Deals this week about the shared responsibility of businesses and service providers
PUBLISHED: 4 Mar 2025 at 15: 01
According to Digital Economy and Society Minister Prasert Jantararuangtong, visit scam costs have decreased from about 100 million baht per day to less than 50 million baht per time.
The abrupt decrease came after the government made the decision to shut off supply of power, oil, and internet to nearby border towns that are home to call-scam gangs, Mr. Prasert said on Tuesday.
Initial reports of full restitution of around 100 million baht were made by accusers.  ,
Reports of destruction decreased by 60 to 70 million baht  per day after the government established a special center and a 1441 scam complaints call in November of this year, he claimed.  ,
He claimed that the particular center was currently receiving about 3, 000 fraud complaints per time.
The minister claimed that the reported losses had decreased below 50 million baht per day since the crude, power, and online cutoff.  ,
Thai authorities were issuing warrants to detain suspected scammers and checking whether any additional online cables had been installed improperly to serve as a service to con gangs in neighboring countries.
He claimed that no one had verified the validity of 10 suspect online cables, which had been disconnected to date.
Mr. Prasert acknowledged that some Thai citizens were impacted by the restrictions on online access along the borders. That was being worked on by the authorities.
He added that officials had obtained warrants to apprehend about 100 feared call scammers.
Before year’s end, the minister said he would talk with media platform owners, telecoms operators, and banks about their shared responsibility in the event that they failed to protect customers from phone scams caused by silence.
Before the end of the month, he anticipated that steps to ensure shared role would be in place.