Five Filipinos say they were ripped off by Thai woman colleague in 500K cheap gold scam

[webfact]

Five Filipinos say they were ripped off by Thai woman colleague in 500K cheap gold scam

 

 

Five Filipino men went to the North Samrong police in Samut Prakan yesterday to say they had been ripped off by a Thai woman colleague. 

 

Brothers Allan P. ,36, and Edilberto, 40 and three others said they were working on Koh Chang at a resort but were laid off due to the pandemic. 

 

They said that a woman in the sales department of the resort called Sunantha, 31, had introduced them to a scheme whereby cheap gold was bought and sold for a profit. They expected dividends of 40% every 15 days after they invested in May.

 

The dividends were forthcoming at first then dried up by June. Sunantha claimed that she had contracted Covid-19 and was unable to bring cheap gold into the country.

 

 

She offered to pay back the 503,420 baht they had invested in 5,000 baht monthly instalments but they were not happy and initially went to Koh Chang police. 

 

Other developments online indicated that the situation had got worse so yesterday they went to the police in Samrong to follow up with another report. 

 

Source: 77kaoded

 

 

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[colinneil]

 

4 minutes ago, webfact said:

Five Filipino men went to the North Samrong police in Samut Prakan yesterday to say they had been ripped off by a Thai woman colleague. 

Come on, i do not believe that, ripped off by a Thai woman....Never.????

[realfunster]

Assuming they didn’t reinvest their ‘dividends’ that would be THB 200k every fortnight, a yearly return of THB 5 million on an investment of THB 500k.

 

What could possibly go wrong ?

[Henryford]

"cheap gold" ha ha and they believed that.

[CorpusChristie]

47 minutes ago, webfact said:

 

The dividends were forthcoming at first then dried up by June. Sunantha claimed that she had contracted Covid-19 and was unable to bring cheap gold into the country

Smuggling ?

Is there a place in the World that sells gold cheaper than market rates ?

[bkk6060]

Sounds like a Ponzi scheme I bet other victims.

Now she wants to pay it back over 8 years?

I really do not feel sorry much for the "victims" just greedy stupidity.

 

[dabhand]

Not clear from the OP, but it would be interesting to know how much was returned to the 'investors' before the returns dried up. Based on a 40% dividend every 15 days, starting in May and ending in June, they may well have already recovered most, if not all (plus a bit of profit) of their investment. 

 

Ripped off? Maybe not.  

[CorpusChristie]

4 minutes ago, dabhand said:

Not clear from the OP, but it would be interesting to know how much was returned to the 'investors' before the returns dried up. Based on a 40% dividend every 15 days, starting in May and ending in June, they may well have already recovered most, if not all (plus a bit of profit) of their investment. 

 

Ripped off? Maybe not.  

Although it says that "expected " returns of 40 % every 15 days and it doesnt state that actually received those returns , it also states that she offered to repay all the money back that they had invested .

[sammieuk1]

At least one of them got half of Sunantha's bra for a mask in this ponzi scam ???? 

[Crusader]

Too many people thinking they can get something for nothing...the mind boggles.

[Bluespunk]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

They expected dividends of 40% every 15 days after they invested in May.

Then they are very naive. 

Edited August 18, 2020 by Bluespunk
Less harsh word used

[steven100]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Other developments online indicated that the situation had got worse so yesterday they went to the police in Samrong to follow up with another report

well surprise surprise   !   the thais will cheat and lie as much as they can.  

[warcy]

This is another one of those pyramid scam scheme. That Thai woman should be sent to a Buddhist temple and jail for breaking Buddhist precept i.e. do not cheat.

[cardinalblue]

There is no such thing as A 40% dividend in 2 weeks...only con artists are worse than stupid people...

[samsensam]

 

con artists usually succeed because people are greedy. if something sounds too good to be true, guess what? it probably is.

[Bender Rodriguez]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

expected dividends of 40% every 15 days after they invested in May

ok, they deserve to lose it all

[Justgrazing]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

dividends were forthcoming at first then dried up by June. Sunantha claimed that she had contracted Covid-19

Impossible .. no one in Thailand cops for C V .. 

methinks she's a bit of a porkie pie seller .. 

[tubby johnson]

Naive, gullible, greedy, pig ignorant .... They had it coming.

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

She offered to pay back the 503,420 baht they had invested in 5,000 baht monthly instalments

Amazing Thailand.

[Caldera]

If you believe in "cheap gold", it would be better if your mommy still managed your finances for you.

Edited August 18, 2020 by Caldera

[thhMan]

At least we know where those stolen necklaces end up.... ????

40% returns... yeah, sounds right when the gold was got for free ????

[ericthai]

Dam,,whats that saying...if it's too good

[Grumpy one]

Where did these 5 Filipino resort workers get 500K.

Its not like they were highly paid brain surgeons 

[brianthainess]

Lets hope justice is done, and they get new jobs soon. Sunantha 31 what resort have you given a bad name to ?  I hope you are now out of work ! and on Koh Chang with luck you will never work again.

[brianthainess]

9 hours ago, Grumpy one said:

Where did these 5 Filipino resort workers get 500K.

Its not like they were highly paid brain surgeons 

Maybe unlike Buddhist Thais, these Christians saved their money working at a resort with free food and accommodation. But go ahead and slag of the victims like most of the posters here.

[tonray]

14 hours ago, Caldera said:

If you believe in "cheap gold", it would be better if your mommy still managed your finances for you.

She was too busy cooking

 

[chuang]

Greed Greed Greed...

[ben2talk]

On a positive note, I just invested in a 'lost' container with 12000 Macbook Pro laptops in it, and I'm selling those off at 25,000 each for a quick clearance - it'll give me a quick 10% profit on the deal.

 

5000 deposit guarantees delivery next month. Any takers?