Two men arrested in call centre scam

[rooster59]

Two men arrested in call centre scam

By THE NATION

 

Saw Chooi Hock, left, and Seow Wei Jack are brought to the Crime Suppression Division after being arrested on charges of being members of a call-centre gang that deceived victims into transferring |money to them.

 

POLICE on Saturday arrested two Malaysian men on charges of being members of a call centre gang that tricked their victims into paying them money.

 

Saw Chooi Hock, 41, and Seow Wei Jack, 35, were arrested while withdrawing cash from an ATM on Soi Ramkhamhaeng 2 in Bangkok's Prawet district at 1 pm.

 

Pol Colonel Maitree Chimcherd, the acting head of the Crime Suppression Division (CSD), said his officers seized Bt60,000 in cash, seven ATM cards and four mobile phones from the accused. The CSD conducted an investigation after a man in Rayong was recently duped into transferring money to one of the gang’s own accounts. 

 

The victim had been told he was suspected of being involved in drug trafficking and needed to transfer Bt2.7 million |from his account for officials to check.

 

Maitree said the gang had more than 10 members, including Thais, Taiwanese and Malaysians.

 

The two Malaysians claimed their only responsibility had been to withdraw the cash after it had been paid.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30331962

 

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-11-19

[Get Real]

10 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

The two Malaysians claimed their only responsibility had been to withdraw the cash after it had been paid.

Then they are probably quite trusted by the leadership. Guess a lot of names are going to be sung soon.

[ezzra]

Surly it has to be lot more to the story than what meet the eye,

so someone calls you and say that you're involve in a drag thing

and you need to transfer so and so money into their account

and you comply? Hummm, why?....

[Thaiwrath]

1 hour ago, ezzra said:

Surly it has to be lot more to the story than what meet the eye,

so someone calls you and say that you're involve in a drag thing

and you need to transfer so and so money into their account

and you comply? Hummm, why?....

 

 

Alcazar in Pattaya, by chance ? 

[rkidlad]

Are they wearing some form of handcuffs?  

 

The ‘beauty queen’ who killed her maid and ‘Dr No Morals’ have never been seen in cuffs as far as I know. And they’ve both been caught bang to rights. Weird, huh? The Thai cops really do have a way of portraying some of these criminals as criminals and some of them as unfortunate citizens. 

Edited November 19, 2017 by rkidlad

[Golden Triangle]

8 hours ago, Get Real said:

Then they are probably quite trusted by the leadership. Guess a lot of names are going to be sung soon.

Is Sung Soon the gang leader 

[PAIBKK]

9 hours ago, rooster59 said:

withdrawing cash from an ATM

An occupation reserved for Thai only !!!

[wakeupplease]

Another call center scam, fast becoming the World Hub for Call Center Scams here