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Fake Fortune Teller Arrested After Scamming 10 Million Baht via AI

Thai police arrested a 25-year-old man who posed as a fortune teller on social media, using AI to generate predictions from clients' birth dates and scamming victims out of more than 10 million baht. The suspect, Siwakorn 'To' Yaemcharoen, confessed he was not a real fortune teller and lost all the money gambling on Muay Thai and cockfighting. He faces charges of fraud and computer crime, and police are urging other victims to come forward.

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Police arrested a fake fortune teller who used AI to calculate predictions from birth dates, with victims falling completely for the scheme and losses reaching over 10 million baht. The suspect admitted the money went to gambling on Muay Thai and cockfighting until it was all gone.

On November 3, 2026, Pol. Col. Phumisit Thangwithaya, superintendent of Bang Sri Mueang Police Station in Nonthaburi, ordered Pol. Lt. Ekaphon Deephonphon, deputy inspector, and Pol. Lt. Somphong Phosi, investigator, to lead a team arresting Siwakorn 'To' Yaemcharoen, 25, unemployed, who pretended to be a fortune teller on social media.

After one female victim was tricked into transferring over 80,000 baht for readings, she filed a police report. Officers apprehended the suspect at a rented room in Bang Sai District, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya.

During questioning, Siwakorn admitted he was not a real fortune teller and did not start the scheme himself. A friend had posted his Line QR code on social media as a prank, leading people to contact him for readings. When clients sent their birth dates, he entered them into AI and forwarded the AI-generated predictions. He became a reluctant fortune teller when clients began transferring fees. For closer acquaintances, he also borrowed money claiming he would invest it. The latest victim transferred 25,000 baht twice and 30,000 baht once, totaling 80,000 baht for a 'fortune reversal' ceremony.

Siwakorn said he was still asleep when police burst into his girlfriend's room to arrest him, joking he had not even had time to read his own fortune. Before becoming a fake fortune teller four years ago, he resold ornamental fish. He claimed to have quit about a month earlier and sold all his fortune-telling equipment. Over four years, he collected over 10 million baht from reading fees, all lost to his preferred gambling on Muay Thai and cockfighting.

Police have charged him with fraud by impersonation and inputting false data into a computer system likely to cause damage. Investigators are proceeding with legal action. Police also urge any other victims of this fake fortune teller to come forward and file additional complaints at the station.

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