Last month, Tourist Police Bureau chief Suthipong Wongpin explained the 'romance scam' of Nigerian con men. (Bangkok Post file photo)The Immigration Bureau has nabbed four Nigerian nationals in Bangkok, who were allegedly running a so-called romance scam. According to bureau acting commissioner Suthipong Wongpin, the men used social media and chat rooms to trick unsuspecting women into wiring money to them. Pol Lt Gen Suthipong said the suspects had opened Facebook pages using false identities. Pol Lt Gen Suthipong said the four Nigerians entered Thailand on tourist visas and had remained in the country for three to eight years.

Source: Bangkok Post November 02, 2017 21:22 UTC