Wed, June 29, 2022
Published: Jun 23, 2022
Romance scammers tricked victims into investing millions via two applications, causing several million baht in losses, the police reported after 21 suspects were arrested in Cambodia.
Published: Jun 04, 2022
A Thai woman has been arrested in connection with a “romance scam”, in which another woman was lured into transferring 6.2 billion baht of her employer’s money to accounts in several countries.
Published: Feb 14, 2022
The Royal Thai Police on Monday warned people to cautious about three types of scams on Valentine's Day.
Published: Jul 04, 2020
Two Nigerian nationals and a Thai woman have been arrested for allegedly running a romance scam at a house in Phetchburi Soi 17 in Bangkok’s Ratchathewi district, Immigration Police chief Pol Lt-General Sompong Chingduang said on Saturday (July 4).
Published: Sep 18, 2019
A 37-year-old Nigerian national was arrested this week for alleged public fraud via loading false information online as well as allegedly running racketeering and money-laundering scams, Immigration Police Bureau chief Pol Lt-General Sompong Chingdoung told the press on Wednesday (September 18).
Published: Jul 26, 2019
Three Thais have been arrested for allegedly assisting two Nigerians to dupe a Thai man into wiring them money in a romance scam.
Published: Jul 25, 2019
A 38-year-old Nigerian man has been arrested in Bangkok for allegedly operating bank accounts and arranging money transactions as part of a so-called “romance scam”.
Published: Jan 24, 2019
Thai police have joined their Malaysian counterparts to bust a Nigerian gang operating online romance scams, the same gang that fled Thailand a year ago to set up in Kuala Lumpur.
Published: Nov 15, 2018
A 27-year-old man from Guinea-Bissau was arrested for allegedly forging documents to obtain a Thai visa and aiding a romance scam, said acting immigration police head Maj-Gen Surachate Hakpal.
Published: Oct 22, 2018
Two Guinean men have been arrested on suspicion of belonging to a ring that has defrauded more than Bt1.8 million from Thai women, Immigration Police acting chief Pol Maj-General Surachate Hakpal said on Monday.
Published: Oct 03, 2018
Police have arrested a Thai woman and a Nigerian man for having allegedly deceived at least three Thai women to transfer them some Bt444,900 in a romance scam.
Published: Aug 06, 2018
Eight Nigerian men and six Thai suspects have been arrested for alleged collusion in an online romance scam, swindling nearly Bt2 million from Thai women in Ratchaburi, Samut Sakhon, Phitsanulok, Chon Buri and Bangkok’s Dusit district.