A 19-year-old undergraduate from Nakhon Si Thammarat committed suicide by hanging after being conned into paying a down payment of 20, 000 baht online for an iPhone that never materialized.
A woman who owned a horse account that the crew used to collect payment was among the scammers that police were looking for on Tuesday.
On Sunday night, Atiya, 19, a Mathayom Suksa 6 ( Grade 12 ) student, was discovered in her bedroom at the family home in the Pak Phanang district’s tambon Koh Thuad, hanging by her neck.
According to police authorities, it seemed that stress from being conned by online con artists drove her to commit suicide.
Three close friends of the deceased scholar and her aunt, who shared the same home, were interrogated by the police. They discovered that Atiya had contacted a mobile telephone retailer, claiming to be in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai area, via social media to purchase an iPhone 13 in installments.
The store claimed that in order for it to take the phone, she had to make a lower payment. & nbsp,
The young lady had made four payments totaling 18,500 ringgit into a bank accounts in the name of Ms. Dokkaew Kewjerm. On her smart phone, she discovered wealth transfer slip and talk communications between the student and the seller.
However, she did not receive the phone after the sediment was paid. She had repeatedly contacted the owner before requesting a refund of her funds. Later, the store responded by asking for an additional & nbsp, 2, 000 baht as guarantee funds for the iPhone. She moved the more cash.
After the funds had been sent, there was no answer. Atiya discovered that she had been duped. A portion of the funds had been taken out of two close associates. She was likewise concerned about her family reprimanding her. All of this put her under a lot of anxiety.
On October 15, around 3.15 p.m., she sent her final information to one of the two close friends. She claimed to have been duped and feared being reprimanded by her family. When she stopped communicating, her anxious friend called Atiya’s family and instructed them to go into her bedroom.
They had to push the locked bedroom door open. When they got outside, they were horrified to see that she had hanged herself. The community was engulfed in chaos. & nbsp,
The research chief at Koh Thuad, Pol Lt Col Sawat Niyomdet, launched an instant analysis. The Mae Sai mobile store was found to be fake by officers and nbsp. Starting with & nbsp, the owner of the bank account, local investigators were collaborating with cybercrime police to track down the con artists.
Ms. Boonyuen, 47, & nbsp, the mother of the deceased student, sobbed on Tuesday as she told reporters what had happened to her daughter.
She had heard about online frauds and a student who killed himself after being duped, but she had never imagined her girl do experience such things.
She claimed that although her child wanted an iPhone 13 for college the following season, it was very pricey. She instructed her to hold off until the month’s finish. Otherwise, Atiya attempted to purchase one online in installments but was duped.
This would not have happened if she had told me that she planned to purchase a cellphone electronically in installments. Ms. Boonyuen said, tears streaming down her cheeks,” I would never have criticized her because I love her dearly.
She pleaded with the authorities to apprehend the thieves as soon as possible so they could not reason for suffering for others.