Call center fraudsters taken to court in Bangkok after 94 suspects are returned to Thailand from Cambodia

Picture: Siam Rath

Siam Rath reported on developments after 94 call center staff were extradited back to Thailand from Cambodia in a joint operation by the Thai and Cambodian police. 

Of the suspects 22 were named in warrants obtained by the Bang Khen (Bangkok) police, 4 in Udon Thani, 18 in Pahonyothin (Bangkok), 10 in Muang Chanthabiri and 25 in Tha Mai also in Chanthaburi in eastern Thailand.

Yesterday at Pahonyothin police station in northern Bangkok the 18 suspects were taken to court where the police requested they be held for an inital 12 days on charges ranging from conspiracy to defraud and misrepresentation. 

Picture: Siam Rath

ASEAN NOW has been reporting almost daily cases of call center fraud with the public in Thailand being bombarded with calls from various gangs.

The usual modus operandi is to start with a recorded message that says people have been named in a drugs case or the like and they should press a number to speak to an operator.

We advise you to put the phone down immediately. 

Even children have been targeted by the gangs who are skilled in isolating the vulnerable after random calls are made using VOIP.