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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.
Campaign aims to fend off AI deepfake scams
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 09/05/2024
» People are increasingly being threatened by artificial intelligence (AI) deepfakes that impersonate identities and collect personal information, often calling people with the voice of an acquaintance to defraud victims more easily.
Fighting scammers
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 06/05/2024
» Whoscall, a mobile app that helps people identify unknown phone calls and text messages, recently revealed that last year people in Thailand received the highest number of fraudulent SMS messages in Asia.
Crypto fraud victims to get B125m after big bust
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 23/04/2024
» Police say that 125 million baht in assets seized from two gambling websites were linked to a cryptocurrency fraud scheme and will be returned to the fraud victims.
Surveying efforts to halt cybercrime
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 11/04/2024
» Despite attempts by state authorities to suppress cybercrime, the number of cases and damage have yet to decline as fraudsters continue to devise increasingly sophisticated ways to deceive people.
Crypto scammers in the crosshairs
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 23/12/2023
» Binance has joined forces with the Royal Thai Police to fortify the latter's forensic expertise in cryptocurrency, uniting to combat the surge in digital asset-related crimes.
Fraud cases resulting in B50bn in damages: govt
Online Reporters, Published on 07/12/2023
» Fraud cases, causing approximately 50.87 billion baht in damage over the past 21 months, were mostly carried out online, according to government sources.
Meta, agencies target online scammers
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 26/10/2023
» Meta, Facebook's parent, is working with local authorities to tackle online scams in Thailand, particularly fraud and deception. Meanwhile, the Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry says Meta needs greater transparency to take down online scam adverts.
Cops arrest 5 foreigners over links to B2.7bn scam
News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/09/2023
» Four Chinese nationals and a Lao citizen have been arrested over their role in a cryptocurrency fraud that caused over 2.7 billion baht worth of losses, according to the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB).
Authorities ramp up awareness of scams
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 30/08/2023
» As online scams remain rampant and in recent cases scammers are using the names of high-profile businesspeople to lure the public to invest with them, local authorities are lining up to advise people to be cautious and verify the authenticity of any links or messages sent to them.