money are easily parted

[culicine]

She was 'well educated', I beg to differ.

She was 'well educated', I beg to differ.

Well educated maybe...but perhaps also lonely and/or greedy.