Payathonzu border town cloaked in darkness after power cut
AFTER Thailand shut off electricity, Internet and fuel supplies from five points to Myanmar yesterday (Feb. 5) the neighbouring country’s Payathonzu border town, opposite Sangkhla Buri district in Kanchanaburi, plunged into darkness , Naewna newspaper said today. This action was taken by the National Security Council because call centre scammers entrenched along the Myanmar […]
Read MorePM yet to order power supply freeze to Myanmar townships: Anutin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER-cum-Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul commented today (Jan.30) Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has not as yet ordered him to shut off power supply to a Myanmar township where criminal rackets have thrived across the shared border from Thailand. Anutin said he could not act on his own in regard […]
Read MoreCabinet nod to toughen law on call centres and cybercrimes
THE CABINET today (Jan. 28) approved a draft to amend the cybercrime decree and give officials absolute power to arrest, revoke and increase punishment with banking apps and mobile networks no longer able to shirk responsibility, Naewna newspaper said. Mr. Jirayu Huangtrakul, the Prime Minister’s Office spokesman, said this amendment to the Royal Decree […]
Read MorePattaya police swoop on Chinese-Korean call centre gang selling fake products
A RAID on two luxury pool villas in Pattaya led to the arrest of 13 Chinese and Korean suspects on charges of running a call centre operation scamming people by selling fake products and package tours, TV Channel 7 said this evening (Dec. 13). Pol. Maj. Gen. Thawatchai Jindakhonsong, commander of Chonburi provincial police, […]
Read MoreDemocrat MP’s daughter conned by call scam into transferring cash
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A DAUGHTER OF DEMOCRAT MP Chaichana Dejdecho has been defrauded by a call scam into giving away cash or otherwise seeing his reputation damaged online. The Democrat lawmaker, concurrently performing as chair of the House Committee on Police Affairs, told reporters today (Oct. 30) his unnamed student daughter had been […]
Read MoreTwo Swedish men wanted on fraud charges arrested in Pattaya
TWO SWEDISH men wanted in their home country for allegedly running a call centre gang that scammed over 50 million baht were arrested in Pattaya for overstaying, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Oct. 29). Upon being tipped off that Swedish men who allegedly ran a call centre gang were hiding in Bang Lamung district […]
Read MoreScam alert: Don’t answer calls with three prefixes
POLICE warned the public to not answer calls with three prefixes, that is +697 +698 and +66, as they are definitely from scammers and dangerous, Sanook.com said today (Sept. 2), The Thai police and related agencies have strictly suppressed and cut off communication channels of call centre gangs and now they can no longer […]
Read MoreSouth Korean call centre gang nabbed at luxury condo
EIGHT members of a South Korean call centre gang who were scamming victims from a luxury condo in Ekamai Soi 3 were rounded up in a raid mounted by Immigration Police today (Aug. 22). Under the direction of Immigration Bureau chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Ittipol Itthisarnronnachai a police team raided this luxury condo on […]
Read MoreRetired worker commits suicide after being cheated by call centre scammers
A RETIRED state-owned electricity company employee hanged himself in his house after being swindled by call centre scammers who claimed to be running a garment business and offered handsome return on investment, Amarin TV said this morning (Aug.11). Policemen from Chanthaburi city station found the body of Mr. Prichakorn (surname withheld), who just turned […]
Read MoreThai PM looks to meet with Khmer PM for anti-scammers talks
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin is looking forward to an official visit to Phnom Penh to meet with his Cambodian counterpart Hun Manet in pursuit of ways and means to join hands and crack down on transnational call-centre rackets allegedly based in Cambodia. The Thai prime minister has posted on his […]
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