How this mum was duped into smuggling drugs - An Innocent Abroad: Part 1 | Australian Story
When Queensland mum Yoshe Taylor logged on to an internet dating site, she never imagined the devastation that would unfold.
She thought she’d found a friendship and a business opportunity when she exchanged messages with a Nigerian-national living in Cambodia who called himself Precious Max.
Desperate for security in her life and a steady income, she was hooked and visited Precious Max in Cambodia several times.
But it was on her third visit that it all came undone and the web of lies unravelled.
Yoshe was arrested at the airport in Cambodia in 2013, after she was found to be unwittingly carrying 2 kilograms of heroin in the lining of her backpack.
Sentenced to 23 years in a Cambodian prison, Yoshe was helpless and largely forgotten. Six years later, she shares her story for the first time. This is part 1 of a two-part story. Episode two will be posted August 19, 2019.
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There is _never, ever ever_ a good reason to carry a suitcase or a bag on a plane for anyone else, no matter what!!
Yes. It's like why can't they carry it themselves?!?
Exactly alert ⚠️ security immediately if anyone ever asks you to carry their bag.
@@CatalinaFOIA Well said 👏
She knew she was just greedy
Also pack your bags at least 30 minutes before you leave and lock it with a key that only you will have. Once you get to the airport, you can remove the lock, but don't trust anyone, not even your mother
''My children always come first'' Travels to a random country to visit a 20 year old dude who convinced her to smuggle crack
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There's a lot of lonely people in the world, this actually doesn't surprise me. The mind and nature of human beings is very much wired this way
She didn't start a relationship with him. He offered a legit seeming job running an arts shop, with convincing paperwork.
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I watched my neighbor lose her home to an online scammer. When I tried to warn her to stop sending money she threatened to sue me if I didn’t mind my own business.
How in the F does that work? How can people fall for that?
@@tourdedogue4952 hopes and dreams are stronger than the self.... people die just to pursue these. Pretty crazy.
@@DxModel219 It strikes me of a bit of desperation involved. Either that or these whack jobs are very smooth and convincing.
Some people cant be helped no matter how hard you try.
Some people just want to learn the hard way, at least you can say you tried to help!
Many years ago when I was a teenager, my mom reminded me never carry anything for anyone in my luggage no matter how innocent looking the item is.
Or how innocent looking the person is. Some scammers can be young and pass for a normal traveler just like you.
exactly, why not post it, my luggage costs more than post
Never develop any feelings at all for anyone you don't know in person. The internet is not the real world.
Please tell that to my mom. We all did and she told us "it's not like that".
@@wildrice3050 I had a friend lose money on christian mingle because Jesus lovers can’t be crooks. Surprise.
Thats not always the case. I have been married for 5 years already to my husband that i met online by accident🤷♀️ you just need to know how to be smart about things - there are people who are true and ethical and real out there who do find real love with people they have never met in real life. (My situation though was not an online dating one... it was on normal social media)
@@Violet._.PhoeniX I too met my husband 15 years ago online. But one, he was within 21 miles of where I lived, he didn’t ask for money, he didn’t tell me he loved me when we hadn’t even met in person, he didn’t try to get me involved in any business. We met for lunch not at night and in a busy restaurant. You can meet someone online, but you have to be realistic. The woman in this ridiculous situation even said how can you love an older woman with kids....she KNEW, she just made a stupid choice to not believe he was going to use her.
@@Violet._.PhoeniX Well sure you can meet someone on the internet and then get to know them. That's one thing. But people who think they are "in love" with someone on the other side of the world whom they have never really met are just fooling themselves. At the very least they will be terribly disillusioned.
Never carry any luggage that doesn't belong to you.
Never. That can transform your life in seconds ...
As far back as I recall when Checking In for your Flight the Airline Agent's would always ask if You alone packed your Suitcase.... Was your Suitcase ever out of your Eyesight and lastly asked... Are you carrying something other than your own for another Person!!. These inquiries were asked to every person Boarding the Aircraft ...Moshe?.
,I totally agree with you. Have been asked several times along the que at the airport n always say No n sometimes just ingore them.
IKR!!!!
@@Joyful-gu5bj wow really? I’ve never known anyone to be approached to carry another persons luggage... I thought that pretty much never actually happened haha
I remember meeting a guy online a few years ago, and when l told him l was living in JP, he started making a list of things he wanted me to send him. I told him he was mistaking me for Santa 🤣🤣🤣🤣 he got angry at me, and disappeared. One must be mentally very alert when meeting people online.
