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14 'rescued' from scammers
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/11/2025
» Fourteen Thai citizens who claimed they were duped into working for scam syndicates in Cambodia were rescued and repatriated by a joint rescue team on Monday.
Twenty victims file suit against 'swindler guru'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 08/10/2025
» Twenty victims, assisted by activist lawyer Ronnarong Kaewpetch, chairman of the Foundation for Justice in Society, have filed a lawsuit against a self-proclaimed "Naga medium" accused of swindling over 20 million baht.
Duped workers safely repatriated
Post Reporters, Published on 06/10/2025
» Sixteen Thais who were duped into working for a scam syndicate in Myawaddy, Myanmar, have been safely repatriated, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday.
Poll suspects local official involvement
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/02/2025
» Most Thais support the government's decision to cut off utilities to Myanmar to combat call-centre gangs and believe the illegal operations receive assistance from Thai state officials, says a survey by the National Institute of Development Administration.
Border patrol intercepts scam-bound Chinese men
News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/01/2025
» Tak: Two Chinese nationals were intercepted yesterday by soldiers patrolling the Thai-Myanmar border in Phop Phra district, preventing them from falling victim to call-centre scam gangs, local authorities said.
Foreigners flee Myanmar scam gang into Thailand's Mae Sot
Post Reporters, Published on 25/11/2024
» TAK: Thirty-nine foreign nationals who claimed to be victims of a call centre gang were rescued Monday morning by Thai authorities during a border patrol operation.
Myanmar workers protest at being duped
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/11/2024
» SAMUT SAKHON: About 100 Myanmar workers protested in front of a factory in Muang district after they paid a group of Thai brokers 3,000-7,000 baht each but did not receive the promised jobs.
Thai monks lose over B1bn to stock fraud
Post Reporters, Published on 21/10/2024
» Thailand's National Office of Buddhism (NOB) has been instructed to investigate an alleged pyramid scheme in which monks were duped into investing in bogus stock in the northeast, causing damages worth more than a billion baht.
Transsexual arrested for serial swindling of Japanese men in Bangkok
Post Reporters, Published on 04/08/2024
» A 48-year-old transsexual was arrested on Saturday night for allegedly swindling a Japanese man, the latest in a decade of similar offences against mostly Japanese men, adding up to about 26 million baht.
Thai women escape sex exploitation
Post Reporters, Published on 10/11/2023
» Three Thai women have been repatriated after being duped into prostitution in Myanmar, according to the founder of the Pavena Foundation for Women and Children.