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Thai govt hails use of 1441 cybercrime hotline
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 22/12/2024
» The damages caused by cybercrime have plummeted by 44% since the 1441 Anti-Online Scam Operation Centre (AOC) Hotline was established last year, according to the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society.
Romance, friend impostor, SMS scams top fraud cases, police say
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 22/12/2024
» Romance scams, friend impostor scams, short messages with fraudulent links and false accusation calls have been the most common tricks used by scammers in 2024, a deputy spokesman for the Royal Thai Police Office revealed on Sunday.
Japanese phone scammers arrested in Pattaya
Gary Boyle, Published on 19/12/2024
» Immigration police in Pattaya have arrested five Japanese men allegedly operating a call scam centre that has been defrauding elderly Japanese out of about 5 million baht a day.
Japanese phone scam crims arrested in Pattaya
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 18/12/2024
» PATTAYA - Immigration police have arrested five Japanese men allegedly operating a call scam centre that has been defrauding elderly Japanese out of about 5 million baht a day.
Woman arrested after Thai-British beauty queen loses B4m in 'fake cop' scam
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 15/12/2024
» A woman, 40, was arrested in Chaiyaphum province for allegedly opening a mule bank account for a Cambodia-based scam gang that tricked Thai-British beauty queen Charlotte Austin out of 4 million baht.
Ministry preps platform to handle scammers
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 19/11/2024
» The Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry is developing the "DE-fence" platform to prevent fraudulent calls and text messages in a fresh effort to suppress call centre gangs.
Customers cry foul over gold scam
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 08/10/2024
» More than 200 people have complained to the cyber crime police, alleging they have been scammed into buying gold jewellery online.
Transgender woman arrested for selling student videos
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 26/09/2024
» A transgender woman has been arrested in Bangkok for allegedly duping male university students into sending her video clips of themselves masturbating, which she then sold on social media.
Trio nabbed for trafficking women to Benin
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 25/09/2024
» Two Thai women and a Chinese man have been arrested for allegedly being a part of a human trafficking network that tricked Thai women into prostituting themselves in the West African nation of Benin.
Govt eyes tougher online scam laws
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 24/09/2024
» The government is considering toughening laws to suppress online scams while continuing to improve protection for consumers purchasing goods on the net, said Deputy Prime Minister and Digital Economy and Society Minister Prasert Jantararuangtong yesterday.