News Forum - Scam of hearts and bahts: Nigerian and 13 Thais arrested for operating romance scam

[Thaiger]

Royal Thai Police yesterday arrested a Nigerian man and 13 Thais for operating a covert romance scam. The scam operation managed to deceive hundreds of victims across Thailand out of over 800 million baht in the past four years. The Commissioner of the Crime Suppression Division (CSD), Montri Tatekhan, revealed the arrest details to the public … …

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[Ramanathan.P]

Good for all Thais who are living in a fantazy world. At least now they have learned their lessons and understand the reality of life

[Pinga]

It takes a special kind of heartless scum to prey on your own people. The Nigerian is bad enough, but the Thais helping him have a special place in hell. The bitch claimed she "had no choice due to her unemployment" - of course she had a choice, get a job or go back to the bar - it's actually far more dignified to work as a bar girl than as a scammer. May they all rot in jail.

Having said that- what kind of idiot spends large amounts of money for a person they've never met or even video called? the minimum basic due dilligence would've prevented all of these. Amazing that such people exist. Also amazing that the Nigerian was already arrested for the same scam in 2018 yet was released and allowed to operate 5 more years. They should've thrown him in jail, then deport him when he got out. Did he pay someone to avoid that?

[Ramanathan.P]

21 hours ago, Pinga said:

The bitch claimed she "had no choice due to her unemployment" - of course she had a choice, get a job or go back to the bar - it's actually far more dignified to work as a bar girl than as a scammer. 

May be for some size matters more than money.......