Nearly four years’ jail for scammer in SG linked to cheating cases involving more than S$436,000

Tangngam advertised her loans on social media platform Facebook by posting a photograph of a branded handbag and stating the loan amount as well as repayment amount – being loan amount plus interest – on the same post, but had no intention to repay the advertised loan or to use the advertised branded handbag as a collateral for the loan. — Image by Freepik

SINGAPORE: A woman who hatched a plan to obtain “loans” from others by using branded handbags as collateral managed to cheat multiple victims of S$436,300 (RM1.44mil) in total.

But Thai national Tangngam Nonthacha, 35, had no intention to repay the loans or use the bags as collateral.