Samui's terminally ill cancer lady turns out to be fraud

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Samui's terminally ill cancer lady turns out to be fraud



KOH SAMUI: -- The plight of the lady struggling to end her final days in Samui after discovering she had terminal cancer and wishing to die here, where she found happiness 11 years go on vacation took a dramatic turn today.

After publishing a letter from a caring member of our community who was concerned that the lady, (he discovered in the hotel she spent time in eleven years ago that is now derelict) would end up spending her last hours in Nathon hospital rather than on the beach as she planned, offers of help came flooding in.

It seemed that many members of the Samui community and beyond wanted to do all they could for Christine, a 57 year old German woman who told her rescuers that she did not want her full name to be used in the paper or on the small TV reports bringing her plight to the world’s attention.

When a local couple who wished to remain anonymous offered to pay for Christine’s medical bills, put her up in their home, provide food and nursing care and take care of all her final arrangements as well as her funeral, everybody who had read about her story shed yet another tear, this time of joy that there could be so much genuine love and affection for the woman from total strangers. Christine herself was overwhelmed by the offer, which she accepted , only she insisted that she would she would be happier to end her days in her own bungalow on the beach, a request the family were happy accommodate and a bungalow was found in Maenam, despite the additional cost.

However, when somebody at the embassy read about Christine’s story in the Samui Times alarm bells started to ring, the name and age were wrong but the story of a lone German woman causing chaos in Samui was all too familiar.

Here in Samui checks for Christine brought up nothing, attempts to find any family member failed, Christine told the Samui Time that she had no relatives, had lost her passport, money and possessions and was all alone in the world, and on the strength of that our community quickly came to her aid.

Back at the embassy checks were being made into a woman who arrived in Samui in July, checked into a hotel in lamai paid for two weeks accommodation, stayed for another six weeks and then disappeared leaving a 49,000 baht bill. The hotel called the embassy to report the woman missing. Her passport , left as security, had at this point expired along with her visa.

A call was put in to the German Consol on Koh Samui and he quickly got in touch with the family who were taking Christine in. That call came today just as the family were about to pay Christine’s hospital bill, minutes before she would be whisked off to her new and comfortable home on the beach, with nursing care, food and Christmas decorations.

When the consul arrived at the hospital it became clear that the missing lady from the hotel in Lamai and Christine were in fact the same person, he had lied about her name, she had lied about her circumstances and she had even diabolically lied about her illness. Christine certainly does not have cancer, in fact checks have now shown there is in fact nothing wrong with her other than her being underweight, despite putting on 2 kilos since she has been in the hospital. The fact that she lie about her name certainly explains why family and embassy checks brought up nothing. She does in fact have a sister in Germany, who she asked us not to contact.

The lady who managed to con not only our community in Samui but Samui Times reader around the world, her rescuer and our team showed little remorse when interviewed by our correspondent today as she relaxed on her hospital bed surrounded by patients who are actually dying, and the people she had cruelly deceived Despite pleading poverty up until today when faced with the prospect of going to jail and then the Immigration Detention Centre in Bangkok if she did not pay off her hotel bill, her hospital bill, her overstay, her flight home and the cost of an emergency travel document, she asked to use the phone to call her bank in Germany to change the amount she could withdraw from her account with her ATM and Credit card. The only real explanation she gave was that she felt that nobody in Germany really took care of her and came here hoping to invent and illness to make people feel sorry for her and take care of her. The once successful lawyer had really nothing else to say on the matter and showed very little emotion, other than being slightly annoyed the game was up. Although there is clearly something wrong with the woman she spoke intelligibly and had no problem processing any of our questions.

Thankfully the article in the Samui Time was spotted in the nick of time, Christine’s true identity was revealed before any bills were paid on her behalf and before the bungalow was paid for. It was a close call but in the end no real harm was done. What it did achieve was the discovery of angels in our community and sadly in Christine’s case that there are others in our community who walk on the other end of the moral spectrum.


-- Samui Times 2014-12-18

[rheinwiese]

Disgusting

[Pomthai]

Might not be physically ill. But I'd imagine mental ill - probably some sort of depression.

[BeforeTigers]

Forget her, let's think about the people that stepped up when they thought her story was real.

I mean, sure, there are probably literally hundreds, if not thousands, of Thais that are in equally dire circumstances with no kindly expat community to support them, but that aside, it was pretty generous.

[andygunther]

This kind of persons we don't need here !!!

Let her swim back home ...

[Mango Bob]

This is the second German person to do this in last month or so. Remember elephant foot.

[colinneil]

Reading this makes me feel sick.That anybody can try pulling stunts like that is beyond belief.

