Young man arrested for claiming to be a close friend of the lottery office Scam to invest in lottery tickets Lost more than half a million

Central Investigation Police arrested a 36-year-old man who claimed to be a close friend of the lottery office. Scam to invest in lottery tickets Lost more than half a million Mr. Pawan, 36 years old, was arrested by the Central Investigation Police in the parking lot. Hospital in Ratchada-Ramintra Road, Bueng Kum District, Bangkok At the end of 2021, Mr. Pawan, formerly known as Watcharat, used Facebook to talk to the victims. Claiming to be an acquaintance of the victim Until the victim began to trust him. In January 2022, Mr. Pawan began to persuade the victim to invest in buying lottery tickets. Claiming to be a close friend of someone who works in the lottery department. Know what numbers the next lottery draw will come out. If you buy 20,000 baht, you will get 14 million baht in return, along with sending a picture of the money in your account along with your ID card to the victim. When you believe You will have the money transferred to your own account. Claiming to use it to buy lottery tickets And this installment is the last installment that can be purchased. The victim then invested an additional 50,000 baht, which Mr. Pawan said was used to buy the Lao lottery and won the prize. The victim went to adjust the account books. It was found that there was a check waiting to be paid for 35 million baht in the real account, but the money had to be transferred into the account to pay taxes first. The victim then hurried to find money and transfer it to Mr. Pawan. Plus an additional processing fee of 30,000 baht. It appears that after that Unable to contact Mr. Pawan again through any channels. Make you realize you've been tricked. During the preliminary investigation, the accused confessed to all the charges. And from a background check, it was found that he was an incompetent person according to a court order at the end of 2016. Source: Thai News Agency