PUBLISHED: 15 May 2025 at 18: 46
Police have taken down a hoax system that enticed victims to click” Like” on YouTube using fictitious beautiful Series profiles, resulting in loss of over 1.5 million ringgit.
At a press conference on Thursday, Pol Lt Gen Trairong Phiwphan, commissioner of the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau, stated that scammers had opened an investigation after using a LINE account called” Tor ( Nattapoom )” with a profile picture of a handsome young man to contact victims without knowing.
The scammers then had conversations, slowly establishing trust, and finally persuaded victims to put money into a side-income scheme by depositing money into the platform and making money off of YouTube videos by liking the videos.
Victims ‘ initial rewards gave them more confidence in the program. They then engaged in many financial transactions totaling 1, 546, 836 ringgit, but afterwards discovered they couldn’t withdraw their funds and realized they had been defrauded, according to Pol Lt Gen Trairong.
Saranya Kaewmuen, a 33-year-old Songkhla resident who was a member of the fraud network, was later arrested as a result of additional police investigation. She was seized in Chon Buri county after evidence was collected to get an arrest warrant from the Criminal Court.
Ms. Saranya admitted to receiving 2, 000 ringgit per accounts while interrogating her.
Fraud and computer-related offenses, including entering false or misleading details into a computer program that may damage the general public, were brought against the person.