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Officers from the Crime Suppression Division have arrested and charged a Nigerian man who conned millions out of a string of Thai women in an online love scam.
The 35-year-old man, identified as Ben Raven, was captured on Tuesday afternoon at an apartment in the Lat Krabang district of Bangkok following an investigation into complaints filed by several women who claimed they had been conned out of between 100,000 to 150,000 baht each.
The women told police they had met and been chatting online for several months with a man they believed to be a handsome European who was coming to Thailand to be together in a relationship.
Each of the lovestruck women then handed over vast sums of cash via bank transfers when their sweetheart called to say he was detained at the airport with the million baht in cash he’d brought to start their new life together and he had to pay for it to be released.
At least three women fell for the lie and transferred the money only to never hear from the rogue Romeo again.
During questioning, Raven confessed to police he and a friend called “John” would chat with hundreds of Thai women on Facebook, Line and several dating websites. He said they would successfully snare a new victim every 1-2 weeks, adding his victims made bank transfers of between 10,000-400,000 baht each and that the money was split 50-50 with his partner in crime.
Several computers, mobile phones and bank books were seized by police and will be used as evidence in the forthcoming criminal proceeding.
Raven was remanded in custody pending a court appearance.