BANGKOK: In just a year, a whopping 162.2 million baht (RM22.39 million) was fleeced from Thais who fell prey to online romance scams but, with the he...
: In just a year, a whopping 162.2 million baht was fleeced from Thais who fell prey to online romance scams but, with the heat on them, syndicates behind these rackets are now running south to Malaysia to set up base.
Of these, 252 con artists were apprehended, and some 4.57 million baht of the ill-gotten gains was retrieved from them and returned to 23 victims. He said that from January to May this year, a total of 61 cases were recorded, of which only five were reported in April compared to an average of 60 cases a month last year.
The police stings are not confined to home either. In January, Thai police joined their Malaysian counterparts to bust a romance scam syndicate of Nigerians operating out of Kuala Lumpur who, till then, had conned Thais out of some 100 million baht. The conman will normally assume a fake Caucasian identity and after establishing romantic relationships with their victims, will persuade them to wire them money on the pretext that it was needed to pay fees or taxes for the delivery of their luxury gifts for the victims.
“We returned about 25.7 million baht seized from these scammers to 125 victims,“ he said, adding that 551 suspects were arrested.
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