In only 18 months, 365 000 cases were filed.
PUBLISHED: 6 October 2023 at 7:42
Over the past 18 times, more than 365 000 fraud cases have been reported, totaling 45 billion ringgit in destruction, according to Karom Phonphonklang, a spokesman for the surrogate state.
He said it in response to the data on accumulated complaints found on” thaipoliceonline.com.” The Royal Thai Police ( RTP ) provided the information, which covers the period from March 1 to September 30 of last year.
According to the statistics, individuals used the police website to report 365, 547 scam-related complaints. Together, they cost 45.7 billion ringgit in damage, and 167, 347 donkey accounts for 11.25 billion Baht were frozen.
According to Mr. Karom, 100, 694 cases of online shopping scam resulted in damages totaling 1.9 billion baht.
Loan fraud was another common con, with 33, 517 cases, investment fraud, threatening fraud by call centers( 20, 474 cases ), pretending to be someone else to entice people to transfer money( 9, 664 cases ) and tricking victims into doing so in exchange for a reward( 8, 797 cases ).
These were followed by online shopping fraud ( 8, 107 cases ), tricking victims ( 4, 786 instances ), inserting fake data into computer systems( 2, 972 examples ), romance scams( 2-47 ), digital asset fraud( 1, 229 examples ) and computer hacking( 79 examples ).
Mr. Karom urged people to be on the lookout for con artists who are using more sophisticated methods to trick subjects. Despite the president’s advice to increase security, some people continue to be harmed.
Mr. Karom cautioned citizens against phony websites for online complaints that attempt to persuade users to click on dubious links. According to him, people can just submit online complaints through the” thaipoliceonline.com” site.
In addition to the RTP website, people can get more information by calling the” 1441″ hotline or” 081-866 – 3000.”
Saruon Loem, a 41-year-old Cambodian, was detained on Thursday by Sa Kaeo Provincial Police and Klong Luk Police at the Rong Kluea frontier market in the Aranyaprathet city of Sa Keo while attempting to sneak 13.5 million baht of money into the country.
Police claimed he was employed by Mr. Pia, a fellow countryman, to obtain and bring money from tyrannical Thai bank manager. He claimed to receive a monthly salary of 10,000 Baht.