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Police arrested a man who was involved in a 5 million baht fraud on the Line application.

 

Opas Chuchao, 31, was arrested on a Chiang Mai to Bangkok train at Ban Phachi train station, reported Daily News.

 

A warrant had been issued for his arrest in February after a complainant went to the Prachinburi Police to report online fraud.

 

It is claimed that Opas pretended to be a Chiang Rai policemen in a scam involving the falsification of documents.

 

Victims were called to say they were mixed up in a drugs case and would need to send money from their accounts to one operated by the gang.

 

They then disappeared. Such call center frauds are being reported on an almost daily basis, notes ASEAN NOW.

 

The suspect was taken to Prachinburi police station for questioning. 

 

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You'd expect him to be driving a hot Porsche by now not taking the train...

39 minutes ago, webfact said:

Such call center frauds are being reported on an almost daily basis

and the dummies who fall for these scams can't be real bright.  

So the swindler remained in character by pretending to be a policeman.

Maybe I should start giving talks on how to spot a scam and what to do when you are being scammed.

What I don't understand is why do these people pay up ??? If someone accused me of something which I knew to be false and asked me for dosh I would just tell them to take a running jump, but for some unknown reason Thais just accept it.

 

Edit: Or maybe I'm just reading it wrong.

4 minutes ago, Golden Triangle said:

What I don't understand is why do these people pay up ??? If someone accused me of something which I knew to be false and asked me for dosh I would just tell them to take a running jump, but for some unknown reason Thais just accept it.

 

Edit: Or maybe I'm just reading it wrong.

Because you just cant cure stupid, my sister in law sent off 50,000 baht thinking she was buying a box of money from a policeman. You cant make this stuff up.

1 minute ago, Boyn said:

Because you just cant cure stupid, my sister in law sent off 50,000 baht thinking she was buying a box of money from a policeman. You cant make this stuff up.

Sorry, one shouldn't laugh, but the way you put that was funny, made me laugh anyway. ????

1 minute ago, Golden Triangle said:

Sorry, one shouldn't laugh, but the way you put that was funny, made me laugh anyway. ????

Thats ok because i laughed when the wife told me. (i also said dont ask me to bail her out)

2 hours ago, Photoguy21 said:

Maybe I should start giving talks on how to spot a scam and what to do when you are being scammed.

In Thailand, they might attend but they'd be on their phones or asleep. Like when they attend for a driving license.

1 hour ago, Golden Triangle said:

What I don't understand is why do these people pay up ??? If someone accused me of something which I knew to be false and asked me for dosh I would just tell them to take a running jump, but for some unknown reason Thais just accept it.

 

Edit: Or maybe I'm just reading it wrong.

Many Thais have very low IQ levels and minds like children. You can tell them anything and they'll believe it.

2 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

In Thailand, they might attend but they'd be on their phones or asleep. Like when they attend for a driving license.

This of course would be the problem. Disturbing the few awake with snoring

Just now, Bangkok Barry said:

Many Thais have very low IQ levels and minds like children. You can tell them anything and they'll believe it.

They have been led to believe if a Thai says it then it must be true

20 hours ago, webfact said:

Victims were called to say they were mixed up in a drugs case and would need to send money from their accounts to one operated by the gang.

Dumb and dumber comes to mind.