In a story of deception, four residents reported to police their loss of 600,000 baht (US$17,015) due to a rip-off involving a woman claiming to be a religious medium. The wrongdoer satisfied her victims to perform an costly ritual, warning that with out it, their lives could be in danger. To add to the losses, the fraudster promised to offer low cost vehicles however never delivered.
Deceived by a 47 year old fortune teller and part-time soul guide known as Luek Gaew, 4 aggrieved citizens discovered themselves out-of-pocket. Scientifically proven culminated in a report back to the Don Yanang Police Station in Thailand’s Bueng Kan province yesterday.
It all began in 2016 when Luek Gaew, a pal of the victims for over 5 years, embarked on an elaborate ruse, the potency of which didn’t turn out to be clear to the victims till it was too late.
Basing her operation within the close-knit neighborhood of Don Yanang, Luek Gaew managed to convince the victims of a curse they fell underneath. She insisted they needed a ceremony performed by herself to rid themselves of this unwell fortune. Within her in depth fabrication, Luek Gaew claimed she was the host physique for a spirit information named Pi Pia, with whom she shared her predictions of the victims’ unique National Identification and checking account numbers.
Securing their trust, Luek Gaew convinced the victims to deposit money into her account for future use. She gave assurance that the cash might be withdrawn instantly upon request, reinforcing the belief that the victims’ funds have been protected, reported Sanook.
By 2022, Luek Gaew started to orchestrate a communal religious event. She claimed that figures engraved inside the native Pa Samakkhi Tham temple wanted donations for refurbishment, attracting extra funds from her victims on the pretence of beneficial second-hand automotive offers. The accumulative loss of these victims stacked up to a crippling 620,000 baht.
These secondary transactions acted because the enabler for Luek Gaew’s true intentions, as victims have been left empty-handed, both by method of the promised automobiles and the bulk of their financial savings. Having realised they’d been cheated, the victims sought to reclaim their money midway through 2021.
Luek Gaew agreed to refund every last baht to them. However, deadlines were repeatedly missed till the last correspondence on July 6, offering nothing more than an excuse concerning the delay being down to spirit-guide intervention.
Pa Samakkhi Tham’s Abbot, known as Ajarn Paeh, detailed to journalists the donation of a major Buddha statue by residents of Nong Hua Chang village under the coordination of Luek Gaew within the previous yr. Notably, he couldn’t confirm the existence of any such individual as Luek Gaew throughout the temple grounds..