🤣🤣🤣 "mistaking me for Santa" good one
or, don't meet people online🙄🙄
They usually focus on desperate lonely women
I love your reply. People really need to stop looking online for things that are not there. If someone starts asking you for things, take that as a huge red flag and check the hell out
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Any man that calls himself “Precious” would be enough to turn me off 😳😳😳 🤣🤣🤣
Me too 🤣🤣
Or anyone who goes by "Easter Bunny".
Fml precious wtf
And how!🤪
Apart from Previous McKenzie the boxer of years ago.
I’m Black and single but I wouldn’t trust a Black man named PRECIOUS smh 🤦🏽♀️
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Bu Donna your a fine thing 😉
Tell 'em sister.
You understand? These women are very gullible
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Living in the US, I was always told “Don’t ever accept packages from strangers when traveling abroad”.
They dont come more corrupt than your government smh!
Most women not that naïve man, people believe what they wanna believe believe they need to believe and see what they want to see
Were you told not to eat yellow snow as well?...
Ronnie Sutton yes sir
Exactly....one time someone on the airport requested me..begged me..i said nope...noway..
After all that happened this woman sits smiling and laughing as she remembers the nice hotel they took her too and the tuk tuks. She's like some silly giggly teenager.
Went through this myself but wanted me to go to Istanbul instead of comming here , my travel agent refused to sell me a ticket I said why etc she said I was in serious danger etc sat me down we both cried Ill bless her always for seeing the fool I was in front of her.
I thought of the movie Midnight Express reading your comment . It's about a guy smuggling hashish and ended up in an Istanbul prison.. Stay safe and God bless .
Your travel agent is an angel.
Wake up Ladies!!! It’s OK to be alone and happy with yourselves!!!
True. But why these ladies have to look abroad. There's plenty of single men in their resident countries.
That's the problem she wasn't happy with herself
Ans ask for me donne Times
oh please society considers it one of the most shameful things
Women are just grown children
I've never heard of any Nigerian love or business interest that ended in a success story.
Heidi Pienaar Me too
Me three!
Me four
I did
Is there even a country in AF-FREAK-KA that is not a mess?
My mother always taught me if it's too good to be true then it is probably going to be too good to be true
No one forced her and shes not a victim. Good for that country for making her be accountable for her actions!
Judge not lest ye be judged
She writes "never regret your mistakes" but maybe that's part of the problem. If you don't regret your mistakes you're likely to repeat them.
She said after that line...only regret that you didn’t try...big difference contextually, no? And I agree with her.
I agree with you. Its a fact and it's funny how you say that too.
Yes! Well said!.Don't dwell on the past, but learn from it! Seen locked up abroad, and all of these idiots deserve what they get!! It is like they have NO BUILT-IN mechanism for their own survival! "Hey, wanna make $10,000? Just go to Cambodia and bring back some suitcases!" "OKAY!" Imagine Jim and Jeff in situation!! LOL!
I don't think you have to regret something to learn from it.
That's deep!
Girl,.... any man who says he has an orphanage or a sick mother , asks you for money or goodies ,you have never seen him or seems sneaky, run very fast until you are out of breath......then after resting, keep running!!
flo blessed you made my morning lmaoooo
- Unscrupulous women are also good at it especially when using their favored weapon - tears😭
Rather than asking for money, they said he gave her money, so that she would buy things and send them to him. He also sent her things to sell. It was all part of the process. He also paid for her ticket to go and see him. So it's not your usual needing "cab/bus fare" escalating to other random crap. It was the opposite. He was treating her.
what do you mean resting...do not rest..just run...and keep running
😂😂😂RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!!!
I've been flying for over 20 years and more and it's always been warned do not carry items for no one you don't really know....I don't even carry bags for family members but my own....The police have warned about this drugs smuggling for ages....
The very second the mention of drug is brought up, you press the eject button. Tragic story but commonsense- and perception- are essential to survive in this world.
she betrayed her daughter for a stranger and she have the audacity to say : >?!?
She was lucky to get a second chance. Otherwise I'm sure she would have learned to regret her mistakes.
