By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER-cum-Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul was pressed today (Jan.23) to cut off Thailand’s power supply for suspected transnational criminals in Myanmar once and for all. People’s MP Rangsiman Rome, who chairs the House Committee on State Security, Border Affairs & National Strategies and Reforms, called on Anutin to take
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32 Indonesian escape from Myawaddy scam hub
AS the bosses of a scam centre at Myanmar’s Myawaddy township, across the border from Thai town Mae Sot, have come under pressure 32 Indonesians managed to flee to Thailand today (Jan. 19), TV Channel 7 said. A joint patrol of the border by Rajamanu Task Force, Mae Sot and Immigration police and local
Read more‘True’ warns customers not to fall for fake circular sent by scammers
AS SOME customers of True Corporation Plc have received letters in TrueMove H’s name and emblazoned with its logo the communications giant issued a warning not to be taken in as this is the work of scammers, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Nov. 28). The scam letter invites customers to directly contact police by
Read more39 foreigners flee Myanmar scam centre: Thai police
By AFP and published by CNA THIRTY-NINE foreigners have fled an online scam centre in Myanmar across the border to Thailand, where officials are working to identify potential trafficking victims, police told AFP on Monday (Nov. 25). Scam compounds have mushroomed in Myanmar’s borderlands and are staffed by foreigners who are often trafficked and
Read moreIndian duped into buying ‘magic herb’ by two Pakistanis in Pattaya
AN Indian tourist filed a complaint at Pattaya City police station that he had been duped into buying two bottles of a “magic herb” by two Pakistani men at 10,000 baht each with police saying that other tourists too had been similarly scammed, TV Channel 7 said today (Nov. 7). The 34-year-old unidentified tourist
Read moreMore victims of Feng Shui fortune teller’s scam file complaints
AS MANY AS 25 victims of a famous Feng Shui fortune teller’s scam have filed complaints against him with total losses reaching over 80 million baht, Thai Rath newspaper said this afternoon (Nov. 6). Pol. Col. Anek Taosuphap, deputy commander of the Crime Suppression Division, said the first victim to file a complaint against
Read moreDemocrat MP’s daughter conned by call scam into transferring cash
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A DAUGHTER OF DEMOCRAT MP Chaichana Dejdecho has been defrauded by a call scam into giving away cash or otherwise seeing his reputation damaged online. The Democrat lawmaker, concurrently performing as chair of the House Committee on Police Affairs, told reporters today (Oct. 30) his unnamed student daughter had been
Read moreSoldier held for scamming 60 women he met through dating app
A SOLDIER was arrested today (Oct. 22) for scamming as many as 60 women he met through a dating app and blackmailing many of them by threatening to publish compromising video clips, Naewna newspaper said. Pol. Col. Chakaj Thiamwong, deputy commander of the Udon Thani provincial police, and his team announced the arrest of
Read moreScam alert: Don’t answer calls with three prefixes
POLICE warned the public to not answer calls with three prefixes, that is +697 +698 and +66, as they are definitely from scammers and dangerous, Sanook.com said today (Sept. 2), The Thai police and related agencies have strictly suppressed and cut off communication channels of call centre gangs and now they can no longer
Read morePublic warned not to click scam message with PM’s photo attached
THE government urged the public to not click any scam text messages with Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin’s photo attached asking them to check their rights and the conditions for obtaining the much-heralded, yet-delayed populist handout of 10,000 baht digital wallet because doing so will enable scammers to lock their mobile phones and drain all
Read moreSri Lanka embassy asks for help in freeing over 40 scam centre victims
SRI LANKA embassy asked the Thai Foreign Ministry to help free 43 of their citizens who were tricked into working at Chinese grey capitalists’ scam centres in Myanmar’s Myawaddy township, across Moei river from Thai border town Mae Sot, where victims from 20 other countries are similarly entrapped, Naewna newspaper said today (June 24).
Read moreFormer call centre worker held for helping romance scammer
CYBER CRIME police arrested a young Thai man for opening an online account for a romance scammer to receive money from his victim while forced to work for a call centre gang in Cambodia, TV Channel 7 said today (May 15). The swindle started in September 2022 when the scammer created a fake Instagram
Read moreModel arrested on forex scam charges
A THAI model who used his good looks and luxurious lifestyle living in a swanky condo to create a well-off and trustworthy profile tricked many people into investing in his forex scam with losses reaching over 10 million baht, Amarin TV said today (May 10). Sgt. Phithat, a 59-year-old inspector, led a police team
Read more80 million baht in cash seized from hybrid scam gang at border
CYBER CRIME and Border Patrol police seized 80 million baht in cash linked to a hybrid scam gang that was being taken to the Thai-Myanmar border at Mae Sot district of Tak province today (Apr. 17), TV Channel 7 said. At the order of Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau chief Pol. Lt. Gen Worawat Watnakornbancha,
Read moreCyber crime victims lost over 2 billion baht in February
THE PUBLIC was warned to be more careful after it was revealed that as many as 21,506 cyber crime cases were filed at https://www.thaipoliceonline.com in February with losses totalling 2,493,842,459 baht, Matichon newspaper said today (Mar. 9). Mr. Karom Phonphonklang, deputy spokesperson of the Prime Minister’s Office, said this works out to be 85,944,56
Read moreChina repatriates hundreds of scam factory workers from Myanmar
By Jonathan Head & Lulu Luo – BBC News and published by Yahoo!News HUNDREDS of people who had been working in Myanmar’s notorious scam centres have left on evacuation flights organised by China. The flights mark Beijing’s latest win in its battle against the centres, estimated to hold hundreds of thousands of human trafficking
Read moreLiverpool fans warned of money-soliciting, ludicrous scam
By Thai Newsroom Reporters LIVERPOOL FANS IN THAILAND are being cautioned to never fall prey to what appears to be a ridiculous, senseless scam soliciting money online to buy Bayer 04 Leverkusen manager Xabi Alonso an air ticket to the English city. The Central Investigation Bureau has posted on its Facebook page to warn
Read moreVictim warns public to beware of power bill scammers
A WOMAN living in Bueng Kan province who lost over 30,000 baht in an electricity bill scam issued a warning for others to be careful and not fall for such tricks, TV Channel 7 said today (Sep. 29. Ms. Orapin (surname withheld), 30, said on Sep. 22 a power bill from the Provincial Electricity
Read moreBriton files complaint after losing 15m baht in Koh Samui condo scam
A BRITISH businessman today (June 1) filed a complaint at the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) after losing over 15 million baht in a condominium scam at Koh Samui, TV Channel 7 said. Mr. David Edward Chappelle (name translated as written in Thai), 70, was accompanied by Mr. Pattakorn Teepbunrat, a representative of Thailand Consumers
Read moreThais got 17 million scam calls in 2022, 45% phone numbers leaked
THE total number of scam calls made to Thais last year jumped by 165% to 17 million while over 45% of phone numbers in this country, or 13.5 million, had been leaked, according to Gogolook, the Taiwan-based developer of caller identification app Whoscall, Naewna newspaper said today (Mar. 31). In its annual report Gogolook
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