PHUKET: A Phuket woman who advertised fancy cameras for sale on Facebook at bargain prices posted people shoes and other items they didn't want instead, police said today.

The woman, who used a fake name and a stolen photograph on the social media site, deceived at least 20 people, officers at Phuket City Police station said.

Piyanuch Singhkala, 23, of Mai Khao on Phuket, now faces charges under the Computer Crimes Act, officers said.

She copied a photograph of Benjapon Poomkleang, 24, who lives in Bangkok, and created a Facebook identity in the name of Preeya Sukkhee in August and began offering an expensive Casio camera, valued at about 20,000 baht, for sale at just 5500 baht.

''People who paid money into her bank account received shoes or other items they didn't want,'' police said.

''Eventually one of Miss Benjapon's friends came across the fake ID site and asked her what was going on.''

Miss Benjapon went to the police.

Police ordered a camera from Preeya Sukkhee on Facebook and officers on Phuket traced Miss Piyanuch through her local bank account.

She sent unwanted gifts to victims in the hope they would not complain.

The Computer Crimes Act carries hefty jail terms for online fraudsters, hackers and data base thieves.