Thai bank fraudsters nabbed - but say Myanmar man was behind it all

 

 

Deputy chief of the Immigration Bureau Pol Maj-Gen Itthiphol Itthisanronnachai announced the arrest of four Thais - two at least who are teenagers - who set up a call center posing as Government Savings Bank staff to defraud customers of over 1.2 million baht. 

 

The case came after 11 victims reported being defrauded of money between November 4th and December 28th last year.

 

They were all customers of the GSB and had collectively lost 1,227,197 baht. 

 

The modus operandi of the fraudsters was to claim they were officials of the bank and that the customers accounts had been hacked and they needed to install a bank app called MYMO to help them. 

 

This involved getting all their bank details and One Time Passwords. Once convinced of the veracity of this the customers willingly complied. 

 

Their accounts were then systematically emptied using internet banking transactions. 

 

Arrested were Apidech and his 19 year old wife Suphatsara, Ayut aged 18, and Aphisit. 

 

Twenty one items including clothes, phones and sim cards were taken into evidence. 

 

The couple blamed a man from Myanmar who they said was called "Awoey" as being the mastermind behind the operation. 

 

All those arrested are now in the custody of the Sam Sen police in Bangkok. 

 

Source: Inn news

 

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20 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

The couple blamed a man from Myanmar who they said was called "Awoey" as being the mastermind behind the operation. 

 

 ... not a big surprise, is it? Lol! 

 

2 hours ago, jollyhangmon said:

 

 ... not a big surprise, is it? Lol! 

 

and I bet they dont know where to find him or what he looks like. LOL

 

 

 

Not my fault guv. Someone else, everyone knows foreigners are dishonest, not Thais.

 

LOL

 

5 hours ago, rooster59 said:

The couple blamed a man from Myanmar who they said was called "Awoey" as being the mastermind behind the operation.

Scapegoat more like!

3 hours ago, legend49 said:

and I bet they dont know where to find him or what he looks like. LOL

 

I know him. He's 158 cm tall, has black hair and black eyes.

Easy to find, innit? 

12 hours ago, rooster59 said:

They were all customers of the GSB and had collectively lost 1,227,197 baht. 

Mhhmm..... who can be the head of the operation if the target was only customers of the Bank?

 

Let's do a Quiz Show!!!

 

Who was behind it?

1. Myanmar man
2. Employee of the bank who have access to the customer database

What is your answer?