by panicearly
Mon May 24, 2010 12:55 pm
Hello to everyone. My sis-inlaw has possibly fallen into a romance/drug mule scam and I`m hoping that its just a romance scam for her families sake. I`ll give as much detail about her behavior and her new boyfriend and would appreciate your opinions.
First about my sis-inlaw, we`ll call her DB.
DB is single 35 year old, college grad, acts confident, office worker, want to be an independent woman, sexual relationship wise not very experienced. We believe she hadd one boy friend 8 years ago. She is private about her relationships but we are sure that she has not been in other relationships.
3 Months ago she quit her job after saving up a fair amount of money over the last 8 years.
1 month ago she travelled to Vietnam, where she met a girl from Spain, then decided to go to Spain in June.
After Vietnam She went to Thailand and met a guy towards the last 3 days of her visit.
She then returned home, and immedietly bought another plane ticket to meet him again in Thailand this time for a month stay. Just A week later she returned home to close out her apartment as she said "im going to live with my boyfriend". DB`s roomate says he calls her repeatedly and all she can talk about is him.
At this point DB has known this man for 10 days (physically together).
Now about the boy friend (BF), what she reluctantly told us so far
BF is 34, From Turkey, Says he has a sick mother, and has land in Turkey he has to go to sell.
BF paid for her trip home($700) to clear out her apartment. BF says that he has a business in Thailand and he will get DB a business visa so that they can be together.
BF also wants her to go to Turkey with him this week from Bangkok
Taking her lack of relationship experience into consideration and seeing her erratic behavior I knew she was lalalove land. Which is fine, except that this seemed to me like a somewhat common drug mule operation.
Girl falls in love, BF wants to take her to Europe or somewhere, and she either knowingly or unknowingly carries drugs through customs. IF she clears it then all is well and the romance continues till eventually the girl is caught. At which point the man moves on to another waiting gf. This is not uncommon in SE Asia, and BK is a major beggining point for China White(heroin).
I told DB about these kinds of scams and she should not beleive some man she met on the streets. She at first seemed to be nervous, which i took as a positive sign. She asked me what she can do to tell if he is a scammer. I told her to tell him that you dont feel like going to Turkey and see what his reply is as an example.
But later that day he called her and she told him that she doesnt feel like going to Turkey, and just wants to relax in Thailand. To this he replied that it was ok with him and in this case he will fly his sister to Thailand as he wants to introduce her to DB.
BF did not mention his business trip to sell his land. Instead now his sister is going to come from Turkey to Thailand just to meet his 10 day old girl friend DB.
DB thought all was well and took off to Thailand 4 days ago convinced that she was going to start a new life with BF. No one has heard fromher since, possible she is just running around thailand`s beaches so far.
Apart from her behavior several things about BF make me see red flags.
1. How many 34 year olds own land they need to sell
2. How many foreign 34 year olds have businesses in another country.( He is from Turkey with business in Thailand)
3. Why would a smooth talking stripper recruiter in Thailand shack up with a homey inexperienced office worker?
4. Why would a stripper recruiter pay for a girls plane ticket after knowing her for only 10 days?
5. Why woud he change his travel trip after DB declined to go?
6. After she became nervous about going to Turkey, he then says he will have his sister come all the way to thailand to meet DB. Is he trying to make DB feel more comfortable?
DB is reluctant to give any more info about BF and has gone into a "stand by my man" mode. She did not disclose his facebook. After I found it on my own she acknowledged that it was her BF.
To end, we all told her what we thought, but she went anyway. I dont expect to hear from her but will post again if i hear something new. This could be scam in progress. Live. Your comments and opinions are welcome. Thank You,
Panicearly.
First about my sis-inlaw, we`ll call her DB.
DB is single 35 year old, college grad, acts confident, office worker, want to be an independent woman, sexual relationship wise not very experienced. We believe she hadd one boy friend 8 years ago. She is private about her relationships but we are sure that she has not been in other relationships.
3 Months ago she quit her job after saving up a fair amount of money over the last 8 years.
1 month ago she travelled to Vietnam, where she met a girl from Spain, then decided to go to Spain in June.
After Vietnam She went to Thailand and met a guy towards the last 3 days of her visit.
She then returned home, and immedietly bought another plane ticket to meet him again in Thailand this time for a month stay. Just A week later she returned home to close out her apartment as she said "im going to live with my boyfriend". DB`s roomate says he calls her repeatedly and all she can talk about is him.
At this point DB has known this man for 10 days (physically together).
Now about the boy friend (BF), what she reluctantly told us so far
BF is 34, From Turkey, Says he has a sick mother, and has land in Turkey he has to go to sell.
BF paid for her trip home($700) to clear out her apartment. BF says that he has a business in Thailand and he will get DB a business visa so that they can be together.
BF also wants her to go to Turkey with him this week from Bangkok
Taking her lack of relationship experience into consideration and seeing her erratic behavior I knew she was lalalove land. Which is fine, except that this seemed to me like a somewhat common drug mule operation.
Girl falls in love, BF wants to take her to Europe or somewhere, and she either knowingly or unknowingly carries drugs through customs. IF she clears it then all is well and the romance continues till eventually the girl is caught. At which point the man moves on to another waiting gf. This is not uncommon in SE Asia, and BK is a major beggining point for China White(heroin).
I told DB about these kinds of scams and she should not beleive some man she met on the streets. She at first seemed to be nervous, which i took as a positive sign. She asked me what she can do to tell if he is a scammer. I told her to tell him that you dont feel like going to Turkey and see what his reply is as an example.
But later that day he called her and she told him that she doesnt feel like going to Turkey, and just wants to relax in Thailand. To this he replied that it was ok with him and in this case he will fly his sister to Thailand as he wants to introduce her to DB.
BF did not mention his business trip to sell his land. Instead now his sister is going to come from Turkey to Thailand just to meet his 10 day old girl friend DB.
DB thought all was well and took off to Thailand 4 days ago convinced that she was going to start a new life with BF. No one has heard fromher since, possible she is just running around thailand`s beaches so far.
Apart from her behavior several things about BF make me see red flags.
1. How many 34 year olds own land they need to sell
2. How many foreign 34 year olds have businesses in another country.( He is from Turkey with business in Thailand)
3. Why would a smooth talking stripper recruiter in Thailand shack up with a homey inexperienced office worker?
4. Why would a stripper recruiter pay for a girls plane ticket after knowing her for only 10 days?
5. Why woud he change his travel trip after DB declined to go?
6. After she became nervous about going to Turkey, he then says he will have his sister come all the way to thailand to meet DB. Is he trying to make DB feel more comfortable?
DB is reluctant to give any more info about BF and has gone into a "stand by my man" mode. She did not disclose his facebook. After I found it on my own she acknowledged that it was her BF.
To end, we all told her what we thought, but she went anyway. I dont expect to hear from her but will post again if i hear something new. This could be scam in progress. Live. Your comments and opinions are welcome. Thank You,
Panicearly.
Last edited by panicearly on Thu Jun 17, 2010 9:46 am, edited 1 time in total.