http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/332418/nigerians-charged-with-marriage-proposal-fraud

The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has arrested two Nigerian men alleged to have defrauded about 20 million baht from scores of Thai women through a global marriage scam in which they pretended to be US marines.

The DSI said Benjamin Olakunle Owewole, 44, and Oladapo Awooyele, , had told their victims they were US marines deployed in Afghanistan and promised to marry them after they completed the early retirement process from military service.

They asked the victims to wire them money to help pay the discharge processing fees. One of the women eventually became suspicious and informed the authorities.

The Nigerian men were arrested with approximately 11 million baht in cash in their possession. The DSI reported that at least 400 women all over the world had fallen prey to the fraudsters and about 20 million baht had been scammed from the Thai victims.

According to DSI chief Tharit Pengdit, the suspects had approached their targets, usually single women aged 40 or older, many of them widowed or divorced, via online chatrooms and Facebook.

The alleged swindlers elaborated their stories by having accomplices play different roles, such as sick family members, superiors and subordinates calling the victims. The women were duped into wiring funds into accounts in Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan.

The Bureau of Foreign Affairs and Transnational Crime, working with the police Crime Suppression and Technology Crime Suppression divisions arrested the two suspects at a shopping mall in Nonthaburi province.

At their hotel room in Bangkok investigators found US$370,000 in cash along with computers and cellphones used in the scam.

DSI investigators believe the gang is running their operation in several countries, including Sweden, Malaysia and Singapore, to make it difficult for authorities to gather evidence against them.

Why do these reckless touts and bandits always damage the name of Nigeria .

See them tarnishing our name again. Dem never spoil am do?

Mr.chippychappy:
Why do these reckless touts and bandits always damage the name of Nigeria .

SI I see what you did there. Nice one!

Must you highlight their names? Haba!!!

HNosegbe: Must you highlight their names? Haba!!!

Bros i cannot hide the truth na

Why is this story not on the front page?

Ejiné: Why is this story not on the front page?

You know why. . .

Now ,why would OAM4J lock my thread started earlier than this one and direct me here,a latter thread
Does that make sense?

https://www.nairaland.com/1175644/2-nigerians-arrested-bangkok-scamming

Ejiné: Why is this story not on the front page?

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why will it be on the front page with the wrong scammers?
2 men scammed 400 women worldwide but unfortunately they are of the wrong tribal persuasion not worthy of front page[/size]
Na today?

another tribal bashing thread....
nigerians committed crimes abroad and some people still want to make this about tribe instead of using their common sense. the whites don't know yoruba or hausa or biafra - all they see is the green passport which says ojukwu, awolowo and abacha are all nigerians.

Ejiné: Why is this story not on the front page?

You know why na. His name is not the right type.

If it's ikemfuna, emeka, obinna, etc. It will make front page.
If it's efem, ekong, etc, it will make front page.
If it's anyother ethnicity in SS, it will make front page
If it's alhaji lamido, buhari, etc. It will make front page.

The guy is not the right people na. You know that LOL.

I'm surprised they haven't closed the thread yet.