The government last night trumpeted the success of initiatives to clamp down on the web scammers, claiming a lot more than 45, 000 SMS spam numbers had been suspended recently.
The Minister of Digital Economy and Society (DES), Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn, stated his team got joined hands with the Bank of Thailand, the Thai Bankers’ Association, the Royal Thai Police (RTP), the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission rate (NBTC) and web service providers to stop textual content spam operators.
“We possess suspended 46, 219 scam numbers, ” Mr Chaiwut stated, adding they were furthermore reaching out to provide assist to victims, and had overseen the launch of the thaipoliceonline. com portal where the public may lodge complaints.
Between Mar 1 when the portal went live and Aug 31 there was 77, 711 reviews of online criminal offenses which have led to twenty-eight, 381 accounts being suspended, said Mister Chaiwut.
He said online shopping scams account for the largest share of crimes reported in the last six months with 28, 837 cases, or thirty seven. 1% of the total.
The second most common type of scams reported was bogus recruitment schemes with a 12. 8% reveal, followed by online investment decision scams and on-line threats.
Mr Chaiwut mentioned other crimes like identity theft, love scams, fake products being sold online, Ponzi schemes, online betting, fake news, cryptocurrency scams and sex threats were also reported.