Like taking candy from a baby - Thai women want a western husband so badly they are easily parted from their money

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Like taking candy from a baby - Thai women want a western husband so badly they are easily parted from their money

 

Image: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- Two romance scammers have been arrested in Bangkok after stealing an estimated 20 million baht in just one year from Thai women who wanted love and marriage to a western man.

 

The husband and wife team found it easy to get victims on chat websites and the tricks to get them to part with money were tried and tested, reported Daily News.

 

The woman is Thai herself while the husband is Nigerian. He pretended he was white and rich to get the trust of victims. They have connections abroad.

 

Uraporn Kesawattana, 34, was arrested on a Minburi court warrant and her partner Chinaka Chinedu, 23 was also nabbed. The husband and wife pair were apprehended at a car air-con repair shop in Thonburi by Crime Suppression Division police yesterday.

 

Uraporn said that it was easy to get the victims to part with their money, so desperate were they for a foreign husband. Chinaka got the victims and befriended them saying he was white and rich.

 

Then came the sting. He would tell the victims he had sent them an expensive set of gifts.

 

Uraporn then contacted the victims pretending she was from the police or customs and that several million baht had been found in the gift packages. In order to secure their release up to a million baht needed to be paid in bribes.

 

When the victims believed this she used the Line application under the came "Cargo 12" to send bank account details for victims to transfer money. Then they disappeared from the scene and moved on to the next victim.

 

She said that she sent the money gained on to others in Malaysia getting 5-10% commission each time.

 

She said that 100 victims had fallen prey to them in a year.

 

She was charged with fraud and detained.

 

The Nigerian originally came to Thailand to try out as a footballer at one of the country's top teams. But when he was not chosen he turned to the scam.

 

Police are still gathering evidence in his case but detained him on a charge that he has overstayed his visa.

 

Source: Daily News

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2016-09-16

[shirtless]

You wont get any truth off the internet scammers like these guys should have been banned from dating sites, 

[rkidlad]

I've heard about this scam before. The reason why the women in this story got stung is because they're greedy, stupid and arrogant. 

 

Some foreigner wants to give you gold and iPhones, etc? Why? Do you really think you're so special that some stranger can't wait to just give you expensive items? 

 

Then some immigration official says they have him but can't release him until a fee is paid. So because you're so desperate for the free loot, you're willing to break the law and bribe a government officer? 

 

Sorry, I have no sympathy at all. These fraudsters are bad and will get their punishment. The women who were duped under the guise of 'love'. No! You were greedy and were taught a lesson in life. Ain't nothing in life for free. 

 

 

[ezzra]

 

These scammers and others are playing on and with one of the oldest human's trait. Greed....

all those ' suitors " have nothing else on their minds but financial gains and bettering

their lives by being attached to a foreigner, any foreigner for that matter, not love, not

affection and not caring in on their minds, money and better life for them, their kids

and their extended family,  I don't blame them, is just that the world is full of scoundrels

and schemers and scammers take takes advantage of good honest people....

[JAG]

A friend of my wife is heading  (I reckon) for such a sting. She has "met" a man on Facebook.  He claims that he is a manager in the petroleum business in London and  has lots of money. He is going to come to Thailand, and buy her a house, car and farm. At the moment he is having a problem with getting a visa (?).

 

I was shown his Facebook photo - late 30s, well groomed, South Asian or Middle Eastern at a guess.  My wife's friend is in her early 40s, quite attractive but not a stunner.

 

I tried to explain my doubts but "you don't understand,  he loves her. .."

Edited September 15, 2016 by JAG

[NongKhaiKid]

Just now, JAG said:

A friend of my wife is heading  (I reckon) for such a sting. She has "met" a man on Facebook.  He claims that he is a manager in the petroleum business in London and  has lots of money. He is going to come to Thailand, and buy her a house, car and farm. At the moment he is having a problem with getting a visa (?).

 

I was shown his Facebook photo - late 300,  well groomed, South Asian or Middle Eastern at a guess.  My wife's friend is in her early 40s, quite attractive but not a stunner.

 

I tried to explain my doubts but "you don't understand,  he loves her. .."

Unfortunately many only believe what they want to believe because it suits their ideas, wants and needs and don't want to be told otherwise.

If it's too good to be true etc doesn't come into it.

[Bluespunk]

Love, it would seem, is often like the stock market. 

 

You have to speculate to accumulate.

 

Not all stocks however will yield dividends and some may not be the bargain they appear to be in the sales brochure. 

[bridge2bridge]

And after they marry the FARANG'S money is soon parted too.

 

[jacko45k]

47 minutes ago, JAG said:

A friend of my wife is heading  (I reckon) for such a sting. She has "met" a man on Facebook.  He claims that he is a manager in the petroleum business in London and  has lots of money. He is going to come to Thailand, and buy her a house, car and farm. At the moment he is having a problem with getting a visa (?).

 

I was shown his Facebook photo - late 30s, well groomed, South Asian or Middle Eastern at a guess.  My wife's friend is in her early 40s, quite attractive but not a stunner.

 

I tried to explain my doubts but "you don't understand,  he loves her. .."

Ask her what passport the guy carries!

I advised my wife's sister that the visa required for her to get a nanny job in UK should not require her to pay for it (or part of it) herself.

Edited September 16, 2016 by jacko45k

[giddyup]

A Nigerian a scammer, surely not?

[captspectre]

Oh No! not a nigerian!  everyone knows that those people are law abiding, in other words what else is new? those scum bags have been active in thailand for years! and still they are not banned or vetted before coming in to the kingdom!

[OOLEEBER]

Who ate all the pies.

