Victims complain of being tricked into investing in fake lottery tickets

A group of 10 victims traveled to file a complaint with the Crime Suppression Division investigators after being tricked into buying fake lottery quotas, resulting in damages worth over 70 million baht. Ms. Nalin Rojanawattikorn, founder of the Huai Thalang page, along with more than 10 lottery vendors in Sung Noen district, Nakhon Ratchasima province, submitted documents to file a complaint with the Crime Suppression Division police after a woman claimed that a politician was behind her, holding a position on the board of a political party, and tricked her into buying a government lottery quota. The victim stated that the woman claimed to be on the board of a political party, which led her to know important people at the Government Lottery Office, and was able to sell a large amount of lottery quotas. She claimed that if she made a profit from selling the lottery, she would use the money to make merit. The woman's profile showed that she had made merit by building a cemetery and donating to orphans, which made the victim believe her even more. When she searched for the woman's name, it was found that she was really on the board of a party and had no bad history. This led the victim to believe her and invest in the lottery quota, totaling more than 70 million baht. However, when the time came to deliver the lottery tickets, the woman kept avoiding her, claiming that she would sell the lottery tickets herself. Then the profit will be delivered as cash instead, approximately 1.6 million baht. In the first installment, she actually received the money, but in the following installments, she did not make any profit. This made her suspicious, so she followed up and asked, but the perpetrator sent a lawyer to talk to her instead, claiming that if she wanted the money back, he would pay her by check. The group of victims did not accept it because they wanted the lottery as agreed to sell it themselves. When the police were asked in several areas, they found that this young woman had changed her name. When they searched her old name, they found that she had a history of committing fraud in the same manner in many cases, including cases involving checks and cases involving the Computer Act. This made the group of victims worried, so they filed a complaint with the Crime Suppression Division police because they were afraid that there might be an influential group behind this. One of the victims said that she met the perpetrator at a meditation center in Nakhon Ratchasima Province. One of her disciples introduced her to the woman. She claimed that she had received a quota of lottery tickets from the woman to sell and made a large profit. She spoke persuasively and showed her photos of herself with many lottery tickets, which fooled the victims into believing her and pooling money to buy the lottery tickets. After receiving the money, the perpetrator made excuses, claiming that he was collecting lottery tickets but could not get them in time. However, when the second draw came, he made the same claim again, leading to the belie f that he had been scammed. Therefore, he gathered evidence to file a complaint with the Crime Suppression Division Police to prosecute the woman. Pol. Col. Peera Payutthanan, Director of the Investigation Group, Consumer Protection Police Division (CPPD), accepted the case and will expedite the process to ensure fairness for all parties. Source: Thai News Agency