PUBLISHED: 22 Dec 2024 at 15: 34
The most common scams carried out in 2024 were friend fake scams, little messages with fictitious links, and false claim calls, according to a lieutenant spokesman for the Royal Thai Police Office, which was made public on Sunday.
Sufferers of threats filed 739, 000 online issues via website. thaipoliceonline. come. th between Mar 1 and Nov 30 this time. According to Pol Maj Gen Siriwat Deepor, they caused a total of 77 billion rmb, or an average of 77 million ringgit per day.  ,
The four most common schemes are as follows:
1. using a false social media account to start a passionate relationship with the victim, making claims that they sent tax-sensitive items to Indian customs and that they asked the victim to give the tasks with promises of payment. Romance swindlers even deceive victims into funding fictitious schemes.
2. posing as a friend or relative and making a telephone call to the sufferer to find out which of their companions was speaking. The fraudster do take cash when the victim fell into the pit.
3. Providing little, phishing text messages to the victim’s phone with false links that urge them to sign up for lucky draw prizes, product discounts, or to retrieve their lost packages. The goal is to deceive the victim into giving them access to their banks records or data.
4. Asking and posing as a federal standard, telling the victim they were involved in an illegal activity and they must move funds for exam, or luring them to place an application.
People should be wary of these online and telephone schemes, according to Pol Maj Gen Siriwat, and keep an eye out for those who risk losing their loved ones. If one believes they are a sufferer, they may send website complaints via website. thaipoliceonline. come. th or call the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau ( CIB )’s 24-hour hotline 1441, he said.  ,