Fake doctor and lawyer swindle 2.75 million baht from Thai nurse
A Thai nurse from the Isaan province of Udon Thani lost 2.75 million baht in two separate investment scams, leaving her unable to afford the care of her bedridden mother and daughter.
The victim, 48 year old Bee, filed a complaint with the Provincial Police Region 4 and shared her experience with news agencies to warn others about falling victim to scam gangs. Bee revealed that she lost all of her savings and was now heavily in debt.
Bee explained that she worked as a nurse at a hospital in Udon Thani and was later contacted by a neurologist called Name, who claimed to work at a hospital in Bangkok. She trusted him because he worked in the same industry and continued to talk with him.
Name informed Bee that he found her contact details in an advertisement for a plot of land for sale in Nonthaburi, which he was interested in purchasing. Bee clarified that she did not own any land in Nonthaburi and suggested that Name might have contacted her by mistake.
Nevertheless, Name continued to communicate with Bee via the LINE messaging application. Over time, their conversations became more frequent, and Name eventually invited her to invest in an online shop on the TikTok platform. Name claimed that Bee could earn 10,000 baht in profits from an initial investment of 30,000 baht.
Enticed by the potential profit, Bee decided to invest 30,000 baht. She received the promised profit and, encouraged by the success, continued to invest increasing amounts. Her investments escalated from 30,000 to 400,000 baht, then to 700,000 baht, and beyond.
From fake doctor to lawyer
Unfortunately, the profits stopped, and Bee soon realised she was scammed. In this first incident, Bee lost 1.8 million baht to the fake doctor.
Shortly after this, Bee was contacted by another scammer, a man claiming to be a lawyer named Nanthaphat, who reached out via her Facebook account.
The scammer claimed he could help her recover the money she had lost to the fake doctor but insisted she first needed to trade stocks through a specific application.
Desperate to recover her money, Bee complied with the fake lawyer’s instructions and transferred 950,000 baht into the application. She soon realised she was scammed again.
In total, Bee lost 2.75 million baht in the two incidents. She firmly believes the fake doctor and the lawyer were part of the same call centre scam gang.
Bee had to look after her daughter and her bedridden mother, so she had to borrow money for their daily needs. Aside from the losses, Bee also ran up more and more debts.
A bank has successfully frozen three accounts linked to the scam, but it remains unclear whether Bee will be able to recover her losses.
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