Online fraud cases in Thailand soar to 365,000 with 45 billion baht loss

[snoop1130]

 

Over the past one and a half years, a staggering 365,000 online fraud cases have been reported, inflicting a massive loss of 45 billion baht, revealed Deputy Government Spokesperson, Karom Phonphonklang.

 

This was in reference to the cumulative data gathered from the thaipoliceonline.com website, available from March 1 of last year until September 30 this year, provided by the Royal Thai Police (RTP).

 

The data exposed that people lodged 365,547 scam-related grievances through the police’s online platform. The combined financial damage these scams caused was 45.7 billion baht, and 167,347 mule accounts holding 11.25 billion baht have been suspended.

 

Karom Phonphonklang disclosed that a majority of the grievances were related to online shopping fraud, with 100,694 incidents causing a loss of 1.9 billion baht.

 

Other prevalent scams include loan frauds (33,517 cases), investment frauds (22,740 cases), threatening scams by call centres (20,474 cases), impersonation of others to lure people to transfer money (9,664 cases), and tricking victims into transferring money for a reward (8,697 cases).

 

By Mitch Connor

Caption: Photo: multichannelmerchant.com

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2023-10-06

 

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[Gknrd]

Same in the US and the rest of the world... next

[nobodysfriend]

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

a staggering 365,000 online fraud cases have been reported, inflicting a massive loss of 45 billion baht

... even my wife got a few call asking her to invest ... she blocked the numbers ... one must be really stupid or blinded by greed to get into this trap .

But wait ... this is Thailand ...

[steven100]

10 hours ago, Gknrd said:

Same in the US and the rest of the world... next

The story is not about the US or the rest of the world.   It's only about Thailand.

[RichardColeman]

Think Yoda would, say some thing like - 'Stupidity, rife in Thailand , there is'

[jacko45k]

26 minutes ago, nobodysfriend said:

... even my wife got a few call asking her to invest ... she blocked the numbers ... one must be really stupid or blinded by greed to get into this trap .

But wait ... this is Thailand ...

I  get a few ..... and now and again they even try to persevere in Thai when they have been told I am not Thai speaking.....

What do you expect, these people worship trees and deformities and look for lottery numbers in entrails!

[mikebell]

23 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

I  get a few ..... and now and again they even try to persevere in Thai when they have been told I am not Thai speaking.....

What do you expect, these people worship trees and deformities and look for lottery numbers in entrails!

and rely on amulets for safety when driving.

[Cake Monster]

Gullible is the word I will use for this

Maybe its not the right one, but its what I will use

[Sydebolle]

You have to be more precise in the headline which could read "majority of online shopping fraud were 100,694 complaints with a loss of 1.9 billion Baht".

a) if a deal is too good to be true, then it is usually too good to be true
b) use existing platforms which process the payments like Shopee, Lazada, Ebay etc. I had two issues and was  refunded without a big fuss. If you buy the ever-so-rare-and-antique amulet for a fortune from a private seller who operates his Facebook page for the last week only ........ well, you might have been asking for it. But explain that to the semi-divines ???? 

[kingstonkid]

5 hours ago, Cake Monster said:

Gullible is the word I will use for this

Maybe its not the right one, but its what I will use

Not just Thai happens everywhere that there's not really any punishment and lots of people trying to get out of poverty.

 

You think this is bad wait until the farmers and people in the country get some digital wallet thingie 

[PETERTHEEATER]

7 hours ago, jacko45k said:

I  get a few ..... and now and again they even try to persevere in Thai when they have been told I am not Thai speaking.....

What do you expect, these people worship trees and deformities and look for lottery numbers in entrails!

Get up to date and follow that chicken......