Victims of scams who advertised on social media who said they could recover” stolen” assets were referred to as scammers.
PUBLISHED: 6 Feb 2025 at 17: 11
Two Chinese nationals are alleged to be top members of a call center gang who ran a sophisticated “insult to injuries” scam. Police in Bangkok have taken them into custody.
In essence, the offenders persuaded victims that their wealth had already been taken and could be recovered if they shared their monetary information.  ,
The two defendants, identified as Yi Wanyou, 29, and Li Weijia, 30, were arrested at a home in Chatuchak city, under subpoenas issued by the Criminal Court on Feb 5, federal police chief Kittharath Punpetch said on Thursday.
Officials also seized more than 400, 000 ringgit in money, 4 million baht worth of pleasure products, a Mercedes-Benz vehicles and five cellular phones. Researchers discovered data on the contact center schemes that were saved in the devices.
According to Pol Gen Kittharath, the crew used an “add insult to injury” policy to get and then mislead patients.
The gang fabricated Facebook accounts for the Royal Thai Police, various police divisions, and the Anti-Money Laundering Office ( Amlo ) according to the investigation. In order to gain more trust for the websites, it purchased followers and promoted social media ads, promising to record the securitized assets.
People who responded to the advertisements were directed to a Line party. They were contacted it by suspects who claimed to become lawyers and tech experts, who produced convincing economic transaction charts demonstrating how their money had been transferred to gambling websites.
The scammers then offered to assist the victims in recovering their money, which is when the actual fraud first took place.
According to Pol Gen Kittharath, the methodology has grown in popularity not only in Thailand but also in neighboring nations.
One of the group’s sufferers complained to the Huai Khwang police station, which led to the arrest of Mr. Yi and Mr. Li.
Both have been first accused of selling bank balances and phone numbers without permission. They denied the charge, said Pol Gen Kittharath.