Thai woman falls for "Randy" the handsome US Army general in million baht "Romance scam"

[oxo1947]

This is so old i cant believe these women fall for it , these guys are scamming the scammers.

But you can believe someone thinks their G/F has a sick buffalo---- and that their brother is staying to help her out when their away.

"these guys are scamming the scammers."...........so this woman made her living as a con artist not working in an office, as reported.

Sorry I didn't have the inside information about her that you have, & are about to share with us all........please go ahead.

There are a lot of lonely people out there (both sexs)

[sahibji]

there are so many cases of similar nature. yet greed or simple naivety takes the better of human beings.

impossible to prevent this sort of behaviour and the resultant impacts.

[Thaidream]

People in this World are lonely and it is easy to believe someone when that is the case. The scammers whether they be African or Thai are no different. Their only goal is money. Both set up their victims in their own way and once they catch the fish and the hook is in- there is no letting loose. the difference is that the Thai 'ladies' who are doing this present themselves for what they are- and the men simply give them their money. Actually, not against the law. The African scammers are actually stealing someone's identity; misrepresenting a situation and presenting forged documents. Clearly a difference. One situation is unethical and immoral the other is pure theft.

[connda]

Didn't know that Zambians had a near perfect American accent.

"What? Thais can't discern between Americans and Zambians"

Hummm. Handsome American from European ancestor looking for gullible Thai 'beauty' with mega-baht for romance and happiness. Simply write to [email protected]

<caveat: this IS lampoon and not in anyway serious> Crikey, nowadays you can never tell what idiots will take you serious.

[Thaidream]

The Africans do not need to even speak English- they hire others to do their dirty work. It is simple to call someone from Thailand and make it seem like the call came from another country. Technology is wonderful ifused in the right way but unfortunately there are a minority of people who use it to steal.

[nodomino]

Many years back when the internet was new there were 'chat rooms' that I, a naïve 55 year old, came into contact with a persuasive young thing in Taiwan. In a matter of a dozen chats she had me primed to send her money. I was possessed of the idea of helping her (and myself) and literally could think of little else. Those exchanges over the internet were exceedingly compelling. In my experience I had never had such personal impersonal conversation and that I could get to the point of parting with cash was amazing. In the end I just stopped corresponding and it all faded away very quickly but it left me with the some knowledge of how easy it might be to get conned and become one of those pathetic individuals who had never gotten any sympathy from me. This kind of con is pretty much the same as that which telephone solicitors use and I NEVER< EVER would consider with parting with my money over the phone...even with business's that I was familiar with let alone totally unknown individuals. Somewhere from there to here I simply stopped believing most of what I hear or read and am better off for it.

Edited June 6, 2016 by nodomino

[halloween]

Many years back when the internet was new there were 'chat rooms' that I, a naïve 55 year old, came into contact with a persuasive young thing in Taiwan. In a matter of a dozen chats she had me primed to send her money. I was possessed of the idea of helping her (and myself) and literally could think of little else. Those exchanges over the internet were exceedingly compelling. In my experience I had never had such personal impersonal conversation and that I could get to the point of parting with cash was amazing. In the end I just stopped corresponding and it all faded away very quickly but it left me with the some knowledge of how easy it might be to get conned and become one of those pathetic individuals who had never gotten any sympathy from me. This kind of con is pretty much the same as that which telephone solicitors use and I NEVER< EVER would consider with parting with my money over the phone...even with business's that I was familiar with let alone totally unknown individuals. Somewhere from there to here I simply stopped believing most of what I hear or read and am better off for it.

If anyone ever comes up with an injection for scepticism, i would have my kids lined up in a wink.

[DJVillain]

Lock the bastards up in Bang Kwang and throw away the key!

[djlest]

Its great - Karma is a biatch! All those Thais looking for a rich Farang guy are getting dose of Karma - If only the BGs were rich enough to fall for it...

[greenchair]

No different from the Thai girls that scam old men on the net everyday. Mum's in hospital. Let me help you set up a business .

[retarius]

smelt?

It's English…the past participle of smell. English people use it interchangeably with smelled. Hey it's our language.

[retarius]

Not much of a businesswoman is she? Handing over nearly 1 million baht before asking any questions?

[Khon Kaen Dave]

A real Tink tonk Tina this one.You mean to tell me that after a few weeks,it wasnt in her mind to ask 'the general' for his post,and company address.Also his battalion and serial number.Also his phone number would have been good.

