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Beam me up please, Scotty
Published on 26/05/2024
» With a rhonchi-like sound in their throats as a signal from five Lord Buddhas, a man and a woman duo in Udon Thani claim they can cure sick people using a celestial frequency.
Hong Kong phone scam cases drop in first quarter but losses quadruple
Published on 13/05/2024
» HONG KONG: The number of phone scam cases in Hong Kong dropped in the first quarter compared with the same period last year although losses quadrupled to HK$789 million (3.7 billion baht), with more mainland Chinese students in the city falling victim.
Privilege card loophole lets criminals in front door
News, Published on 13/05/2024
» The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) is still looking into foreign nationals who are in the nation on elite visas and engaging in dubious business.
6 members of 2 major scam gangs arrested, including 2 Chinese nationals
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 29/04/2024
» Six suspected members of two major call centre scam gangs have been arrested separately with cash and other assets worth about 42 million baht seized. One Chinese suspect managed digital wallets with about 70 billion baht in circulation.
Turncoat warlord at centre of Myanmar drama
Reuters, Published on 25/04/2024
» Armed soldiers loyal to a turncoat warlord patrol the streets of the border town of Myawaddy, as troops of the ruling Myanmar junta and rebels jostle for control of the outpost that handles more than US$1 billion in border trade every year.
Suspected scam gang's hi-tech gear seized
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 13/04/2024
» Police and customs officers in Chiang Rai seized a large quantity of hi-tech equipment believed to belong to a transnational call centre scam gang.
Scam gang ‘on the move’
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 12/04/2024
» Police and customs officers in Chiang Rai have seized a large quantity of high-tech equipment believed to belong to a transnational call centre scam gang.
Three escape Chinese scam gang
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 06/04/2024
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Three Thais have admitted they had to make at least 500 calls a day for a Chinese-run call-scamming gang in Cambodia or risk being beaten or sent out to work as prostitutes. They told of how they were lured to work for the gang after being repatriated to Thailand.
Bracing for the budget boom
Business, Published on 01/04/2024
» After a delay of six months, the government's 3.48-trillion-baht budget bill was finally approved by parliament on March 22, followed by the senate on March 25.
90 held as Chinese-led scam gang busted in South
Nujaree Rakrun, Published on 29/03/2024
» NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: Police have arrested 90 alleged scammers, including 55 Chinese nationals, during raids on eight locations in Chawang district of this southern province.