British dog lover fears Thai stranger conned her out of 7,000 Pounds

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Dog lover fears Thai stranger conned her out of £7,000
Sophie Grubb

OXFORD: -- A DOG lover fears she has been conned out of £7,000 which she spent trying to save an abandoned pooch she fell for online.

Jirral Darmoise, 45, flew to Bangkok in Thailand on Sunday after a costly year-long battle to adopt a St. Bernard called Balloon.

The Oxford artist sold her possessions to pay to keep the homeless dog alive, before flying to collect him from his Thai "rescuer". But the woman - who she fears has pocketed the cash meant to nurse "mangled" Balloon back to health - refused to hand him over.

Full story: http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/14405325.Dog_lover_fears_Thai_stranger_conned_her_out_of___7_000/

-- Oxford Mail 2016-04-06

[ezzra]

Is there a shortage of dogs needing rescue in the UK or closer to home Europe that she has to travel all the

way to BKK to rescue a single dog?

sometimes people do things that boggles the minds and expect that everything will be all right,

so in this case, the good Samaritan got swindled due to her own too trusting nature and wanting

to do a good deed....

[Thechook]

You got scammed lady. What idiot would jump into something online asking for money? You have bugger all chance of getting your money back and there is probably other idiots sending this thai woman money for the dog that she is probably abusing for profit.

[stoneyboy]

Ruff.

[Smiley Face]

She shouldn't feel too bad, there are plenty of UK men who got 'scammed' out of a heck of a lot more by Thai women who needed money to take care of their buffalo!

[tomwct]

The Thai lady is just looking for her bonus from a rich farang woman.

[colinneil]

Has this woman no brains?

Who in their right mind would part with money like that after seeing photos of a dog.

[halloween]

Some people are so stupid, it's almost criminal NOT to separate them from their money.

[happy Joe]

Thank you Thai woman to get rid of these institutional morons are these alleged dog lover.

Especially exotic dogs, huh, living thousands of kilometers. It's more chic at lounge to recount friends.

Friendly advice for this brave Thai, increase requests. £7,000 are very few in relation of human stupidity which as everyone knows is boundless,

Edited April 6, 2016 by happy Joe

[jacko45k]

No you can't have it.

I need to rub dirt and glue into it's fur and starve it for a short while and then get some photographs taken.

Move on, next!

[getithere328]

What a Pedigree Chump

[harrycallahan]

She sponsored the dog!

[metisdead]

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[AlQaholic]

OMG!!

[raphoedon]

I'm sorry to say it but the lady artist from Oxford is obviously barking mad. To travel halfway around the world to rescue a dog that may or may not exist makes no sense.
There are thousands of dogs in the UK needing good homes and families please go back and rescue one of these.

Please, everyone shared this with your paw your meow and some real people.

If you insist on helping a sick puppy you can contact this sick puppy , <email removed as per forum rules>
Cobb khun Krap

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[leeneeds]

maybe the lady was an ex taxi driver

who just got lucky ,

[Barnet]

Thainess at its best!

[Thian]

Just go to a temple and find another dog, there are loads of them at every temple.

[chasntong]

Well named Balloon, not sure whether is should of been her name rather than the dogs though, don't feel to bad for her as it wasn't all her money she created an online fundraising page to raise money for medical bills and flights, and of course the obligatory go fund me page,

[klauskunkel]

conned out of £7,000 which she spent trying to save an abandoned pooch she fell for online

Nigerianism?

[gandalf12]

She is an idiot. The dog may not even exist in reality. Anyone can get a photo of a dog and post it online. I would have thought there are more pressing cases that could use the money and not necessarily in saving a mutt. Being so stupid she deserves to be conned

[mihalis]

Hmmmmmm

[Gandtee]

Is there a shortage of dogs needing rescue in the UK or closer to home Europe that she has to travel all the

way to BKK to rescue a single dog?

sometimes people do things that boggles the minds and expect that everything will be all right,

so in this case, the good Samaritan got swindled due to her own too trusting nature and wanting

to do a good deed....

I can sell her the Victory Monument if she is interested. Title deeds are available.

[Will2011]

She is an idiot. The dog may not even exist in reality. Anyone can get a photo of a dog and post it online. I would have thought there are more pressing cases that could use the money and not necessarily in saving a mutt. Being so stupid she deserves to be conned

She might not be the only idiot here. If you just read the article, you wouldn't assume and write things without knowing the whole story.

[pauleddy]

Surely the quarantine laws (i.e. taking a sick dog/any mutt... back to the UK!) still exist? I think it used to be 12 months or 6 months in a kennel, not cheap...especially for a huge doggy. Or has the law changed?

Presumably she would want to take it home?

Yes, she isn't holding a full deck, by the look of it.

Eddy

[Goldieinkathu]

Sad to read this, I hope that news like this doesn't affect donations to genuine rescue groups like Soi dog who do such great work in Thailand.

[ratcatcher]

The Lady and the Tramp.

[gyrosman]

It takes all kind. A sucker borne every minute.

[ozyjon]

Maybe she is not that silly, on the other hand she might

be drawing publicity to her cause raking in mucho dollars.

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

Who's the chump now.

[sanukjim]

As David Hannum stated when talking about Barnum "There is a sucker born every minuet.".Do you think that she might want to invest in beach property in Pattaya ?