And thais laugh at us because they think we are stupid.(well,i suppose some of us are)

[Colabamumbai]

Just this morning I was contacted regarding a sum of 20 million as a beneficiary left in a Nigerian bank and would I send all my bank details, which I have done , however I am still waiting for the money a Mr Warren Buffett of NY was going to send me and a guy named Page from the Pentagon had a deal I couldn't refuse, one of the things I did notice wasn't the amount of money I was to receive, it was the terrible spelling, so In gratitude I downloaded a dictionary from Amazon with my bank details to all six thousand over the last decade........................................

I tell those people that I work for the department of justice and their computers are now being monitored and agents have been sent to arrest them, that they should move quickly.

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[Shatian]

Brain dead woman, a 26 year old would never be a general.

Greed on her part thinking ohh i can make big money here, he is a general, so he must be rich.

So according to you he put his age there as 26 years? That is his real age. His general age is what should have been on that Facebook picture of genera.

[Kru Baa]

Can anyone really have any sympathy for her ?

Right. These scammers appeal to their victims own greed.

[Kru Baa]

There are many of these POS from Africa in Thailand trying to pass themselves of as Americans. I see them in the clubs telling the girls that they are rap stars and other stuff from America. To the dumb hoes that fall for it I say, "Sum Num Naa."

[falang khinok]

No mention from our esteemed immigration leader of how these two Africans were managing to stay in the country while doing their scams over a period of years??

They certainly weren't here on retirement or business visas/extensions. Wonder if they'd been doing their required 90 day reports?

BTW, the second photo in the source Daily News article has the two Africans sitting at a table for the police press conference along with an Asian woman (probably Thai) with a face mask and cap. But no mention of her in the English translated TV version of the article. Can't tell if she's the alleged victim or an accomplice.

Only white farangs play by immigration rules black boys come here on a one month stamp and start working...as long as tbey dont get catched and many are real romeos staight from the slums of lagos

[cyberfarang]

An African named, Randy Fredrickson. That`s like meeting an Italian with the surname o'Reilly.

No one`s going to feel pity for this woman and by the sounds of it, there are plenty more like her out there ready to be parted from their cash.

[ratcatcher]

smelt?

It's English…the past participle of smell. English people use it interchangeably with smelled. Hey it's our language.

Just as the lady in this story felt she had been dealt a bad hand.

[Moonmoon]

Alot of romance scams r like that, preying on the lonely hearts of women.

[ALFREDO]

I know a similar story from a Fb Thai female friend, educated, teacher and still she believes a lot! - The old BLACK DOLLARS trick,

What is to good to be true.

She lost a lot and I not sure if she not still falls for her colored friends ideas and plans.

Thai nephews Gf asked me also what I know and think, from high payments somebody should make to receive a parcel from somewhere with expensive things inside. From people they hardly know or never have seen. lol

OMG

[Cook my sock]

'Coloured friends'

Still living in the 70s?

[LannaGuy]

let's get this right... she complained to the Police that she was trying to commit a crime by receiving US dollars in a bag??? and then she was scammed whilst trying to perpetrate this crime?

[Skeptic7]

GF's mom was hit up by this same scam. When I heard what was going on I immediately cried SCAM and insisted she tell her mother she was being lied to and this "General" was a scam artist most likely Afreakin.

The mom actually got pissed at her daughter as she was so desperate to believe it. Mind you...these &lt;deleted&gt; don't use their own pix, but stock photos of what appear to be a real US General!

He keot sending glamor shots and she was buying it all. I instructed her NOT to send any money (when he asks, hadn't yet) and also just simply ask for a selfie holding today's Atlanta Constitution newspaper, as he claimed to be there. We told her to insist on a selfie of the General in the photos wearing civilian clothes. All communications from Gereral Scam abruptly ceased.

[Zack61]

When we leave our doors open or leave valuables lying around we don't deserve what might happen next. We don't need to be told we are stupid at a time when we need a bit of understanding and sympathy. Stupid people make mistakes and are stupid often. So, do intelligent people make mistakes, are forgetful, not quite vigilant enough and do stupid things sometimes?

Nobody but the scammers themselves deserve to be scammed. The woman was innocent but very naïve and greedy and invited trouble. Too much emphasis is being placed on her rather than the Scammer who in this case has been found out. She has lost money; we hope he loses his freedom.

It is the crime that has to be the punished not the stupidity.

Bravo!

[allan michaud]

Given that the vast majority of Thai's consider even the slightest tan as ugly, we all know what she found attractive about him. Impossible to have any sympathy for the greedy woman.

[tomyumchai]

a nigerian? scamming people on the internet? i find that hard to believe......

not.

[arrowsdawdle]

It is looked up to with respect when a KK girl has 5 guys on the hook, even marrying two or more of them, in order to bilk them of millions of baht.

Apparently, what is good for the LOS goose does not apply to the non-thai gander.