snoop1130 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Thailand's chief of immigration Lt-Gen Sompong Chingduang announced the arrest of a big player in the conning of Thai women, the so-called romance scam, perpetrated online. Immigration discovered from an informant that there was a black man living in an apartment block in Lad Prao Soi 83. He was living a quiet life keeping himself to himself - this seemed suspicious. Immigration turned up and spoke to the apartment manager who said that Berthan, 60, a Nigerian had had his room rented for him by a Thai woman. A passport check showed that the suspect had entered Thailand on 27th July 2019 and had never extended his visa. Further inquiries revealed that he was wanted by the criminal court for fraud. He had already been arrested on that charge having been involved in romance scamming. Daily News reported that many Thai women fell victim, losing a total of 370 million baht. The suspect has been charged with conspiring to commit fraud, deception under false pretenses and using fake documents online. He is now in custody after further contact with Thailand's tech police. -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2021-04-07 - 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 VBF Posted April 7, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2021 Isn't "Romance Scamming" a reserved occupation for bar girls? ???? 7 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deli Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Need to take lessons in Nigeria who to do this (better). 370 million is not bad for some chit chat. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvdf Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Can't understand how they manage to zombify their victims and command them to send millions. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ddotmark Posted April 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 8, 2021 How do these romance scammers find a Thai women with money? In my 10 years involved with Thai women I have never met a Thai women that had money to spend on me???????????????????? 5 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tarteso Posted April 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 8, 2021 35 minutes ago, ddotmark said: How do these romance scammers find a Thai women with money? In my 10 years involved with Thai women I have never met a Thai women that had money to spend on me???????????????????? Because the scammers don’t show their real ugly face? ???? 2 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jadee Posted April 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 8, 2021 47 minutes ago, ddotmark said: How do these romance scammers find a Thai women with money? In my 10 years involved with Thai women I have never met a Thai women that had money to spend on me???????????????????? Yes, that's been my experience exactly. I don't condone this awful crime as I know it has a huge impact on the victims but some part of me does marvel at how this guy managed to get money from Thai women. Pretty astonishing really. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenewgoo Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 370 million and living in a rented apartment. Surely it is time to invest. Maybe an elite visa toboot. Something doesn't make sense here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavodavo Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 31 minutes ago, Tarteso said: Because the scammers don’t show their real ugly face? ???? 1 hour ago, ddotmark said: How do these romance scammers find a Thai women with money? In my 10 years involved with Thai women I have never met a Thai women that had money to spend on me???????????????????? Me too .Where do you find them?????? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bangkok Barry Posted April 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 8, 2021 14 hours ago, snoop1130 said: He was living a quiet life keeping himself to himself - this seemed suspicious. Let this be a warning to us all. We should all raise hell to avoid the attention of the authorities. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelaoffy Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 It's crazy that room renters only ever look at passport photo page and maybe photo copy ! Most have no interest in visa status .. perhaps they know what they might find ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob4u Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 He din do nuttin' 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Cook Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 So where’s this 370 million THB now? If he was living a quiet life/laying low and even had an accomplice (Thai woman on lease), wouldn’t there be at least 300 million left? Or did the BiB state it’s all gone while diverting it else where? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubulat Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 The question is, how long they put him in jail, it's not the first time after all, when you are 60, you know the tricks. For example the trick from a prins from the Arab countries do's not work anymore. Funny, when I look on the map about IQ in the world, Nigeria is ranking 70 in contrast to Thailand 89!! Can you imagine? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 (edited) 16 hours ago, snoop1130 said: Daily News reported that many Thai women fell victim, losing a total of 370 million baht. He is now in custody after further contact with Thailand's tech police. How about he stays there until every single baht is paid back to teach these people a lesson. And if no money let him pay back 300 baht a day working in a chain gang. Pure scum of the earth these people. Edited April 8, 2021 by RichardColeman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 17 hours ago, snoop1130 said: He was living a quiet life keeping himself to himself - this seemed suspicious. Immigration turned up and spoke to the apartment manager who said that Berthan, 60, a Nigerian had had his room rented for him by a Thai woman. A passport check showed that the suspect had entered Thailand on 27th July 2019 and had never extended his visa. So.... someone can be suspicious and the police will simply turn up and check everything !!! There has to be more to the story than this, when do the police ever get up to investigate anything without a monetary incentive ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natway09 Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Amazing just how gullable & desperate these women must be for company. In my 20 years as a single here (now unavailable for 14 ) I never found one What was I doing wrong ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaLa Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 5 hours ago, ddotmark said: How do these romance scammers find a Thai women with money? In my 10 years involved with Thai women I have never met a Thai women that had money to spend on me???????????????????? He was pretty busy, 1 million Thai women with 370 baht each. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddotmark Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 370 million Thai baht is almost $12 million US dollars. How long was this scam in operation to collect that much money? How did the Police arrive at that figure? How many people were scammed? Where is the money now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thingamabob Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 7 hours ago, mvdf said: Can't understand how they manage to zombify their victims and command them to send millions. Usually rather well endowed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtrnuno41 Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Mmmmm, again immigration, what ever happend with police force? No visa, already once arrested and STILL in Thailand. Amazing, many brown envelopes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 1 minute ago, xtrnuno41 said: Mmmmm, again immigration, what ever happend with police force? No visa, already once arrested and STILL in Thailand. Amazing, many brown envelopes? Of course he’s still in Thailand, he’s reported to have taken 370 Million Baht... He’ll be dealt with once he can no longer pay off the police ‘assist the police in their enquiries’.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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