Several Thai women accused a Thai dating coach of using pictures of renowned German footballers to swindle money from them. The accused, Coach P’Lek, admitted using the pictures of former German footballers Michael Ballack and Philipp Lahm but denied deceiving the victims, saying it was just her marketing strategy.
The victims’ representative, 43 year old Or, came forward to share her experience of using the dating service on the Facebook page, Online Matchmaker (แม่สื่อออนไลน์). She said she paid nearly 40,000 baht to the site’s administrator, Coach P’Lek, to find a relationship with a foreign man as promised and advertised but has yet to meet anyone.
Or added that a number of Thai women had fallen victim to the fraudulent dating service and some had lost more than 100,000 baht.
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