March 22 – Police reveal online threats from fraudulent purchases It was found to be the number 1 case in which people were deceived, being deceived 1,500 cases in a week, causing more than 14 million baht in damages. Fake QR code to open a horse account
Lt. Gen. Sompong Chingduang, Deputy Commissioner of Police, as the head of the working group to strengthen immunity against technological crime. along with the working group Presented weekly online reporting statistics and emerging threats. To publicize the people to be immune to online threats. Not being a victim of crooks The details are as follows: In the past week (12-18 Mar. ’23), there were 4,291 cases of complaints, the damage value. 351,191,412.31 baht, 1,496 cases of statistical decrease from last week. Statistics for filing complaints online are still the same as the top 5 cases, including 1,500 cases of product fraud cases, damage value. 14,003,677.05 baht, fraudulent cases of transferring money to earn income from activities 578 cases, 71,469,279.03 baht, fraudulent cases by call centers, 529 cases, 65,547,808.73 baht, 429 cases of borrowing money but did not receive money, 429 cases, 17,113,573.64 baht, and fraud cases. Be someone else to borrow money 236 cases 10,637,571.
Online threats that are interesting and occur a lot this week, for example, the case of product trading (milk) scams where criminals create a Facebook page “Thai-Denmark Authentic Thai Milk, Delivered All Over Thailand”, which looks like the real thing when someone who believes it asks to buy milk. The page will let believers transfer money first. Then close the page and run away Landmark Fake Found a lot of angry button presses The page’s status is real estate Just opened the page and the page’s manager is overseas. The real one is a local business. and has been open for a long time and the page manager is in Thailand Therefore would like to publicize the public should be suspicious that the product is good and is much cheaper than the market price and the personal money transfer account is likely to be a scam
Story 2: The case of a call center gang contacting a restaurant through a fraudulent LINE application to order lunch boxes. And transfer the deposit to the store first. The next day, the thief called the restaurant and told the restaurant to order 7 more special meal sets and sent a QR code to the store to add and said that they would pay more later. And claiming to be a QR Code to add Line only, but when scanning the QR Code, it shows that the screen freezes, the owner of the phone then hurries to enter the bank app to transfer money to another account first. and turn off the machine Therefore, we would like to publicize to check the source of the QR Code carefully before scanning or transferring money.
Story 3: The case of online love tricks (Romance Scam) being deceived repeatedly That is, tricked into transferring money twice and tricked the victim into opening a horse account without knowing it. In this regard, the criminal contacted the victim on Facebook and then claimed that he wanted to come to Thailand. to live with the victims and deliver valuables by allowing the victim to transfer money to pay tax It is considered a fraud to transfer money for the first round. Then pretend to want to do business with the victim. and have the victim open an account for investment Then the criminal deceived the second victim and asked to transfer money to the first victim’s account. and let the first victim Buy big clip coins for criminals make the first victim Become an accused in the case
However, according to the Royal Decree on Measures for Prevention and Suppression of Technology Crime B.E. Then went to complain to the investigator. In case the bank finds a suspicious transaction, it can temporarily suspend the transaction. At which police station will the victim complain? or at the Criminal Investigation Bureau and investigating officers who receive complaints are responsible investigators. In which the victim must report a complaint within 72 hours and the investigating officer will collect evidence and report back to the bank of that account within 7 days to confirm the suspension of that account’s transactions.
For the penalty rate according to the Royal Decree, preventive measures and Suppression of Technology Crime B.E. (horse account or horse sim) knowing or should have known that it would be used to commit an offense imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years, a fine not exceeding 300,000 baht, or both.
Charged with being engaged in procuring, advertising or spreading news in order to have trading accounts (Horse account or Sim horse) for use in committing an offense, imprisonment from 2-5 years, fine from 200,000-500,000 baht, or both.
Charged with procuring advertisements or news releases in order to sell phone numbers registered on behalf of other persons. But can’t identify the real user. Imprisonment from 2-5 years, fine from 200,000-500,000 baht, or both. – Thai News Agency
Source: Thai News Agency