Police arrest Udon woman involved in multi million baht Facebook scam

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Police arrest Udon woman involved in multi million baht Facebook scam


Image: Thairath

UDON THANI:-- Police announced the arrest of an Udon woman Tuesday who they say is part of a gang of fraudsters tricking people online out of millions of baht.

They say Tawanna (or Na) Traosan conned people online into transferring money in fraudulent schemes connected to Malaysia, reports Thairath.

There are expected to be at least 40 victims with the total defrauded exceeding 40 million baht.

Tawanna has initially been arrested after approaching people to open accounts that were used in the frauds that are expected to involve three "dark skinned" foreigners who are hiding abroad.

It was also found that Tawanna was wanted in connection with another fraud worth 17 million baht.

Her arrest relates to a scheme called the "Romance Scam" where random people are befriended using Facebook. A weakness or item of special interest is found in the unsuspecting new 'friend' with the gang then asking for help in securing money from abroad.

Investigations continue to track down all the gang members.

Source: Thairath


-- 2016-05-04

[shirtless]

I hope she gets 10 years , Thais need to wke up most of the internet is full of scammers,

[colinneil]

She was arrested as government officials dont like competition.

[Lupatria]

She is living proof the slogan: "Trust me- we are Thai" still works for some morons!

[simon43]

... the frauds that are expected to involve three "dark skinned" foreigners who are hiding abroad.

I can lend them a map of Lagos if they want

[Tanlic]

Dark skinned foreigners...thats a lotta people could it have been.Obama and family? They will be out of a job soon and could need the money

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[mihalis]

I hope she gets 10 years , Thais need to wke up most of the internet is full of scammers,

Thais, Australians were scammed in the millions last year alone...

[Old Croc]

I knew a Thai lady who was about to send a large amount of money to a transport company to retrieve what she thought was a box full of cash sent to her by her US soldier suitor working in the middle east. Customs duty needed to be paid. She wanted to borrow from my wife to get this box. The company sent her x-ray pictures of the box showing large amounts of cash.

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She didn't want to believe it was a Nigerian scam until I showed her some old Thaivisa threads about some very similar schemes. She reported it to the police

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I seem to recall a Nigerian was arrested some months back in relation to this scam.. This lady may be the one on the phone from the fake transport company seeking the duty. She added realism to the story.

[gandalf12]

Does this mean the millions of dollars I have won in Microsoft and BMW lottery draws are not real? Come on surly Microsoft and BMW wouldn't con you.

[jlwilliamsjr18]

Key Words...""dark skinned" foreigners"

[johncat1]

I knew a Thai lady who was about to send a large amount of money to a transport company to retrieve what she thought was a box full of cash sent to her by her US soldier suitor working in the middle east. Customs duty needed to be paid. She wanted to borrow from my wife to get this box. The company sent her x-ray pictures of the box showing large amounts of cash.

​

She didn't want to believe it was a Nigerian scam until I showed her some old Thaivisa threads about some very similar schemes. She reported it to the police

.

I seem to recall a Nigerian was arrested some months back in relation to this scam.. This lady may be the one on the phone from the fake transport company seeking the duty. She added realism to the story.

I have had similar experiences with gullible Thais . One such incident the Thai ( a teacher ) was so angry with me for exposing a scam where she would send money in return for large sums of money. I told her to think about it and would she give large sums of money to a stranger ? After showing her many case files on the internet about Nigerian scams she reluctantly believed me but hated me for bursting her bubble.

Another case was similar to yours about a packet left at customs in Hong Kong and money had to be paid to release this package. My friend was scared because she knew nothing about a package but was going to pay the " custom fees " for fear of being arrested. I managed to convince her the sender always pays the customs fees not the reciever, and it was highly unlikely to be genuine. I told her if they contacted her again tell them her lawyers were dealing with it ... Nothing more was heard from them.

[The Deerhunter]

Does this mean the millions of dollars I have won in Microsoft and BMW lottery draws are not real? Come on surly Microsoft and BMW wouldn't con you.

Of course not. But you surely would get surly if they did.

[Bluespunk]

Key Words...""dark skinned" foreigners"

Nope, I'd say these are the key words

"Tawanna has initially been arrested after approaching people to open accounts that were used in the frauds"

and

"It was also found that Tawanna was wanted in connection with another fraud worth 17 million baht."

[KenKadz]

These scammers profit from a person's greed!

Nuff Said!

[Kabula]

A real heart breaker....

Her heart and soul will break in prison...

Hopefully she be sentenced to over seven years.

I bet they'll find the rest of the scoundrels.

Hopefully they'll find the money as well.

[lostmebike]

She was arrested as government officials dont like competition.

Great

[wvavin]

You can't force a cow to drink!

[The Deerhunter]

She was arrested as government officials dont like competition.

Great

It is fun and easy to be cynical seeing the many things we have seen in the past. But, my impression is we are seeing quite a lot of good and prompt police work lately. It is almost like the force has woken up and decided to do what we always though it should do but never dared hope it would.

Some good investigation and good quick arrests on a lot of cases lately so it seems. (Unless some one is just publicizing their successes more, lately.)

Anyway, now if we can just hope for a similar bootstraps pull-up through the rest of the judicial system............

[menzies233]

If stupid people keep falling for stupid scams then tough luck! What sort of idiot would invest anything linked to Fartbook? Just look at the conniving swindling crook / thief who stole it and now runs it!

[trogers]

I knew a Thai lady who was about to send a large amount of money to a transport company to retrieve what she thought was a box full of cash sent to her by her US soldier suitor working in the middle east. Customs duty needed to be paid. She wanted to borrow from my wife to get this box. The company sent her x-ray pictures of the box showing large amounts of cash.

​

She didn't want to believe it was a Nigerian scam until I showed her some old Thaivisa threads about some very similar schemes. She reported it to the police

.

I seem to recall a Nigerian was arrested some months back in relation to this scam.. This lady may be the one on the phone from the fake transport company seeking the duty. She added realism to the story.

Easy to be scammed when one intends to use borrowed money to get rich...

[bitcoinforever]

they are not gullible they are greedy. YOU CAN NEVER SCAM AN HONEST MAN. shows you how dishonest they are---- shame on they

[ozyjon]

Fat chance getting money out of me

but

i can send you any amount you want,

just send me $230 to release bank funds.

Sucker.

[Mook23]

I hope she gets 10 years , Thais need to wke up most of the internet is full of scammers,

Lol. Plane ticket bought through Thai agent. 56000tgb. Dame day same ticket bought through airline site 29000 thb. Thai rak Thai. In the land of blind...

[patrick1968]

1 down ,,,1000 to go next ..

[arrowsdawdle]

The cop in the OP photo is looking like he is filled with respect and dreaming of marrying her.

[In the jungle]

I think the cop is asking her to explain the scam in every detail.

Because his wife has some spare time.

[stereolab]

I think the cop is asking her to explain the scam in every detail.

Because his wife has some spare time.

Also his Mia noi is at a loose end.

[hoffy66]

You can't force a cow to drink!

Where the hell did you find that saying?? i know one " you can lead a horse to water , but you cannot me it drink??"

[Whyamiandwhatamidoinghere]

I know of a few girls that fell for the romance sham. They like to target girls in the financial sector.

[gandalf12]

Does this mean the millions of dollars I have won in Microsoft and BMW lottery draws are not real? Come on surly Microsoft and BMW wouldn't con you.

Of course not. But you surely would get surly if they did.

Quite agree and I am about to get surly with my sticking keys