A Nigerian scammer known as the "Star Boy" was arrested in Bangkok. Yesterday he was arrested for directing lonely Thai patients pretending to be a beautiful American female army on Facebook.
Antonio Jose Carlos and his Thai girl, the 20-year-old Sukanya Sakaew, were caught in her apartment in the Chaengwattan area as part of the government's exploitation of foreign criminals.
The police found six mobile phones and several bank books in an apartment that had a circular fund of THB 3 million (nearly USD 92,000).
Police investigators said Star Boy was engaged in ongoing conversations with 38 middle-aged Thai men using the Facebook profile in which he introduced himself as an American woman. It was not clear how much money he managed to get out of them. Follow-up investigations yesterday ultimately saw the arrests of five other members of the so-called Star Boy gang, all Nigerian nationals.
Pol. Maj. Gen. Surachet Hakpan, deputy commander of the tourist police, said the scammers had played on their victims desperate need for romance and tricked them into transferring money to their bank accounts.
Some had built social media profiles to give the appearance of a luxurious lifestyle, then asked victims to invest in a business with them.
Police have charged the suspects with fraud and putting false information into a computer system that causes damages to others. The investigation is ongoing.
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