Two arrested for silver fraud, misusing shopowner's e-mail

[Lite Beer]

Two arrested for silver fraud, misusing shopowner's e-mail
The Nation

Chiang Mai police have arrested a Nigerian man and his Thai girlfriend for allegedly impersonating another woman after stealing her e-mail password and duping her foreign clients into paying large sums for silverware, which they never received.

Shola Rotimi Oluwole and Wannakorn Sukming have been charged with illegally altering someone else's information and stealing their identity under the Computer Crimes law. They have also been charged with fraud under the Criminal Code.

The victim, Achara Phatthong, who has a shop selling silverware in Muang district, told police that two of her clients complained that they had jointly paid Bt101,644 after allegedly receiving an e-mail from her offering to sell silverware at especially low prices.

The Nigerian and his girlfriend were arrested in Bangkok on January 13. Wannakorn said Oluwole had asked her to open an account with the Bank of Ayudhya, which he used to receive money from the two clients and used the bank's cash card to withdraw it. The card was found on him after the arrests.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Two-arrested-for-silver-fraud-misusing-shopowners--30252088.html

-- The Nation 2015-01-17

[stopthegreed]

Who would have thought a Nigerian would get involved in fraud, quite shocking, these people would never do such a thing, Unbelievable.

[klauskunkel]

Fusing 'Nigerianess' with 'Thainess'...fraud hybridization.

[lemonjelly]

Fusing 'Nigerianess' with 'Thainess'...fraud hybridization.

Thaigerians ?

i still get occasional emails from sexy US Army G.I. chicks serving in Iraq ....... in reality probably a little runt sitting in an email cafe somewhere in Lagos

........... what is it with the Africans in Thailand?...... they all seem a bit ....... shifty.

[12DrinkMore]

Fusing 'Nigerianess' with 'Thainess'...fraud hybridization.

If this takes off, we could claim to be the

"Hub of Thaigerian Fraud"

[noitom]

This would be a federal crime in the US - Wire Fraud.

[wabothai]

Part of a solution of the "Nigerian problem" would be to temporarily confiscate their passports when entering.

Give them a copy witth a signed note by immigration officials.

[LuckyLew]

Part of a solution of the "Nigerian problem" would be to temporarily confiscate their passports when entering.

Give them a copy witth a signed note by immigration officials.

It would be a crime to confiscate their passports

and racists and reek of discrimination, not all Nigerians are criminals, just seems we only read about the bad apples

[thhMan]

Its getting to the stage where Political Correctness is the case for not saying anything for fear of being singled out for expressing ones views

Some countries have an impression that goes with them... Aussies are Beer and Shrimps on the Barbie.. Nigerians are emails and scams.... You cant deny public perception

[Nemesis7]

Even in Myanmar the Nigerians are involved in to fraudulent activities, they were found doing all sort of frauding in Nepal, Bangladesh, srilanka, India, thailand, Cambodia I bet all over south eadt asia.

Because of them the country have earned a very very nehetive image. I truly feel their entry must be made restricted .

[Fiddlesticks]

The question remains, do these Nigerian fraudsters come to Thailand to teach their evil ways or to be taught the finer points of fraud? Hmmmmm?

[wabothai]

There is too much (thousands) of this scum running around in every country in the world.

The parasites pray on the defenseless and need to be stopped. Too bad the good ones have to suffer the consequences of crimes of their own countrymen.

No merci !!

[Sviss Geez]

This would be a federal crime in the US - Wire Fraud.

It's a crime here also...

"Shola Rotimi Oluwole and Wannakorn Sukming have been charged with illegally altering someone else's information and stealing their identity under the Computer Crimes law. They have also been charged with fraud under the Criminal Code."

[Sviss Geez]

Part of a solution of the "Nigerian problem" would be to temporarily confiscate their passports when entering.

Give them a copy witth a signed note by immigration officials.

And how would you provide a solution to the illegal act of confiscating the passports?