Chamanun funnelled $250m from her employer over four months. She thought she was doing it for love

When an attractive, US army doctor working in Afghanistan sent a sweet hello message to Chamanun Phetporee on LinkedIn, she was so intrigued she wrote back.

That fateful LinkedIn message marked the beginning of a tangled web of lies that would ultimately lead to Chamanun stealing 6.2 billion baht from her employer, and potentially facing the rest of her life behind bars. Lieutenant Colonel Korkiat said it was likely the scammer told the same story to many women, but Chamanun took the bait because she was lonely."She didn't have a big social life … and she said she had never had a boyfriend or a serious relationship before."

'Dr Andy' told her he would like to transfer an inheritance from his late father, worth $US58 million , to Thailand and use some of the money to buy a luxury home for himself and Chamanun to move into. WhatsApp messages between the pair revealed the scammer told her he needed more money to pay for other expenses related to transferring his large inheritance to Thailand.

Another associate sent her a bank account link where she could log on and see all the money she had sent, but police later discovered it was a fake website with just one letter in the web address different to that of the real bank. "They gave her a $100 bill, saying 'you can check it, it is a real one' and she kept it, but we believe the rest were probably fake."

Essilor Manufacturing Thailand told the ABC these are "ongoing proceedings and as such the company is unable to comment at this time". The detective added that when he took her through all the transactions she was stunned at what she had done. Since she was also a victim of crime and had cooperated with the investigation, a judge sentenced her to only two years per offence.

At 88 years of age i am amazed at how dumb some people are even professional people. Apparently Qld or is it Australia is scammed of $17M a month . When a scammer comes on the phone i scam them for a few minutes till they realise they are being scammed in reverse and turn off

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