75 year old Thai woman loses over 18 million baht to romance scam

A 75 year old Thai woman lost over 18 million baht to a romance scam within just a few months of making contact with the scammer. The scammer tricked her into investing in a deceitful company called Gold Future.

The victim’s son told Channel 7 that his mother invited him to invest in the Gold Future business in early July. She told him that he would make twice as much money from the investment. He immediately knew it was a scam because of the impossible profit and warned his mother to stay away from it.

Then, in August, the Thai woman borrowed 1 million baht from him and his brother. His mother later told him that she had borrowed money from relatives to settle their household expenses. He was confused because his mother never had financial problems before.

He later found out that his mother had transferred 18 million baht to the scammer on October 6. He…