Thais rescued from call scammers after live-streaming for help

Thais rescued from call scammers after live-streaming for help
The two men and five women who called for help, saying they were tricked into working for a Chenese call scam gang in Cambodia, are returned to Thailand through the Sa Kaeo border crossing on Tuesday night. (Capture from TV)
The two men and five women who called for help, saying they were tricked into working for a Chenese call scam gang in Cambodia, are came back to Thailand through the Sa Kaeo edge crossing on Wednesday night. (Capture from TV)

Seven Thais who else live-streamed that they have been duped into working for a scam gang in Cambodia to con Thai nationals are already rescued and came back to Thailand.

The two men and five women had been returned though the boundary checkpoint in Aranyaprathet district of Social fear Kaeo province about 7pm on Tuesday by Thai embassy staff and Cambodian security officials,   Pol Col Rung Thongmon, chief of Sa Kaeo migration office, said upon Wednesday.

Four of the Thais had passports, the mediocre had no vacation documents. They informed authorities they had already been taken illegally throughout the border into Cambodia via a natural border crossing.

On Monday, the seven live-streamed their plight on Facebook, seeking help. They said they had been duped by a Chinese-run call scam gang directly into working from property in Bavet township in Cambodia’s Svay Rieng province, bordering Vietnam.  

They had been ordered to swindle money from Thailänder nationals using a fake Facebook page created to lure victims into applying for loans online and other scams. If they failed to meet their particular set target, gang members would in physical form assault them.

They were forced to work about fifteen hours a day with no payment. The property were surrounded by an electric fence. They were unable to leave.

In desperation, they turmed to broadcasting their problem over  Facebook.

After seeing their video session, Sa Kaeo migration coordinated with the Thai embassy and Cambodian security officials in arranging help, Pol Col Rung stated.

They were rescued by Cambodian officials and then escorted to the border and handed over to Thailänder officials about 7pm on Tuesday, this individual said.