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Ministry launches free DE-fence app to block scam calls
Life, Puriward Sinthopnumchai, Published on 18/01/2026
» The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society has introduced "DE-fence," a mobile application designed to protect the public from the rising tide of call centre scams and fraudulent SMS links.
AIS launches simple SMS scam reporting service via 1185
Life, Puriward Sinthopnumchai, Published on 29/12/2025
» Advanced Info Service (AIS) has launched a new "1185 Snap and Share" service allowing customers to report fraudulent SMS messages through a simplified process, providing a fast, free-of-charge solution for users to flag scammers with results promised within 24 hours for both Android and iOS users.
The dangers of pyramid schemes
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 04/11/2024
» The iCon Group became the subject of significant attention after several victims filed complaints against the company. The estimated damage is over 2.4 billion baht, and the Police Central Investigation Bureau has issued arrest warrants for the iCon Group on charges of committing public fraud and inputting false information into a computer system.
AI in the spotlight
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 17/07/2024
» In today's digital age, artificial intelligence has become increasingly integrated into people's daily lives, from movie recommendations on streaming platforms to virtual assistants like Siri and Alexa and semi-autonomous technology in Tesla vehicles. As a result, the misuse of AI is becoming an issue of concern.
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.
AI is causing concern again
Life, James Hein, Published on 06/12/2023
» There have been two big stories in the IT world over the past couple of weeks. The biggest one concerns OpenAI and its three-day boardroom drama. In a nutshell, the board voted Sam Altman and other members out of the company. The next day, Microsoft picked them up and anyone else who wanted to head over to a new division. That same day, 700-plus employees of OpenAI signed a letter saying they would go if a rogue board member did not quit and bring Sam Altman back. On the third day, Sam was back and three board members were gone.
Do opposites attract?
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 05/08/2022
» Even though two people have different ideologies, they can still get along, right? Sure, but if getting along means falling in love with someone whose beliefs and values are completely different from yours, well then, let's just say that that only happens in movies like Purple Hearts, the latest Netflix drama that provides a spin on marriage fraud between a troubled young US marine and a struggling singer-songwriter who dreams of her big break.
Protect yourself when online
Life, James Hein, Published on 03/08/2022
» A friend of mine, let's call him Dave, wrote to me recently about identity theft. He told me that all of his identifying information like phone numbers, email addresses, old passwords and his usual security questions, were all available on the dark web. He also had a number of notifications of personal information breaches that resulted in fraudulent charges, the need to replace credit cards and attempts to set up fake bank accounts in his name. The latter is used if a hacker is planning to get into your other accounts so they can transfer funds to themselves under your name.
Exposing the bad boy tycoons of India
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 23/10/2020
» Despite an earnest effort by Netflix's docuseries Bad Boy Billionaires: India to document the rise and fall of men behind financial deceit such as Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Subrata Roy -- best described as a bunch of "has-beens" whose amoral behaviour eventually led to their fall from grace -- it does little to shed new evidence about their cases.