Police warned online lurkers to be vigilant about scams again today after a 16-year-old Thai girl was conned via Instagram into giving over THB300,000 to scammers.
The unidentified teen’s uncle, identified only as Atichai, said it all began a year ago when his granddaughter found a job listing on Instagram that promised money in exchange for watching YouTube videos. The 39-year-old Korat man said the young girl was invited to a Line chat where the admin laid out an increasingly complicated scheme.
First, she was asked to transfer THB100 to apply. After that, the girl was given a list of music videos to watch, starting with five songs for which she would receive THB200. She was told she would have to pay THB100 in “insurance,” a number which later increased to THB1,000 as she continued watching videos.
The girl decided to watch 20 songs and transferred THB400…
