Cyber police arrested an agent who bought horse accounts. In the process, pretending to be a good-looking woman, come to befriend through the online world. Deceit victims to invest in digital money trading. High return of 50%, total loss of more than 2.5 million baht
In December 2022, the criminals of the Hybrid Scam movement deceived to love and invest. Use the profile of a beautiful woman to greet and befriend the victim via Facebook. Then talk to each other through the LINE application. and started persuading victims to invest in trading the USDT digital currency, which claimed returns of up to 50 percent when victims were interested. The scammer sent a Bidget-coins platform for victims to sign up to invest. In the beginning, you can make profits and withdraw money as usual. Until the victim believes in transferring money to the criminal's account 7 times, totaling more than 2,588,000 baht, later unable to withdraw the money. The criminals use various excuses such as having to pay taxes or fees. or need to increase more investment to be able to withdraw money When the victim realized that he had been deceived, he filed a complaint with the police investigating technological crimes.
From the investigation, it was found that Mr. Game was hired to open an account to collect horse accounts at 700 baht per account to send to the big capitalist again. by arresting at the area of Baan Eua Arthorn Soi Rangsit Nakhon Nayok 24, Prachathipat Subdistrict, Thanyaburi District, Pathum Thani Province
preliminary report allegations “Together defraud by identifying someone else, bringing false computer information into a computer system in a way that is likely to cause damage to the public.”
In addition, from the background check, it was found that the accused had a history of drug addiction. He had been arrested many times before.
The cyber police warns people not to be fooled or victimized. You should not add friends on unknown social media. If asked to check the information in the account carefully And if there is an invitation to invest in digital currency Let's assume that it's a crook. If you have any questions, you can consult the Cyber Police Hotline 1441 .
Source: Thai News Agency