Two Nigerian nationals were arrested by The Immigration Bureau (IB) on Thursday , in Bangkok for allegedly running romance scams. The suspects -- Lawrence Osita Nwaenyi, 32, and Peter Stanley Chukwuebuka, 33, were arrested at a condominium in Prawet district. According to IB acting commissioner Suthipong Wongpin, the duo allegedly used social media and chat programmes to trick unsuspecting women into wiring money to them. Pol Lt Gen Suthipong Wongpin said the suspects had opened Facebook pages using false identities. They posed as rich Europeans and approached and befriended female Facebook users. If the women agreed to a chat, the suspects would make romantic overtures and express interest in investing in businesses with the victims. In most cases, the IB acting commissioner said, the suspects told the victims they had gifts for them, sending them photoshopped pictures to make the scam look believable. Other gang members would then call the victims, pre...