[justanotheroldhippy]

Forget her, let's think about the people that stepped up when they thought her story was real.

I mean, sure, there are probably literally hundreds, if not thousands, of Thais that are in equally dire circumstances with no kindly expat community to support them, but that aside, it was pretty generous.

Well said! It showed that Samui really does have some fantastic people who are ready and willing to step in to help someone in need... it sort of balances out the cynicism this woman has created with her deplorable behaviour. Well done to all those who were willing to do something!

[khunPer]

That’s cruel and bad to do.

And sad, because when one day a person really is in need of help, good-hearted people may not wish to help any more – may think it’s just another fraud...

[angsta]

I imagine she fits right in

Nice work.

[lee b]

Discrace of a women to do this, thinking of number 1. I would slap her in the detention center and leave her there for the next 11 years!

[mrtoad]

She should team up with elephant leg bloke, they'd make a lovely couple

[somchaismith]

Poor old lady was just after a bit of care and attention.

[SOTIRIOS]

......and the reason for hiding her face...........???

....she might have scammed others along the way.....

[BigC]

I am sick to my stomach

If she wants to die then I am sure plenty of people can help her with that

[BigC]

Might not be physically ill. But I'd imagine mental ill - probably some sort of depression.

More like compulsive lying disorder

She quickly coughed up the cash when scared about jail

She should be able to live the rest of her life in samui but in samui's district prison

Pretending she is dying be careful when that day happens as no one shall care. Need to get her name and gave and show the world

[slipperylobster]

Suckers...

I read the replies....everyone ran to help, without checking.

This is Thailand.....

I would help in a heartbeat, but I would want the story verified first.

Please do not believe every post you read here, as Gospel.

[strapper1]

"the once successful lawyer had really nothing else to say on the matter and showed very little emotion, other than being slightly annoyed the game was up"

What could have possibly gone wrong in her life, to have made her resort to this? It really makes you wonder!

[sydneyjed]

Yes one bad apple in the cart but one thing it appears that there are some very kind giving generous people in and around Lamai...

Let's hope this low life scum of a person will have no bearing on the next unfortunate person who is genuinely sick and out of luck.

Good on you guys there for instilling my confidence in mankind..God Bless You All!

[evadgib]

The only positive would appear to be another hats off to ST for putting their hands up & exposing the con.

[Oilhound]

They should put her real name up on here.

[landslide]

I feel sorry for the kind Thai woman who brought this fraud food and water on a daily basis at the closed resort.

[Anthony5]

Hope this is another lesson for the naive members on this forum.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/783609-help-needed-for-a-terminally-ill-lady-who-wishes-to-spend-her-few-remaining-days-in-samui/

[Suffinator]

At least this story highlights the fact that there are still a lot of caring people in the world ... giving is the most admirable trait.

[KarenBravo]

Predictable behaviour if an ex-lawyer.

[carmine]

Hope this is another lesson for the naive members on this forum.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/783609-help-needed-for-a-terminally-ill-lady-who-wishes-to-spend-her-few-remaining-days-in-samui/

If members naive failings is their kindness then thats fine with me.

[Anthony5]

Hope this is another lesson for the naive members on this forum.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/783609-help-needed-for-a-terminally-ill-lady-who-wishes-to-spend-her-few-remaining-days-in-samui/

If members naive failings is their kindness then thats fine with me.

Has nothing to do with kindness, I saw the original thread right when it was posted, and smelled a rat right away.

The reason I didn't post my views in the original thread was because I would have been slagged off by those kind (naive) people on this forum.

[smotherb]

Forget her, let's think about the people that stepped up when they thought her story was real.

I mean, sure, there are probably literally hundreds, if not thousands, of Thais that are in equally dire circumstances with no kindly expat community to support them, but that aside, it was pretty generous.

Well said! It showed that Samui really does have some fantastic people who are ready and willing to step in to help someone in need... it sort of balances out the cynicism this woman has created with her deplorable behaviour. Well done to all those who were willing to do something!

And, what is the moral to this story?

[arjunadawn]

It is just not true that no harm was done. How you chose to measure "harm" could lead this conclusion, but this woman harmed many people. Most of all she harmed all those who have real problems and in some manner touch the lives of the readers here in the future. It is also not true that this woman has mental problems. Someone does not have to have a mental or emotional disability for us to process they are simply a piece of shit. Some or just predators. She should be made to do time in a facility where she learns what it feels like to get "injections" all day long, feel nauseous, and fight for survival. Everyone who read that bitch's story was a victim.

[Jonmarleesco]

Well, we always knew lawyers were slick; though apparently not always adept with money. But how did she obtain a visa in a passport that was evidently so close to its expiry date?