News Forum - Vietnamese man who tried to paddle to India fell victim to romance scam

[Thaiger]

The Vietnamese man who tried to paddle an inflatable boat from Thailand to India to meet his “wife” was either scammed or “catfished,” where someone uses a fake profile online to deceive another person for money or personal reasons. International media outlets picked up the story of the 37 year old Vietnamese man who spent 18 days at sea on a quest to meet his love in person. But once the man shared a photo of his wife to Thai media, people quickly recognised the woman in the photo. She was Indian TV actress Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya who has been […]

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[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

19 minutes ago, Thaiger said:

He had no map, compass, or GPS

Or a brain

 

[Noble_Design]

He's the blondest Vietnamese man I have ever seen

[Noble_Design]

2 minutes ago, DoUKnowWhoIAm said:

Or a brain

 

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[Guest1]

The 37 year old man spent 18 days in an inflatable boat, only making it 80 kilometres of the 2,500-kilometre journey before the navy rescued him 

For the 2500 k journee, he would have needed a plane. The way around Singapore is, as long you are not doing it "hang over2"  style, "a bit longer"

[Manu]

1 hour ago, DoUKnowWhoIAm said:

Or a brain

...but a huge heart, a rarety those days.

[HolyCowCm]

 

[Alavan]

1 hour ago, Guest1 said:

The 37 year old man spent 18 days in an inflatable boat, only making it 80 kilometres of the 2,500-kilometre journey before the navy rescued him 

For the 2500 k journee, he would have needed a plane. The way around Singapore is, as long you are not doing it "hang over2"  style, "a bit longer"

I thought he started at the Andaman Sea, no need to sail around Singapore.

[Guest1]

6 minutes ago, Alavan said:

I thought he started at the Andaman Sea, no need to sail around Singapore.

The official site of the Royal Thai Navy shared that the Vietnamese man has travelled back to Vietnam by a speedboat. 

From the Andaman Sea?

That is Hang Over 2 again!

[Noble_Design]

9 minutes ago, Guest1 said:

The official site of the Royal Thai Navy shared that the Vietnamese man has travelled back to Vietnam by a speedboat. 

From the Andaman Sea?

That is Hang Over 2 again!

All that is missing is Mr. Chow:

[PapayaBokBok]

Silly Fellow--he could save himself the trip and get scammed by almost any thai lady....

[Cathat]

He has been very lucky to survive.

that sort of  boat is for use in a pond!

[Soidog]

No map. No GPS. No satellite phone. No flares or emergency beacons no doubt. But he was wearing a face mask to protect himself against Covid. These Asians really are an inscrutable lot! 

[PapayaBokBok]

19 hours ago, Cathat said:

He has been very lucky to survive.

that sort of  boat is for use in a pond!

lol I actually grew up with a pond in the back  I had an exact boat--and sprung many a leak...