PREGNANCY SCAM BITES; HAMMOCK ATTACK; CANINE KILL

A Nonthaburi man is warning netizens of a woman who hatched a pregnancy scam, duping him of 100,000 baht over a four-month relationship.

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Natthapong (no surname given), 24, a driver for a private company, complained to police after the woman, identified as Mew, 22, in news reports, claimed she was pregnant with his child a month after they met.

They met on Facebook last November and the relationship developed quickly, he said.

“She showed me a pregnancy test after being in the bathroom for about 20 minutes. I was excited but also worried about how our parents would react,’ he said.

He invited Mew to move in with his family so he could take better care of her, though news reports say he initially kept her pregnancy a secret from his parents.

Keen to be a responsible partner and a good dad to his unborn child, Nattapong met all her needs, including food and transport to work, he said.

During this time, Mew began asking him for money periodically, claiming she had financial problems and needed to pay off debts. She also asked for money for “prenatal care’

He was happy to help and offered to take her to hospital for a check-up. But on the day of her appointment, Mew always had an excuse not to go.

Later, in February, valuables including cash, two mobile phones and an iPad started to go missing from Natthapong’s home, but owing to his trust in her, he suspected nothing.