Thai mobile banking apps crash on payday, transfers put off
THERE were loud complaints today (July 1) after mobile banking apps and online service of several Thai banks crashed with customers told that cash transfers made from 2 p.m onwards will reach the destination by 7 p.m. tomorrow, Matichon newspaper said. A lot of people were affected by the outage with today being payday […]
Read MoreGang of drivers caught using Stingrays to send fake links and steal cash
CYBER crime police arrested a gang of drivers who have been going around Bangkok and its vicinity and sending text messages with fake financial institution links to mobile phones by using Stingrays, of false base stations, and had stolen over 175 million baht from their victims, TV Channel 7 said this evening (May 25). […]
Read MoreAIS introduces HBO programmes to AIS Play, set-top box
ADVANCED Info Service Plc (AIS) today (May 16) announced that it is introducing HBO programmes on both AIS Play streaming service and AIS Playbox set-top box, Matichon newspaper said. Mr. Pratthana Leelapanang, AIS chief of consumer business, said customers can now watch top movies from around the world on five HBO premium channels – […]
Read MoreCentral Bank rules out scamming via phone chargers
THE BANK OF THAILAND said it is not true cash has been stolen from mobile bank accounts while the handsets were being charged with suspect USB cables with this having occurred by loading applications packed with malware, Matichon newspaper said today (Jan. 18). The Central Bank had asked the Thai Bankers Association to investigate […]
Read MoreGold chain, mobile phone stolen from Russian and Indian tourists
A RUSSIAN tourist lost a gold chain to two transgender thieves while strolling on Pattaya beach and a Thai woman stole a mobile phone from an Indian man holidaying at this seaside city, Amarin TV said this morning (Oct. 3). At 11.30 p.m. last night Mr. Vadim Korni Iashchenko, 31, a Russian national filed […]
Read MoreThai netizens blast post on selling kidney to get mobile phone
THAI social media lambasted a Facebook post that emerging from Laos showing three persons with wounds on the their abdomen holding up a mobile phone with the caption saying “Agreed for iPhone14” which they interpreted as meaning selling their kidney to get this newly-released cell phone, TV Channel 7 and Matichon newspaper said today (Sept. […]
Read MoreTeenage girl electrocuted while using plugged-in mobile phone
A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD girl died after being electrocuted while using her mobile phone as it charged at her home in Mueang Rayong last night (May 1), Naewna newspaper said. Pol. Lt. Col. Chaikrit Taurat, an inspector at Mueang Rayong police station, rushed to the two-room single-storey house upon being alerted of the death of the […]
Read MoreStudent slightly hurt after driver using mobile phone hits pole
A QUICK-WITTED teenage boy selling galards at an intersection for extra income escaped a horrible a crash after noticing that the driver of a car pulling out of an intersection in Khon Kaen city was using his mobile phone and stepped aside before the vehicle hit the light pole, Sanook.com said this afternoon (April 12). […]
Read MoreMan penniless after mobile phone fire guts house
A MAN in Trat province plunged into financial ruin after a mobile phone left charging by his grandchildren exploded and triggered a fire that completely gutted his two-storey wooden house, Amarin TV reported this afternoon (Jan. 14). Pol. Lt. Kasipat Jaroonroj, duty officer at Laem Ngop station, was alerted to the fire at Mr. Thawin […]
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