webfact Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Nigerian gang busted for large scale "Romance Scam" in Thailand Picture: 77kaoded Police in the south of Thailand have announced the arrest of four Nigerians and a Myanmar man who were running an international Romance Scam conning lonely Thai women out of money. Three of the latest victims were from Ranong and one parted with 2 million baht before the penny dropped that she had been ripped off. The scams followed a familiar pattern with such cases. Using fake IDs the gang pretended to be respectable people like doctors or US military men seeking friendship with Thai ladies on Facebook, Instagram and Line. They expressed their love of Thailand and a wish to settle in the kingdom. Then gifts were promised and "evidence" sent. But the promised goods - including mountains of dollars - got stuck in customs and the victims needed to pay duty to get them released. The gang supplied bank accounts to use. Picture: 77kaoded Losses amounted to 10 million baht. The "Deepfake" video system was also used to trick the victims into believing their stories. Four Nigerian men and a Myanmar man were arrested in both Hua Hin (where drugs were found) and Ranong. At least four appeared to be on long overstay according to pictures published by 77kaoded following a top brass press conference in Ranong. Picture: 77kaoded Computer equipment and yaba and ganja were among the many items taken into evidence. Unusually for such stories no mention was made of Thai women aiding and abetting in the crime, notes Thaivisa. 84660.t.mp4 Source: 77kaoded -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2020-06-02 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Logosone Posted June 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2020 And Thai women normally show such good judgement when it comes to men. How shocking. 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChipButty Posted June 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2020 I find that hard to believe no Thai women involved, who opened the bank accounts for them and normally they are the one who pretend to be from the customs dept getting the money transfers 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bluesofa Posted June 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2020 9 minutes ago, webfact said: But the promised goods - including mountains of dollars - got stuck in customs and the victims needed to pay duty to get them released. The gang supplied bank accounts to use That golden oldie is still doing well then. I stopped a staff member sending 20,000 Baht to "Malaysian customs" for a cash package, intercepted while on its way to Thailand for the same reason fifteen years ago. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ezzra Posted June 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2020 I was a victim of a scam perpetrated by a Nigerian with a bank account of a Thai woman, but i have manged to claw back my money with a help of a police contact, those guys are nothing but the scum of the earth, even maggots who live under a rock have more decency and morality than these vile group of people... 4 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 21 minutes ago, bluesofa said: That golden oldie is still doing well then. I stopped a staff member sending 20,000 Baht to "Malaysian customs" for a cash package, intercepted while on its way to Thailand for the same reason fifteen years ago. Good thinking Batman 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 3 minutes ago, ChipButty said: 24 minutes ago, bluesofa said: That golden oldie is still doing well then. I stopped a staff member sending 20,000 Baht to "Malaysian customs" for a cash package, intercepted while on its way to Thailand for the same reason fifteen years ago. Good thinking Batman It was a 'Dutch' guy who found the Thai member of staff through Skype. He then smooth-talked her and offered her a job in Holland looking after his children. He would provide her with a work permit and good salary. Initially he was sending her cash via a courier, for a plane ticket and a Dutch visa. The "Malaysian customs" official had an Arabic name and needed to be paid via Moneygram. Yeah sure... Oddly enough I only got involved because the girl asked me how to send cash using Moneygram. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Justgrazing Posted June 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2020 1 hour ago, webfact said: one parted with 2 million baht before the penny dropped that she had been ripped off. If she's already done 2 mill' I can't imagine a penny is gonna make much difference .. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 3 minutes ago, Justgrazing said: 1 hour ago, webfact said: one parted with 2 million baht before the penny dropped that she had been ripped off. If she's already done 2 mill' I can't imagine a penny is gonna make much difference .. They must be pretty old public toilets anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgrazing Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 26 minutes ago, bluesofa said: They must be pretty old public toilets anyway. Chance'll be a fine thing to find a public khazi nowadays .. And the ones at the gas stations the minivans stop at on the Cambodia border runs always seem to have kite flyers hanging around them .. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Misterwhisper Posted June 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2020 32 minutes ago, webfact said: But the promised goods - including mountains of dollars - got stuck in customs and the victims needed to pay duty to get them released. The gang supplied bank accounts to use. The only reason why this rather blunt scam still works even decades after its inception is that certain people are just as greedy as their forebears were. But also let's be very frank about another aspect: A good many of these "victims" would eventually have revealed themselves as being little more than what is commonly referred to as "gold diggers". Had those "doctors" and "military men" turned out to be the real thing, they would with reasonable certainty have been unscrupulously stripped down to their last shirt by "Faithful Katie" and her entire extended family. They would've been faced with an unceasing stream of demands for new houses, motorcycles, consumer gadgets, cash "loans" and - not to forget - paying for the sick water buffalo's treatment cost. Yes, I AM aware that not ALL Thai women are like that. But: If you willingly risk a good portion of your life savings as an "investment" in order to lay your fingers on "mountains of dollars" allegedly gifted to you by an almost complete stranger, you have unwittingly proven in which direction the future money train is going to swing in case you should succeed in hooking up with that "doctor" or "military man". And it is exactly that sort of greed that plays into the hands of con artists and it explains why this scam continues to work just as well today as it has in the past. 8 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Zikomat Posted June 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2020 (edited) Nothing to do with romance. Greediness in its most pure form. Edited June 2, 2020 by Zikomat 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post giddyup Posted June 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2020 2 hours ago, ChipButty said: I find that hard to believe no Thai women involved, who opened the bank accounts for them and normally they are the one who pretend to be from the customs dept getting the money transfers I find it hard to believe that Nigerians were scamming, it's so out of character. