Koreans linked to alleged online scams in Cambodia arrive home to face inquiries
By AP published by The Canadian Press and Yahoo!Finance Seoul, South Korea – Dozens of South Koreans allegedly involved in online scams in Cambodia arrived in South Korea on a chartered flight today (Oct. 18) to face criminal investigations. The repatriation follows the death of a South Korean student who was reportedly forced to […]
Read MoreUS and UK take largest action ever targeting cybercriminal networks in Southeast Asia
Washington – The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), in close coordination with the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO), took complementary actions against criminal networks responsible for targeting citizens of the United States and other allied nations through online scams […]
Read MoreKaren leader arrests 2 call-centre gang leaders
KAREN Border Guard Force (BGF) leader Saw Chit Thu has arrested two Chinese bosses of call-centre operations in Myawaddy township, just across the border from Mae Sot town, with the pair being among seven wanted by China, TV Channel 7 said late afternoon today (Feb. 19). The Karen leader, who is himself being investigated […]
Read MoreThaksin urged to get Cambodia-based scammers busted
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra has been encouraged to exert his personal influence to the extent that suspected call-centre scams based in Cambodia’s Poipet township and Sihanoukville city and preying on victims in Thailand be completely suppressed. Given his long-lasting, personal ties with former Cambodian prime minister Hun […]
Read MoreMyawaddy scammers conning victims as usual having prepared in advance
DESPITE Thailand having this morning (Feb. 5) cut electricity, Internet and fuel supply to Myanmar’s Myawaddy township, just across the border from Mae Sot district, workers at a flourishing scam hub are continuing to con their victims as usual because their criminal bosses have stocked up fuel and installed backup generators in advance, Naewna […]
Read MoreThailand zeros in on scam gangs by cutting power, Internet and fuel supply from tomorrow morning
THAILAND is taking aim at call centre scammers ensconced along the border in Myanmar by cutting off electricity, Internet and fuel delivery to five areas from 9 a.m. tomorrow morning (Feb. 5), TV Channel 7 and Amarin TV said this evening. Deputy Prime Minister/Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai called an urgent meeting of the National […]
Read MoreChina repatriates hundreds of scam factory workers from Myanmar
By Jonathan Head & Lulu Luo – BBC News and published by Yahoo!News HUNDREDS of people who had been working in Myanmar’s notorious scam centres have left on evacuation flights organised by China. The flights mark Beijing’s latest win in its battle against the centres, estimated to hold hundreds of thousands of human trafficking […]
Read MoreScammer tells police: Thais most gullible in Asia
METROPOLITAN Police published an audio clip where a former call centre scammer said Thai people are the most gullible in Asia while jeering that if you have money then just bribe the police, TV Channel 7 said today (June 14). In the 1.34-minute audio clip, published on the Metropolitan Police Facebook page, the fraudster […]
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