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These white ladies say the darnest things 🤣
Right.. the nerve of this woman.. I'm sure her daughter regrets it though.. smh
Especially as it also read: only regret you didn’t try. lol. The stupidity.
How do you find these people who just gladly send laptops and money to strangers on the internet? I can't even get my boyfriend to buy me a banana..
NekoArts Your comment had me in stitches. I needed a good laugh, thank you. I hope you are staying safe. Have a fantastic day!
Niko Lol! Great comment!
So funny!
I always say the same..notthing is free
😂😅😅😅 day made
This is why airports always discourage you from carrying any bags that are not your own. This is common sense.
Do you know how many times I’ve been scammed for love and smuggled drugs? NEVER!!!!! Wth is wrong with these people… smh
Not everyone has common sense. It’s very unfortunate for those that don’t
And not everyone lives in such a dog eat dog world as the US is. Most environments are NOT as hostile as the US, so for better or worse, the people there have not needed to be quite as suspicious as others until VERY recently. But the Americanization of all the world is progressing at an incredible rate. So the entire planet is fast becoming just as angry, hate filled, and hostile, which means that nobody can afford to not be on their guard at all times. Societies are evolving at a rapid fire pace, but they're not necessarily going in the right direction. The really weird thing about it is that it's the desire of the right wing to return to simpler (for them) times that is actually driving this huge increase in crime and violence. It's a complete contradiction! As it has always been, the so called "Conservatives" who make up the GOP and the Canadian Conservative Party(s) wants desperately to return to the 1950s, but as always they fail to grasp the reality that you can NOT go backwards! All you can do is try to improve the present and the future. But they refuse to even try to do that, instead prefering to punish those those who are unable to conform to their militaristic views. They refuse to work on improving the situation that actually causes the problems (curing the actual disease whose symptoms none of us like), and they prefer to just punish people when they become affected by the symptoms of that disease. In ignoring the root cause and punishing the symptoms they are actually feeding the disease, and causing an increase in the symptoms. Somehow they are totally unable to see past their blinkers. Their inability to actually think, to see the cause and effect, is just astounding! This was so clearly displayed during Covid. Instead of taking any action whatsoever against the disease itself, and even though it was SO OBVIOUS that taking precautions to prevent the spread of Covid would lessen the illnesses and deaths by more than half. The right wing and Trump's MAGAts worked furiously to deny the facts and punish the sick! (As well as their desperation to "own the libs!") I've never seen anything so excessive, childish, and stupid in my whole life! Steve Bannon fed money to the Alberta Seperatist Party, and together they tried for a whole month to shut Canada down. Bannon's buddies flew the organizers of the so called "Grass Roots". group back and forth across Canada in a private jet! No low brow semi trailer/trucks for them! The immature irresponsible babies who couldn't tolerate a flimsy little peice of cloth over their mouth for short periods of time here and there, certainly showed us all just how selfish the right wing is! All they want is easy answers that are as simplistic as can possibly be. The fact that society is vastly more complex than it was in the 1950s is irrelevant to them. Blockading the capital city and all the dryland borders from BC to Southern Ontario, and maybe even beyond that eastwards, was their answer to all the problems created by Covid. What a bunch of geniuses! Real stable geniuses! Geniuses with all the best words. TV, camera, person, dog. Their self proclaimed leader can't even read or write, or even speak in a way that approaches fluency in his own mother tongue! If not for the fact the US is leading the whole world away from sanity, and into an abyss, maybe we would have actually grown as a species after the collapse of the USSR, but Ronald Reagan amd Margaret Thatcher together led the world into the pit we are still wallowing in, worse than ever. We had a long succession of disasterous leaders in both countries (and in Canada.) We are now in a pit that we most desperately need to climb out of in a VERY DECISIVE WAY!
@@cattymajiv wtf are you on about… this story has nothing to do with America, it’s Australia 🙄 are you just posting your nonsense to any KZhead video regardless what it’s about?
She did search the bag before agreeing but the dope was stitched into it. But still yeah not a great look
They know who they are dealing with. Usually looking for broke women, with kids and desperate.
Lonely woman falls for a con...sad because it happens all the time.The desire for being loved is stronger than common sense :(
Really? I have no desire to be loved that way. If it happens, it happens. Otherwise, I don't care.
@@leesteal4458 apparently for some
Well said.