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post varun Posted June 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2020 Despite the disdain that Thai's have for people of color, a Thai teamed up with a Nigerian would be a scam-making match made in heaven 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike787 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 blacklist scum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterwhisper Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 7 minutes ago, varun said: Despite the disdain that Thai's have for people of color, a Thai teamed up with a Nigerian would be a scam-making match made in heaven A Thaigerian gang, fused together by the only thing that they have in common: making money without having to actually earn it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiekerjozef Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 (edited) So the Nigerians stuck at the airport are romancing the stone... Edited June 2, 2020 by spiekerjozef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Orton Rd Posted June 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Logosone said: And Thai women normally show such good judgement when it comes to men. How shocking. Only fat, desperate uglies will be involved with Africans from what I have seen, they often end up with kids on their own as a result Edited June 2, 2020 by Orton Rd 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borzandy Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 4 hours ago, ChipButty said: I find that hard to believe no Thai women involved, who opened the bank accounts for them and normally they are the one who pretend to be from the customs dept getting the money transfers Maybe an influential person Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tribalfusion001 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Most Thai girls I've spoken to have said that they don't find black guys attractive and the same applies to Indians. The only Thai girls I've seen with a black guy have been on the plump side and the same applies to the Indians. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 5 hours ago, webfact said: But the promised goods - including mountains of dollars - got stuck in customs and the victims needed to pay duty to get them released. The gang supplied bank accounts to use The greed exceeding the brains again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matzzon Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 It´s amazing that people still gets fooled out of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3NUMBAS Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 its a mystery why theyre let into the country to keep on doing the same year after year .maybe they like the thai prison cells for comfort and free food ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob A Kneale Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 6 hours ago, webfact said: Unusually for such stories no mention was made of Thai women aiding and abetting in the crime, notes Thaivisa. Maybe there weren't any Thai women involved, notes Bob A Kneale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob A Kneale Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 1 hour ago, tribalfusion001 said: Most Thai girls I've spoken to have said that they don't find black guys attractive and the same applies to Indians. The only Thai girls I've seen with a black guy have been on the plump side and the same applies to the Indians. The chances of any of these blacks admitting their real ethnicity for the scam are five-eighths of fck-all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rvaviator Posted June 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2020 I think its fascinating that its Nigeria that is the epicenter for scams like this - I wonder if they have a national training program... ???? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Logosone Posted June 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2020 Hello, this the Prince of Zamunda, Adebayao Smith again. As you know, currently I am serving in the American military as a high ranking officer. Since I enjoyed our texts so much I have decided to send you 20,000 dollars in a golden box with some diamond rings. Unfortunately this gift has been held up at customs and due to my charitable donations I am currently suffering from short term liquidity problems. Would you be a dear and send 2 million Baht to pay the customs fee so they can send you the diamonds? Please send the money to Abimbola Ratchaporn, the Thai customs officer dealing with this matter in Lagos, address below. Thank you darling! Me send you thousand kisses! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paiman Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 6 hours ago, giddyup said: I find it hard to believe that Nigerians were scamming, it's so out of character. They probably needed convincing done by a higher up general with many rings on his fingers and many wristwatches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saakura Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 8 hours ago, bluesofa said: That golden oldie is still doing well then. I stopped a staff member sending 20,000 Baht to "Malaysian customs" for a cash package, intercepted while on its way to Thailand for the same reason fifteen years ago. Another golden oldie still doing very well is farang pensioners and poor economic migrants thinking that a Thai girl 20-30 years younger with nothing in common and whom they met online or in a bar or shop is genuinely and deeply in love with them for their handsome looks and nothing to do with money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tribalfusion001 Posted June 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2020 2 minutes ago, saakura said: Another golden oldie still doing very well is farang pensioners and poor economic migrants thinking that a Thai girl 20-30 years younger with nothing in common and whom they met online or in a bar or shop is genuinely and deeply in love with them for their handsome looks and nothing to do with money. But it's not a scam as your getting some "action" out of it. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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