BANGKOK — 9 June 2026, Hundreds of victims have issued warnings after being scammed by a concert ticketing service on X named “sums… (@sums…),” which offered ticket-buying services for the BTS World Tour concert in BANGKOK and allegedly deleted its account and cut off all communication, disappearing with customers’ money estimated at nearly 1.1 million baht ($33,398).
The incident began when the account began opening for concert ticket-buying bookings. The account had built up credibility through posting many reviews under promotional hashtags, #รีวิวกดบัตรร้านซัมซัม, attracting large numbers of fans seeking assistance in using its service. The service reportedly charged booking fees ranging from 300 to 700 baht per ticket and required customers to transfer both a deposit and the full ticket cost in advance.
However, on Tuesday, the day tickets were due to be sold, the account was abruptly shut down and clients were no longer able to contact the administrator via either X or LINE. Concerned customers subsequently formed a Line Open Chat group to share information, collect evidence, and track the financial trail.
Preliminary investigations by victims found that most payments had been transferred into bank accounts belonging to a Kuakarun nursing student. The account holder later joined the victims’ group to clarify her situation, claiming she had been hired to let someone use her account to receive payments, insisting she was unaware her account was being used in connection with fraudulent activity. According to her explanation, the money was subsequently transferred to another individual identified as “Praewa” through bank accounts and TrueMoney Wallet services.
Many victims remain sceptical of those claims, citing financial links discovered between the two individuals. Meanwhile, both the nursing student and Praewa have reportedly claimed that they were merely taking jobs from another person known only as “Gam” and were unaware that what they were doing was illegal.
One of the victims, going by the alias “Rin,” revealed that she discovered the service through concert-related hashtags on X. After seeing numerous positive reviews that looked legit, she hired the shop for assistance in obtaining two VIP tickets and transferred the money to its account but later realised she had been deceived along with many others.
Another victim, identified as “Nui,” disclosed that information compiled through a shared Google Sheet indicated that at least 145 people had been affected, with total losses approaching 1.1 million baht. Victims also found that multiple bank accounts, including accounts held with Kasikornbank and Krungthai Bank, had allegedly been used to receive payments, raising suspicions that the operators deliberately spread transactions across several accounts to complicate efforts to trace the money.
Many affected customers believe the operation was carefully planned. They allege that multiple review accounts were created to establish credibility, while online interactions and testimonials were used to build trust among potential customers. Furthermore, many of the service’s review hashtags disappeared, leaving behind only warnings from victims and discussions relating to the alleged fraud.
Currently, a large number of victims have begun filing complaints both online and at police stations while gathering transaction records, chat logs, and other evidence to the investigators to track the money trail and catch all individuals involved in the scam.
Most recently, “Palm” Nithikorn Boonyokulcharoen, a former party-list parliamentary candidate for the People’s Party, joined the victims’ Line Open Chat group and said he would team up with members of parliament and relevant parliamentary committees to assist efforts to pursue the case, and will also coordinate with the press to raise public awareness.
The victims are urging everyone affected by the scam to preserve all transfer records, chat screenshots, and relevant documents, and report it to police as soon as possible to assist investigators in moving forward with the case and holding the scammers legally accountable.