@@Peekaboo-Kitty just learned this 48 hours ago.. now to actually be what i need 2 be for me, thats my new journey. I survived as did she.
@@leesteal4458 That's because you have self respect and love for yourself.
'Did you pack your own bag'?. 'No Precious Max the Nigerian living in Cambodia who runs an Import/Export business did'
you right...............................
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Not a Nigerian but a South African.
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These women should take responsibility for their own actions
Facts!!!
People get duped. If you've never been duped, then you've probably never been out your front door.
@@brahmburgers only dummies get duped , and I go out my door every day not everyone is a dummy
I’m gutted for these females all they wanted was love and what those guys did to them was disgusting I really hope they are all doing great now
It’s nice to read a comment that’s not victim blaming these women!
Agreed, these scammers are extremely good at what they do
Never blame the victim if something is to good to be true it is First time they ask for money please press delete button one woman in Australia did
Happen to old men, lonely men too😮😢😮
Gary I feel gutted for anyone that falls into this trap, this happens to men and women, it is not gender specific.
Ladies if you ever meet a guy over 2 years old that calls himself "PRECIOUS " please walk away he wont be normal
He just changed his name to delicious.
Red Flags she ignored. 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
Popular name in South Africa
@@kindid2412 Yeah for Girls
Precious McKenzie - Commonwelath Games weightlifter Gold medAL. gOOD GUY.
When you are this naive it's dangerous to walk through life without supervision.
Naivety is a good defense but I don't buy it for a second. She was struggling to pay mortgage, she's a lot sharper than she's making out.
Well from now on she'll be supervised just going to the bathroom.
@@leonoraerskine5848 everyone STRUGGLES to pay bills, but none stoop that low
@Jon Leach poor woman, she is dumb but being dumb doesn't make you guilty... :(
Like f she's not dupped. Shes guilty
To be a single mother is complicated enough, but to spend money for the dream of love ? What a mess !
“Never regret your mistakes, only regret you didn’t try”- bad advice from a person caught smuggling. 🙄
I come from Africa. I want to warn women.when you meet a man like this. RUN AWAY. We have the same problem in Nigeria.
I am the 111th thumb up to show that I agree with you! Run, women!
@@YourXellency and men
Every country had got their own problems , so everyone stop acting like your country is the best ....America cops are black killers , Australian like smuggling drugs , should I go on ?
@@quincyileh1578 Drug smuggling is usually done by dickheads in drug cartels from Central America.
RUN LIKE FORREST.
"He worked in an import export business. I didn't question him"... well there's your first problem
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Because you never made a mistake in a relationship 🤦🏼♀️
@@dawittywats1934 Some dude tells me he works in an import export business the first question I'm asking is what it is lol
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@@dawittywats1934 Would have to be so stupid to not question that, especially when some twenty something bloke like precious max, like come on ffs.
We're warned about all kinds of scammers, if you fall for something so obvious you need to suffer some consequences.
So what you're saying it is okay to victimize people with low cognitive abilities?
your perfect i suppose, never made a mistake.
That's right. Teenagers can be excused for blunders and must be protected, but adults are supposed to have some discernement and common sense. We all get fooled from time to time. But when it's a big major scam like this it's time to learn some lessons.
We all learn from our mistakes. But it's always better to be aware before making such mistakes. She could have talked to her friends and family to get advice before going to Cambodia.
@@tired.5565 No no, mistakes have been made of course. But NEVER anything so egregiously stupid as falling for a ridiculous online scam. How a tubby 40 something woman living alone with her cats can be so outrageously ARROGANT as to think a 30s rich businessman with a six pack is in LOVE WITH HER... Stupid people and their money will soon part ways.
This story will always be remembered, because I have learnt a lesson from this story. (Half a loaf, is better than no bread) our greed can make us blind.
For someone who wasn't looking for a relationship she sure went far looking for action.
The Old lone Omega just want to eat a tenderloin 💪...at very pricey cost. 🙄
@@ligerangry1933 old ione Omega WAT
she smuggled drugs. that was her own fault. she ain't innocent. ok. just because she is white doesn't maker her innocent now. you fking hypocrites. she is just making up fake stories to make her look innocent. cambodia literally gains nothing by plotting her and putting her in jail, it's just costing them money.
facts. also the same person who moved out into the country to get away from people lol. okaay
You said it. She was looking for _something_. And she was asking for trouble.
