News Forum - Fake fortune teller uses nude images to blackmail 11 year old girl

[Thaiger]

An 11 year old girl and her parents sought help after their daughter was blackmailed by a fake fortune teller she met online three years ago. The blackmailer lured her into sending nude images and forwarded them to her friends. The family reached out to Pavena Hongsakun, the President of the Pavena Foundation for Children …

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[Ramanathan.P]

This is one of the biggest problem in developing world. The entire family is in their own fantasy world by isolating themselves from each other and fully engaging in social media most of the time. As such there is very less interaction between family members. Even if couples are sitting beside, they will always fiddle their handphones and entertain themselves instead of focusing on each other. And Thailand is not exceptional as anyone can see that every one will be focusing on their handphones most of the time looking and searching as if they were looking for treasure in it the entire day. 

[Chatogaster]

 

A threat was issued on Sep 3 2022 and it was reported by the victim (kudos to her!), then by the parents (kudos to them), then by the Pavena Foundation and eventually it landed in the in-box of the RTP. Perhaps some action was undertaken but 159 days later the threat materialized nevertheless.

Something seemingly went wrong in the handling of the report of this case, but it's just one case and with the right mind-set of the victim and her surroundings it may turn out to not be a big deal for the victim (in the long run).

However, that outcome is merely based on hope. The article suggests there may be nearly 700,000 comparable cases per year. That's a mind-blowingly huge number! Hoping for a right mind-set in the aftermath of every case (or even a majority) would be unrealistic.

So the article begs the question: how often do those cases lead to a satisfactory conclusion? If it's a hopeless fight to go after the perpetrators (and it seems to be), how about trying to reduce the size of the potential victim pool? All that would take is putting much more effort into educating children. (Note: that investment could be temporary; those children will be future parents and at that time they can take over some of the responsibilities of the school system). There's nothing abstract about this type and similar types of cases (or rather, there's a lot that's very concrete), so the topic should be teachable at a young age.

 

[MrStretch]

Not to make light of the poor girl's plight, but "...the scammer, who posed as a fake fortune teller on Instagram..." begs a question.

Doesn't 'posed' imply that the person is appearing as something they aren't?  So, if a person "posed as a fake fortune teller" that would mean they aren't a fake fortune teller.

[KaptainRob]

^ is there any such thing as a genuine Fortune Teller?

[MrStretch]

29 minutes ago, KaptainRob said:

^ is there any such thing as a genuine Fortune Teller?

I'd hazard to say yes, though there are many who doubt and many who purport to be but aren't.

[Ramanathan.P]

34 minutes ago, KaptainRob said:

^ is there any such thing as a genuine Fortune Teller?

If a person can tell the fortune of others why on earth he is doing that for his income? He/she can make more if they really can see their own way to make a fortune. 

[Leo]

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the number of child sexual abuse cases in Thailand has been on the rise, especially between 2020 and 2023, with over two million cases reported.

These are the keywords from the article. That's about 670,000 a year. From a quick calculation of Thailand demographics, Thailand has about 9 million children (both male and female) aged 6-16. So that's about 7.5% of that group. And these are just the ones "reported".

[Viggen840]

3 hours ago, Ramanathan.P said:

If a person can tell the fortune of others why on earth he is doing that for his income? He/she can make more if they really can see their own way to make a fortune. 

Just the same as the shyster 'faith healers'. If there is such a thing, how come they weren't active in hospitals and the community when the covid scam was being promoted?

[Giltee]

4 hours ago, Leo said:

These are the keywords from the article. That's about 670,000 a year. From a quick calculation of Thailand demographics, Thailand has about 9 million children (both male and female) aged 6-16. So that's about 7.5% of that group. And these are just the ones "reported".

Having a teenage Thai daughter I know it’s rife here. 90% of children have their noses in their phones every chance they get on tik tok, YouTube, playing games and other apps. Interactive games are a hunting ground for perverts who interact with these children offering them rewards at first for a facial picture then asking for more. Eventually blackmailing them for more threatening exposure to friends and family if they don’t. Parents are often either too lazy to check what their kids are doing online or are self absorbed to care and even if they do they don’t seem to realise that their phone viewing is controllable. I can’t see the problem getting any better in the future, only worse. 

[AdvocatusDiaboli]

7 hours ago, KaptainRob said:

^ is there any such thing as a genuine Fortune Teller?

Yes, a Thai Prime Minister going into the next election …. They already know the outcome before the first vote.

[BJoe]

Surely it shouldn’t be too difficult to trace/track down the blackmailer since multiple contacts were made involving this particular case. I hope a stiff jail sentence is afforded the perpetrator.