Woman rescued from love scam

[Thaivisa News]

Songkhla: – Police have raided a Hat Yai home and rescued a woman detained by her boyfriend.

Captain Ekkarat Pitak of Hat Yai police station led the yesterday’s raid at the home in Tambon Kho Hong, Hat Yai district.

The woman’s relatives filed a complaint about alleged detention involving the boyfriend Wattana Chaichana, 41.

To rescue the woman, the police team had to cut open two locked gates. While police were trying to gain access into the house, Wattana fled to hide in a nearby house.

Wattana later surrendered to police after Ekkarat convinced him that the raid team had already blocked all possible escape routes.

Based on the statement of the woman’s relatives, Wattana was a police imposter. He lured the woman to fall for him by claiming he was police officer of the Crime Suppression Division.

The woman, who is a spinster, has been the victim of his love scam. She spent more than one million baht on him for the past four years.

Subsequently, she found out that he was the imposter and that he already had a wife.

She tried to distance herself and to sever their relationship. But he kept on pestering her.

As she tried to reason with him in asking for him to return her car, he allegedly detained and beat her for his sexual pleasure.

After she was locked in his house, she called her relatives seeking help. This prompted the relatives to alert police.

Pending the completion of police report, the relatives wanted police to charge him for physical assault and illegal detention.

In his statement, the suspect said the incident was a misunderstanding. He said he did not detain the victim.

He said he locked the house for security reason as he was cooking a meal for his “girlfriend” in the kitchen located at the back of the house.

[SneekyPete]

Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater.

And I thought all nursery rhymes were imaginery!

[Manbing]

Love Scam?

I believe where I come from this is called kidnapping and illegal imprisonment

[TheFishman1]

He lock up because his cooking is so special he did not want anybody to kitnap it sounds resonable for Thailand Really

[FredNL]

A Thai copy of the Nigerian Love Scam ?!

[godden]

lock them both up and throw the key away

[Geordie59]

And he will probably get more punishment for posing as a cop than for kidnapping or rape.

[Squeegee]

Seems Thai criminals and nutjobs are oft misunderstood.

Nice to see them use the excuse on one of their own, as opposed to beating a foreigner senseless before claiming the same.

[lostinisaan]

Pending the completion of police report, the relatives wanted police to charge him for physical assault and illegal detention.

And and and and?????/

[Thakkar]

Smart enough to scam her out of a million baht, but dumb enough to leave her locked in a room, with access to a phone.

Maybe his smartness just comes and goes, like pain from an old war wound.

T

[SOTIRIOS]

...the opposite would be....the woman...locking the man out of the house.....has that scenario been suggested to any of us.....

[ggt]

Subsequently, she found out that he was the imposter and that he already had a wife.

Now...If someone could rescue the thousands of foreign men unknowingly living with married Thai women...that would be a good story...

[klauskunkel]

Spinster woman love scam victim of police imposter bigamist

- there, that's a headline!

[bangon04]

"

Based on the statement of the woman’s relatives, Wattana was a police imposter. He lured the woman to fall for him by claiming he was police officer of the Crime Suppression Division.

The woman, who is a spinster, has been the victim of his love scam. She spent more than one million baht on him for the past four years."

It had seemed like a good investment at the start....... but the rate of return was not as good as expected.

[cookee68]

Had she had the I.Q of an apple she would have sussed this man out before 4 years, and his status is what she fell for, not his looks then realised he was a fake, well it is Thailand the land of the dull

[jacko45k]

...the opposite would be....the woman...locking the man out of the house.....has that scenario been suggested to any of us.....

Well it was HIS house that she was locked in or he was locked out of!

[jerojero]

Fake police officer, spinster, love scam, locked up..... You can't make this s**t up! Better than soaps! Ha ha

[terminatorchiangmai]

1 million in 4 years that's around 20.000 bath per month, didn't know spinners get that much paid.

[Rhys]

Just sad.