The naivety, gullibility and just plain stupidity of some people astound me.
poor buggers actually believe theres good in the world
I don't get either
Women believe what they wanna believe what they need to believe and see what they want to see
I was searching too long for this comment
Don't underestimate men's stupidity. They believed Fascism was a good idea, Communism was a good idea, and then Capitalism was a good idea. Hundreds of millions suffered from men's pet delusions.
What type of woman leaves her children to go all the way to Cambodia to meet a young man that pretends to show interest to her, pitiful
"I don't want you to die just yet. I've got plans for you..." DING, DING, DING, DING!!!!!!
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Run for your life if someone say this to u😫
The bell wasn't working..
@@seriouslyscrapping lol maybe that was her whole problem, she was trying to get a man to fix her bell lol ok ok bad joke ...
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"I love you with all my heart" - to a total damn stranger you've never met! How pathetic!
Lefties are Brainwashed?
@Snafu Void 🙌🏻
@@mus139 I know a “righty” who said she couldn’t be taken advantage of in Christian mingle. She is out over $700, because if you live Jesus you can’t be a crook. As I pointed out there was no way a 20 something year old man wants a late 50s woman other than her MONEY. He got her money and then he disappeared. Geez, who could have seen that? LoL
Exactly. It may be heartfelt and sincere but it's also extremely ill advised. True love may be blind but it shouldn't be blind, deaf and DUMB. Hang on to your senses until you know the person.
Don't get me wrong - this makes me sad for her. What was your first giveaway - his name? Precious Max! Too damn funny!
Congrats to the selfless Solicitors that believed in some ones innocence and never gave up. I hope the Yoshe can put her life back together and cherish every moment with her beautiful children.
Never, never, never accept packages from anyone and carry them across a border. Your employer/friend/lover can ship the items themselves if they really want to. Simply state the boundary: "I don't carry packages for other people. It's a boundary that has nothing to do with you." If they get extremely angry and try to intimidate you or make accusations/threats, that is just further confirmation that they were planning to take advantage of you.
I love traveling but when traveling 1. Never break the law of other countries 2. Never do drugs or touch drugs in a foreign country 3. Be very suspicious about other foreigners, sometimes they are the biggest crooks you will meet
Dont even do drugs in your own country, let alone a foreign country
There’s nothing wrong with experiencing what you choose, it’s your god give right to put what you wish in your own body, the real criminals are the Australian government that has stripped Australians of every constitutional right and not one person stood up and resisted. Disgusting how brainwashed you people are.
@@MrRizon83 Australia has never had a constitution bill of rights.
I am PINKIE Daniels Well things are worse down there than I thought, I hope you people start getting off your ass and protest a bit more. You are the laughing stock of the western world.
@@MrRizon83 and where are you from?
Rule of thumb, if it sounds too good to be true, it is too good to be true !
If you have a doubt, there's no doubt...
Self love and knowing who you are is so important. I feel sorry for her however this is gullible to another level.
A grown man with his pants hanging down and drawers showing would not peak my interest, but to each his own.
Every time Precious Max is mentioned I get side tracked through laughing 😂
Sounds like a stripper name tbh
Yes, it's just too precious.
@@Mart77 😄
Exactly!!! His horrible looking as well
Lol these desperates think people want single mums
"it was just small stuff in the beginning like Shirts, Mobile Phones and Laptop's" Are you kidding me I DO NOT class that as "Just Small Stuff"!!!
Must mean small in size LOL
"He'd send me money to send it over....". So as long as its being paid for she must have thought its okay.... Time 08:18
You’re small stuff!
She's probably not as innocent as she's making out. Can't believe someone her age could be that naive.
Nah..HE didn’t fall in love. SHE fell in love. He couldn’t care less, sad to say👀
It’s always hard to believe people are this naive. If she was this naive and odd, it’s not hard to believe she had difficulty at work.
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Precious Max lol ...For that reason alone I'm out
You aren't alone.😁
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Precious is a really common Nigerian name
Katrina M i did 🤷🏻♀️
😂😂😂. My first thought...why is this man called PRECIOUS?
Again if it’s too good to be true,it probably is.
I would have said what? Precious max? Um no! Be gone scammer!😁
So true !!!
Nina Kupchenko It probably is,nt
I can’t help to feel badly for her. She seems like she was in a desperate situation badly in need of a break. Still have a hard time understanding how a grown woman can fall for these scams.