[JAG]

28 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Ask her what passport the guy carries!

I advised my wife's sister that the visa required for her to get a nanny job in UK should not require her to pay for it (or part of it) herself.

Yes - but the point is she has never physically met this fellow. So he has whatever passport he tells her he has, and that is the case for all the other claims. And promises too.

Edited September 16, 2016 by JAG

[maxisrael]

1 hour ago, JAG said:

A friend of my wife is heading  (I reckon) for such a sting. She has "met" a man on Facebook.  He claims that he is a manager in the petroleum business in London and  has lots of money. He is going to come to Thailand, and buy her a house, car and farm. At the moment he is having a problem with getting a visa (?).

 

I was shown his Facebook photo - late 30s, well groomed, South Asian or Middle Eastern at a guess.  My wife's friend is in her early 40s, quite attractive but not a stunner.

 

I tried to explain my doubts but "you don't understand,  he loves her. .."

 

Exact the same with my neighbor she will be send a box with money they showed on facebook all in fluent Thai !! Foreigner wants to set up a bussines for her first she had to send (only) 20.000 Baht for customs, but she does not have the money now so is looking around to borrow somewhere ! and she won't listen to us so Ok go ahead and find out!

Edited September 16, 2016 by maxisrael
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[LotusBoy]

Quote

Uraporn Kesawattana, 34

 

Stone??

 

Ahhhh the old "we have millions of Baht worth of gifts waiting for you" scam 

[Dakhar]

17 minutes ago, OOLEEBER said:

Who ate all the pies.

 

HA HA HA HA

 

thanks for the laugh

[RareDingo]

1 hour ago, shirtless said:

You wont get any truth off the internet scammers like these guys should have been banned from dating sites, 

I think it would be difficult if these scammers were behind bars for 20+ years.   No internet dating sites there :-)

[baboon]

1 hour ago, JAG said:

A friend of my wife is heading  (I reckon) for such a sting. She has "met" a man on Facebook.  He claims that he is a manager in the petroleum business in London and  has lots of money. He is going to come to Thailand, and buy her a house, car and farm. At the moment he is having a problem with getting a visa (?).

 

I was shown his Facebook photo - late 30s, well groomed, South Asian or Middle Eastern at a guess.  My wife's friend is in her early 40s, quite attractive but not a stunner.

 

I tried to explain my doubts but "you don't understand,  he loves her. .."

Screw you. What do you know?

 

And when it crashes and burns as it obviously will and they come bleating to you, shrug and open a cold one. After all, what do you know....?

Edited September 16, 2016 by baboon

[realenglish1]

Almost as bad as a murderer They kill your heart and bank balance Throw them in jail for 30 years They deserve it

[jaltsc]

"Uraporn said that it was easy to get the victime to part with their money, so desperate were they for a foreign husband."

 

No empathy or sympathy here. 

 

They weren't so desperate for a foreign husband. They were desperate for "Easy Money". It was their greed that did them in. 

 

In the end, they did make easy money....For the scammers.

[drbamboo]

a nice couple anyhow

[Agent Sumo]

40 minutes ago, captspectre said:

Oh No! not a nigerian!  everyone knows that those people are law abiding, in other words what else is new? those scum bags have been active in thailand for years! and still they are not banned or vetted before coming in to the kingdom!

 

The boiler rooms have been active here for years but the predominantly Brits, Canadians and Americans who typically run them aren't banned, are they? If farangs who come to the kingdom were vetted beforehand, I doubt there'd be even half as many of us here as there are

[Thian]

37 minutes ago, OOLEEBER said:

Who ate all the pies.

 

Why we don't get to see "her" face?

[BlindMagician]

12 minutes ago, realenglish1 said:

Almost as bad as a murderer They kill your heart and bank balance Throw them in jail for 30 years They deserve it

Make them both play football, running around in the heat until they drop.

[hdkane]

A long time ago, I had a Thai gf who fell for this scam.  Her family did not like me because I did not support them.  So they encouraged her to find a new bf on a dating website.  I found out she was cheating (at least on the internet) when she borrowed the life savings of her family to send to her "new bf" who needed the money to clear customs and deliver her millions of baht in gold.  The best part was that the family (who knew she was ditching me for the new bf)  wanted me to reimburse everyone who gave my gf money.  After my stunned reaction, all I could do was scratch my head and smile. As further evidence of Thai character, her family ostracized her when I wouldn't pay.  

[Agent Sumo]

1 minute ago, hdkane said:

A long time ago, I had a Thai gf who fell for this scam.  Her family did not like me because I did not support them.  So they encouraged her to find a new bf on a dating website.  I found out she was cheating (at least on the internet) when she borrowed the life savings of her family to send to her "new bf" who needed the money to clear customs and deliver her millions of baht in gold.  The best part was that the family (who knew she was ditching me for the new bf)  wanted me to reimburse everyone who gave my gf money.  After my stunned reaction, all I could do was scratch my head and smile. As further evidence of Thai character, her family ostracized her when I wouldn't pay.  

 

My God, where do you people meet these women? I've been here nearly a decade and not once have I met jokers like this

[NongKhaiKid]

1 minute ago, Agent Sumo said:

 

My God, where do you people meet these women? I've been here nearly a decade and not once have I met jokers like this

Would you admit if you had ?

[Bezdomny]

Money need to circulate. From naive farangs in hands of Thai girls and back in hands of "bad bad" farangs.

[PatOngo]

Now why would a local girl want a farang so badly when there are so many eligible Thai men???

[Agent Sumo]

3 minutes ago, NongKhaiKid said:

Would you admit if you had ?

 

Yes but I never do so I'll never have to