Bangkok: Twenty pork vendors filed a complaint with the Crime Suppression Division, alleging they were scammed in a fresh pork purchase, resulting in damages of 35 million baht. More than 20 fresh pork business owners visited the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) to request police assistance in investigating a scam involving the fraudulent sale of fresh pork in several areas. This scam has caused distress to businesses in multiple provinces, including Nakhon Pathom, Pathum Thani, Chachoengsao, and Nakhon Ratchasima, with each victim suffering losses of at least 5 million baht.

According to Thai News Agency, Ms. Noon, a pork vendor in Nakhon Pathom province, suffered losses exceeding 10 million baht. She revealed that the scammer, nicknamed Supattra, contacted her through various channels including mobile phone, Facebook, and Line, requesting to purchase over 4 tons of fresh pork at a time, making four separate transactions. The first transaction involved full cash payment. Subsequent transactions requested credit, with half the price paid upon subsequent purchases. However, after four transactions and more than a year, the remaining balance has not been returned. Despite filing a police report, which was claimed to be a civil case and resulting in a victory, the Department of Legal Execution has found no assets to trace. Ms. Noon has suffered significant losses, including the loss of both the pork and the time spent on the civil lawsuit. She lamented that current laws protect debtors but not creditors. Furthermore, the scammer continues to buy fresh pork from vendors in other provi nces with large pig farming populations, including Chonburi and Nakhon Sawan.

Ms. Fai, one of the entrepreneurs from Nakhon Pathom province, also stated that she was deceived into buying fresh pork a total of nine times, each time amounting to at least 16 tons. The last time, nine trucks were involved, weighing a total of 36 tons and worth over 10 million baht. To this day, she has not received a single baht. When she filed a lawsuit, she was countersued for filing a false lawsuit.

The victims stated that they want the Central Investigation Bureau to arrest the woman and investigate the entire operation, including who was involved in the buying and selling. Importantly, they want to know where the pork was sold and who the buyers were, as they suspect the woman's actions indicate she had accomplices and was part of a large organized crime ring. They wonder if this constitutes fraud against the public. Crucially, they want the Central Investigation Bureau to curb the activities of this group of perpetrators or fraudsters, as they are still contacting businesses to buy fresh pork and the scam is spreading to small-scale pig farmers who raise only one or two pigs per family.