Bottom line: Never EVER trust a dude called "Precious Max" who works at an ORPHANAGE in Cambodia 😂😂😂
He's called Precious, successful business man who still has time to volunteer at an orphanage.. Purleeze
EXACTLY! The name/Job and a still a volunteer? It's a redflag that he is a scammer or lier.
Mmmm she's a scammer too...trying to pretend she's innocent...
Maybe he was selling the drugs to teens in the orphanage.
"Still calling him, precious: " How Sad... 😔 and psychologically manipulated....
@A M this one however is bullshitting.she was just greedy..
Real question is, how’d she say precious max with a straight face.
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Some countries who have been colonies have very odd sounding anglo names.
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@@catonamushroom1019 if he's from Africa and doesn't mention an African name, run.
😂 lol
Please keep continue watching part two, May the lord bless the amazing wonderful angels Professional skilled lawyers, barristers, family members and good friends who helped this amazing mother and teacher 🌈🙏🏼☮️
This is a heartbreaking story about misplaced love and romance. The lesson is to be wary of Internet relationships and scams.
Precious max is Everything a woman would want? Is she delusional? Every woman wants a trustworthy loyal person with good morals who would make a good father.
Seza not Jeza Belle 😂😂😂
Couldn't agree more lol
A gentleman?!
Most people are focused on the externals not the internals.
oh stfu
She described him as "successful business person" 😑 No business person would have their underwear showing above the pant line because theyre purposely worn that way. Regardless of race, how a person dresses & carries themselves speaks loudly.
Lol, i agree.
Exactly!! It’s all in how you carry yourself!! Regardless of race!!
@Terri G You are smart
I think I'd judge his credibility by actual and legitimate info about his business, not by a picture he has on a dating site.
@T Mayo 'You're', not 'your'.
Asia has the strictest drug laws in the world. Straight archaic. She had to have known this was going to end badly.
Yes....in Singapore, it's death sentence
It does my head in how anyone could "fall in love" with someone they've never met in real life. Why would a "successful businessman" need gifts like clothes or laptops? Or to ask someone to sell 2nd-hand mobile phones overseas? These women ignore so many red flags. Even when family and friends tell them that they're being scammed. Are they not aware that 'love' scammers in foreign countries is a big industry?
Chatting on some online dating platform with a guy you've never met is not a relationship!
Her wanting love blinded her.
"Precious Max" - REALLY?! WTF! He may as well have had pimp/dope dealer tattooed on his forehead! Jesus!
What do you mean he volunteers at an orphanage ? XD
ha ha ha ha ..and yourself looks like a real dish . on meth .. ..LOL
this is soooo funny..but you are so right. I travel to poor countries a lot and see a lot of old women with 20 year old black guys...and usually wonder : Do you ever look in the mirror ?? Maybe that would already be the anwer to : does he really love ME ???
Ha ha ha
Still laughing at that one mate ha ha
Did she leave her daughter behind? How selfish. No sympathy for her....
What an eye opener 🙂.How ignoring the signs set her up. She was vulnerable and deceiving and deceived. Sad 😀😭
I don't think I'd date a guy named 'Precious' and that would be the first and biggest red flag.
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omg! not sure what country you live in. just so you know, in south africa , precious is s unisex name that is very very common. as common as Nat or Joe.
@@letyjay9715 huh, weird.
@@heidithrelfo9861 It has nothing to do with cultural ignorance. I said it's the first among the red flags of this guy, there are so manyy. Maybe you're right but see we don't use this name a lot in my country I think for males. That's it. Your opinion, that's yours.
@@letyjay9715 Nothing personal, I would name my child Precious no problem.
Now imagine this in reverse. A guy from Asia or Africa is caught smuggling stuff into Australia or Europe or US and all the sad violins and photo ops would disappear.
Lmao
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Yes its sickening. Bali 9 didnt get violins .2 were shot dead as just punishment.
@@bari2883 that wasn't an execution, it was murder.
Yup 😭
I don’t even answer my phone unless I know the number. I get calls from all over the world and I know it’s a scammer. I listen to a podcast about scams and one was you answers the phone and a voice says … can you hear me? They said hang up immediately. If you say yes they can use your voice to get into all your private information.
