Buriram nurse scammed out of THB400,000 by American Facebook boyfriend

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Buriram nurse scammed out of THB400,000 by American Facebook boyfriend
By Coconuts Bangkok


Photo: Morning News

BURIRAM: -- A nurse from Buriram province was deceived into transferring THB400,000 to her Facebook boyfriend "Johnson Clifford."

The 30-year-old nurse, Theparak, who did not give her last name, talked about the scam on Sorayuth's news program after the police report she filed against the boyfriend, whom she has never met, went nowhere.

Theparak said an anonymous person who went by the name Johnson Clifford on Facebook (with a typical 'handsome-man' photo) added her last year and asked her to be his girlfriend after three months of chatting.

Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co//2015/01/07/buriram-nurse-scammed-out-thb400000-american-facebook-boyfriend


-- Coconuts Bangkok 2015-01-07

[samsensam 7,260]

one born every minute.

[Costas2008 15,357]

I feel really sorry for these women that fall victims to unscrupulous scammers.

The dream of getting a farang husband and having a better life is still at large in Thailand.

Hope that these scams get better coverage on Thai media to warn future victims.

Till then.....we will be hearing again and again of similar cases.

[Cuchulainn 4,957]

I'm waiting for "The shoe's on the other foot now" comments!!!

[krisb 5,919]

It's spelled 'hansum' not 'handsome.

[HeijoshinCool 7,881]

I'm waiting for "The shoe's on the other foot now" comments!!!

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Yea, and they would be highly inappropriate and indicative of cold hearts and immature mentalities.

I feel sad for the woman. 400k is an awful lot of cash for a Thai nurse to lose. Hope the guy gets in a head-on with a telephone pole on the way to the bank.

Does Facebook not cooperate in fraud investigations? Anybody have advice how she could pursue such a process?

[tropo 8,816]

I feel really sorry for these women that fall victims to unscrupulous scammers.

The dream of getting a farang husband and having a better life is still at large in Thailand.

Hope that these scams get better coverage on Thai media to warn future victims.

Till then.....we will be hearing again and again of similar cases.

The incentive could have been to get the $1.1 million gift he (she, impersonating a he) promised to send her if she could pay the delivery charge of THB 400,000.

She sent the 400k to a Kasikorn account in the name of a Thai woman, so the scammer is a very likely Thai living in Thailand. She may have a chance to retrieve this money or at least some of it.

Who better to scam a Thai woman than another Thai woman who knew exactly how to pull her strings.

BTW the report says she's 39, not 30. That a very vulnerable age for a single Thai woman.

[Greenhill 484]

Anyone know how a nurse in Buriram gets 400,000 baht in the 1st place??

[konying 5,154]

I feel really sorry for these women that fall victims to unscrupulous scammers.

The dream of getting a farang husband and having a better life is still at large in Thailand.

Hope that these scams get better coverage on Thai media to warn future victims.

Till then.....we will be hearing again and again of similar cases.

Why feel sorry for stupid?

First she was stupid to call someone she does not even know a boyfriend

Second she was stupid to believe someone she does not know to be a boyfriend

Third she was stupid to think someone would give her 1.1 million dollars

Lastly she was stupid to think someone who gave her 1.1 million dollars would not pay $10000 postage .

She then was even more stupid to think postage can cost $10000.

Did she think her bf was sending her a house?

[tropo 8,816]

I'm waiting for "The shoe's on the other foot now" comments!!!

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Yea, and they would be highly inappropriate and indicative of cold hearts and immature mentalities.

I feel sad for the woman. 400k is an awful lot of cash for a Thai nurse to lose. Hope the guy gets in a head-on with a telephone pole on the way to the bank.

Does Facebook not cooperate in fraud investigations? Anybody have advice how she could pursue such a process?

She didn't have the cash. She had to remortgage her mother's farm to get it.

It's quite unusual to see the scams going the other way. How often to we hear of foreigners losing their shirts in Thailand?

Edited January 7, 2015 by tropo

[konying 5,154]

Anyone know how a nurse in Buriram gets 400,000 baht in the 1st place??

By mortgaging family land

[iReason 8,234]

I'm waiting for "The shoe's on the other foot now" comments!!!

.

Yea, and they would be highly inappropriate and indicative of cold hearts and immature mentalities.

I feel sad for the woman. 400k is an awful lot of cash for a Thai nurse to lose. Hope the guy gets in a head-on with a telephone pole on the way to the bank.

Does Facebook not cooperate in fraud investigations? Anybody have advice how she could pursue such a process?

"they would be highly inappropriate and indicative of cold hearts and immature mentalities."

Right.

"Hope the guy gets in a head-on with a telephone pole"

But that's not...

Hypocrisy defined.

[ThePlant 860]

I feel really sorry for these women that fall victims to unscrupulous scammers.

The dream of getting a farang husband and having a better life is still at large in Thailand.

Hope that these scams get better coverage on Thai media to warn future victims.

Till then.....we will be hearing again and again of similar cases.

Why feel sorry for stupid?

First she was stupid to call someone she does not even know a boyfriend

Second she was stupid to believe someone she does not know to be a boyfriend

Third she was stupid to think someone would give her 1.1 million dollars

Lastly she was stupid to think someone who gave her 1.1 million dollars would not pay $10000 postage .

She then was even more stupid to think postage can cost $10000.

Did she think her bf was sending her a house?

What a rather lame list of excuses...you sir, are a vile apologist....

[iReason 8,234]

"...the boyfriend, whom she has never met..."

"...a typical 'handsome-man"

"The nurse said she had to remortgage her mother’s farm to get enough money to make the transfers, and now the family is left with nothing"

Gambled.

And lost.

Nothing new...

[Katipo 4,519]

While I truly feel sorry for this woman, i do wish the local media would give the same sort of attention to all the foreigners who are scammed by local women. Sadly, it's no surprise at all that they don't however.