Thailand’s scammers have struck again, nabbing sixteen million baht from a Chon Buri businessman via an app. They used what they claimed was an Internal Trade Department app to take management of the victim’s phone.
The victim, forty year previous Watchara Srichuengcharoenchai, stated one of the scammers known as him on Friday, claiming to be an official from Internal Trade Department. Watchara mentioned the ‘official’ told him to install an app since there was a new coverage for entrepreneurs to update their data on-line.
Watchara mentioned he was busy on the time, however then he received a LINE message telling him to click on on the attached link. Watchara adopted the directions, and over the subsequent 10 minutes, he received nine messages of cash being withdrawn from his enterprise account, adopted by the emptying of over one hundred fifty,000 baht from his personal accounts. At Meuang Chon Buri Police station, Watchara informed Thai media…
“When the money was being withdrawn, I saw that my mobile phone was frozen by the app the fraudster told me to put in. I quickly tried to reset the phone, nevertheless it wasn’t fast enough, and I even have already reported the theft to the police.”
Components drained a total of 15.eight million baht from Watchara’s Siam Commercial Bank business account, into an account beneath the identify of Ekkalak Phuangchana, with the PromptPay number 0959750066. The scammers additionally drained 150,000 baht from Watchara’s personal accounts.
Watchara urged the banks to discover a approach to get the cash again, as most of it was from a joint venture business he is operating together with his sister.
Chon Buri Provincial Police Chief, Pol. Maj. Gen. Kampol Leelaprapaporn, stated the investigation confirmed that the sufferer lost 16 million baht to call centre gangsters who tricked him into downloading an app that managed his cell phone. He added that details about his accounts have been obtained, and after extra evidence has been collected, the case will be forwarded to the Cyber Crimes Investigation Division to trace down the criminals.
Call centre scams have turn into increasingly widespread in Thailand in current years. The scams usually contain fraudsters impersonating government officials or representatives from financial institutions and tricking victims into revealing their private and financial information, or transferring cash to the scammers’ accounts.
Thai authorities have been cracking down on call centre scams lately, with police often conducting raids on name centres and arresting suspected fraudsters. However, the scammers are often capable of shortly adapt and find new ways to carry out their scams..