Me too , good for you 😊
"Precious Max"...a self proclaimed "businessman" with his pants half down and underwear exposed. Seems perfectly legit. 🤮
The name "Precious" would set off a lot of red flags for me.
"He was everything a woman could want"?!?! Who wants a guy who shows off his underwear above his pants as a fashion statement?! That just screams Thug to me.
Exactly!!!
Ew. Tacky, racist comment.
Meredith Duff Actually it is racist of you to assume that only a black man would do something like that, or act like a thug.
@@merediva6069 That comment is not racist. I also agree, how people can wear their trousers or jeans so low, that their underwear shows.
She just craved BBC!
Critical thinking skills are needed when you are an adult, let alone a mother.
Brilliant 👏 👏. You said what I was going to say. Going on a romance relationship with a man she don't even know?? What can go wrong?? The choices we made yesterday will guide our lives of tomorrow. Seek and you shall find salvation or your personal damnation Bad idea.
This is heartwreching! I `m so sorry for so many years in prison…. in cambodia 😢
Everyone is sorry after they get caught.
😂😂😂
That’s a given
Agreed, I don't believe they were this naive. Love sick maybe and very greedy. Innocent fool is a good defense though but I don't buy it for a mini second.
@@leonoraerskine5848 I know someone, who looks just like mom with kids in this video, she also totally naive, she will easily foll for this trick - I believe this mom.
Amazing body???? Clearly your standards were too low. Goodness, it smells like a scam from 1,000 miles away. What are these people smoking or drinking?
Smoking Hopium and drinking the Kool Aide...sadly...
They smoke insecurity and drink despair. A highly delusional mix.
Girls never fall for these kind of man
They don’t cared about you
the lady doesn't look like the smartest pumpkin in the patch for starters.
This is heartbreaking 💔 so sorry this happened
This is one side of the story. The other side is a story of a woman who never thought she would get caught smuggling then got surprised when she did.
Problem for many people: Aways looking for something better instead of appreciating and making the best of what you have.
What a strange comment. So if you have a violent partner, u should appreciate him? And be grateful for him? 🙈
I like to travel quite a bit, knowing about what can happen abroad from meeting strangers, locked up abroad has taught me to be absolutely untrustworthy of anyone and under any circumstances to never trust anyone you’ve known a short period of time. Especially when they ask you to bring back or take a package or a suitcase for a “friend” that you personally didn’t purchase or thoroughly pack yourself.
You are so right
Just take the dam package for them,you'll be fine
Love lock up abroad, it's an education that you cannot get anywhere else I also like the show "customs". It's amazing what i learned from it. Never knew that your bags are checked on arrival before they appear upstairs. I knew that you are watched when you get off the plane before going through immigration
I hope you mean untrusting.
This comment kind of pits my replies to waste...I think it's true to say that you should never trust anyone you've only just met. True is earned, respect and faithfulness doesn't reveal it self until you've had time to share W these things. I've been suggesting that people live in the here and now. Meet people where they are. But, of course, this can b fraught with danger too. Also, you can't always trust your family, or the people you love. Without love and trust on your life, you can't love and trust. You can't even love yourself, if you haven't experienced people loving you. It's a sad world, truly f-ed world. Take care of you, but give back to others too
We were taught as a child the words "stranger danger" and the reason is very obvious.
she says HE ruined her life... no love, you ruined your life.
His name would have set off alarm bells.
That solicitor who visited her 6 times deserves a medal!! God bless you mister!!
When you are too desperate be it love,job, friendship or anything you are bound to end in trouble
So true...
People with no options will settle for less.
True
Her story is really amazing and shows a very strong character. How may i sent her an email to encourage her ?
She should have been careful. Now pay the price for your actions. All actions have consequences. Face time for crime.
I just can't believe in this day and age that people still fall for this crap and are so gullible. I just don't understand.
Then you are stupid. Most people pretend but they are very lonely specially women.
She didn't fall for it , she just thought she wouldn't get caught . How many blokes are in those jails that have done the same thing and you hear nothing . She has kids for God sake and now she puts the tears on now she is caught . I would say the people that are being conned are the ones that fall for her story .
Just imagine how so many white people went to fight for isis in syria. I cant understand y whites get seduced so easily. White should stick to whites n brown should stick to browns.
In the age of science people still think the earth is flat. Gullible?
