Scammers trick you into buying a house or renting a Buddha image, paying for a bounced check.

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Nonthaburi Owner of a Buddha amulet rental shop. Bang Rak Phatthana Subdistrict, Bang Bua Thong District, Nonthaburi Province announces house for sale. Found a scammer Bought a house and a Buddha image before giving a check for 100,000 baht, but the owner of the house was wrong. History check found an arrest warrant.

a house Bang Rak Phatthana Subdistrict, Bang Bua Thong District, Nonthaburi Province opens a shop for renting Buddha statues. After last October 19, Mr. Patiphan or Max, aged 32 years, along with his girlfriend, traveled to Bang Bua Thong Police Station to report the arrest of Mr. Nopphon, aged 52 years, for making a request to buy a house priced at 1,150,000 baht and requesting Rented 3 more Buddha statues, claiming to bring them into the house to enhance good fortune for 47,000 baht by signing a check for 100,000 baht before taking all 3 Buddha statues to auction until Mr. Max went and found the one who gave them to Mr. Nop. n At the amulet market, he noticed something wrong and asked a friend to check before finding Mr. Nopphon’s history. The name was changed 10 times and there were many cases against him, especially fraud cases and cases involving checks. And there were 3 arrest warrants in various areas.

Mr. Patiphan or Max said that he had posted a house for sale on Facebook. Later, on October 16, 2023, Mr. Nopon contacted and asked to see the house and agreed to make a contract at a coffee shop near Sai Noi for a price of 1,150,000 baht. Mr. Nopon brought a check for 100,000 baht to him as money. First deposit and will pay within 90 days, then come to talk at their home He opened a shop for renting amulets. When Mr. Noppon saw the amulet, he made a move to ask to rent and buy the amulet from himself. This Buddha statue is not for sale, but it is a Buddha image that he personally worships. But because Mr. Noppon Agreeing to buy a house, he agreed to pay respects to all 3 Buddha images for a total of 47,000 baht.

He made an appointment to pay on Wednesday, Oct. 18, ’23, but later on Oct. 18, ’23, in the morning, he met the monk at Nai Nop. What was taken was then sold to another person. He went to buy back the king who had given to Mr. Noppon. And when the appointed date arrived, Mr. Nopphon refused to pay the money as agreed. – Thai News Agency

Source: Thai News Agency