Two Australians claim they were victims of a villa investment scam in Bali after transferring more than $120,000 for a villa 'that didn't exist', while people from the other side of the world were allegedly conned by a different ruse run by the same alleged con woman, who the ABC understands has just returned to NSW.
Chris Slade was promised a great return for a modest investment in property with someone he thought was a friend.So when he met Putry Thornhill, an Indonesian local, in Bali and she offered the chance to invest in a "villa" leasing in Badung, he jumped at the idea." decided that a villa like this would be a good start," Mr Slade told the ABC.
Ms Cayless said she only had photos of the villa and didn't have the contract when she agreed to invest. "She told me that I would get my money and the profit back in maximum two months and even earlier if she could do it earlier," she said. "If it's called scamming, it means that I took away the money, I didn't return a penny, but here I have agreements with them to return it back."According to Ms Putry, one of the people down to invest in the villa backed out.
"We had a lot of information to share but nobody wanted to look at it which was really frustrating," Mr Slade said.She said it had been "extremely frustrating and disheartening" that Ms Putry could still freely enter Australia "because she knows the police won't do anything".
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