Frenchman loses 6,000 euros to foreign sex worker in Phuket
A Frenchman lost 6,000 euros in cash (approximately 210,000 baht) to a sex worker of colour in Phuket on Christmas night, December 25.
The Facebook news page Phuket Times reported today that the French victim took a foreign sex worker to a hotel after a Christmas party in the Patong neighbourhood of Phuket. He was intoxicated and subsequently fell asleep.
Yesterday, The Frenchman woke up to discover that all of his cash disappeared and he requested to check the hotel’s CCTV footage and saw the sex worker leaving the room with the cash in hand.
From pictures shared on the Facebook page, the woman can be seen counting the cash happily, seemingly unconcerned about the presence of the hotel’s security cameras. There has been no report of whether the Frenchman filed a complaint with the police.
The post caught the attention of Thai netizens, many of whom left sarcastic comments criticising the officials’ repeated denials of foreign sex workers operating in Phuket. Others made light of the victim, commenting…
“You sleep, you lose.”
“Flying from her home country to work in Thailand. Police can’t see them, even though they’re everywhere. I think she’s already gone.”
“Foreigners seek discounts for everything, except sex services…”
“Foreign sex workers: everybody knows except Thai officials.”
“Sex workers of all nationalities can be found in Phuket.”
“Imported goods are actually more expensive than the local ones.”
“You (French victim) deserve this. Why not hire local workers? You come to Thailand, you should use Thai services.”
A similar case was reported in June when a Canadian man lost 90,000 baht in cash to two African women in Pattaya. He hired them to spend the night with him at his hotel, agreeing to pay them 2,000 baht each. However, he ended up losing over 20 times that amount.
In another related story was reported in July when a Singaporean man lost more than 500,000 baht in valuables and cash to his Thai girlfriend. He revealed that he met the woman on social media and had been in an online relationship with her for four years before meeting in person in Thailand, a meeting that ultimately led to his losses.
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