You are just addicted to anaconda. Shhh
Even at the age of 12 i knew that speaking to strangers on the internet means "DANGEROUS" and they are DEFINITELY NOT WHAT THEY SAY THEY ARE... All thanks to my dad who educated me at the right time...
Sometimes they are what they say they are. But you can't count on it.
This is kind of why older people are so susceptible to these scams. They don't grow up as digital natives.
@@jeremybean-hodges6397Yes. But older people have common sense, have a life of experience and should have good judgement, while kids are still too young to develop those things. I feel terrible for people who fall for tech scams, but romance scams is 100% completely their own fault
I wouldn’t talk to anyone called Precious Max! 😂🤣
I can't believe these women so easily fell for his "lines". I love you forever...they haven't even met!
Yoshe’s former partner seems like a good person. A lot of separated parents are spiteful towards each other but he shows respect and sympathy for her
Of course he showed sympathy for her because he lived with her and he knew that she was mentally challenged in some way..🤔😂🤗
He probably thought “this is why I left her”
If it sounds to good to be true, it probably is.
He left her and his kids and he even admitted that "she took full care of the kids after separation" but he's still a good person? These double standards are INSANE.
He left her with his kids and no means of support. Not good at all.
He asks her to carry a bag back to Australia and give it to a stranger, and it never crossed her mind that it could be fishy????? Hard to believe. I suspect she knew more than she admits.
Exactly! How can she be that stupid !!
And she is a teacher, if I didn't hear that wrongly. Also a lot of Westerners are pretty ignorant about crimes and laws in other parts of the world compared to the average educated Asians who knows much more about the Western world and ways etc.
@@teresapeet7146 teachers are the dumbest ppl in western society, its what you do when all else fails if you have a degree.
She knew exactly what was going on that’s her not taking accountability playing the victim there’s no victims in this story I only see desperate women look at that man why would he have to find a woman on a dating site that’s what they should have been asking themselves 😂look at them and look at him they should have knew better I have a friend who does the exact same thing take care of men .
@@veronicawesson5772 oh sweet child, you have so much to learn
So sorry that you went through this hell...he looks like a gangsta. No judgment. God bless.
I send stuff like this to my mom every now and then, but it doesn't matter. She was hacked twice within a month, with these people almost getting into her bank account, and her willfully ignoring that, since she is on the same phone plan as four other people, she has indubitably endangered everyone that her phone is connected to, her email is connected to, her Facebook is connected to, etc. Her idea of things is that, since my dad is dead, she wants to die, (but isn't depressed -yeah-freakin'-right...-) and she just doesn't give a crap about who she drags down with her, because we're "just supposed to trust God," and, for all intents and purposes, jump off of a building, tied to her ignorance. I'm a Christian, but I'm not insane. When it comes to decoding deception, she couldn't have more tepid thinking, and absolutely REFUSES to do ANYTHING that anyone (especially me) tells her to do with technology, because she wants to play Farmville and live in a fantasy world where cops are like Andy Griffith was portrayed, taxes go to schools and roads, and the government is your friend. She even saw cops beat a man to death on the news, and STILL thinks this.... 1950s, horse crap.
If a man asks you to travel to meet him and FOR HIM, don't do it!!!!! online dating is dangerous and not trustworthy in itself but if someone really does like you and wants to meet you, let them come to you. I really don't believe you can fall in love with someone before truly meeting them; you're falling in love with an imagination/fantasy of that person.
Lena Y so true
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Woman need to wake up and realize we live in a terribly dangerous world
I think if she had genuinely put the kids first, she never would have gone to Cambodia to meet a man she met online. I get she was lonely and desperate, but the risks she took were absolutely not worth it. She had to have seen the red flags starting with his name. Hard to feel sorry for her. She's lucky she got out. Hopefully she learned that their are worse things than struggling with single parenthood.
I'm from south Africa so the name is not that unusual
@@klippies1011 Precious is a pretentious name I think is what people mean by it
She probably was blackmailed to go to Cambodia.
@@klippies1011 To anyone not from Africa, it's suspect
@@RealisticPlanner she wasn’t a victim, she volunteered for this and IF she had out her daughter first this wouldn’t have happened.
Just the text messages alone would have raised my red flag. Max was full of it from the start! 😂 However, some women don't catch on until it's too late. How this lady thought he was genuine is beyond me!
It's mind boggling that people actually fall for these types of things! smh