Thailand’s AOC launched to tackle rising online scams

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The Anti-Online Scam Operation Centre (AOC), a comprehensive service centre for victims of scam gangs, has been launched by Thailand’s Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (MDES), as stated by Minister Prasert Chantararuangthong.

 

The AOC is designed to effectively reduce the number of online scams within a month, aiming to tackle the over 330,000 cybercrime cases reported from March 1 of the previous year to September 30 of this year, which resulted in damages exceeding 45 billion baht.

 

In addition to its existing 20 hotline operators, the AOC plans to bring on 80 more operators to the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau’s (CIB) hotline, 1441. The centre’s objectives, according to Prasert, include immediate freezing of mule accounts upon receiving victim complaints, following up on investigations, arranging for money recovery, and incorporating technology into investigative work.

 

by Mitch Connor

Picture courtesy of Towfiqu barbhuiya, Unsplash

 

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[BenStark]

On 11/2/2023 at 10:23 AM, webfact said:

The AOC is designed to effectively reduce the number of online scams within a month

They could start with the platforms named Shopee and Lazada, who are very well ware of the counterfeit listed on their platforms, and actually promote it.

 

File a return for a counterfeit or not as described product, and you are not allowed to make a review of the product you return.

 

So you have to keep the counterfeit product, and subsequently lose the money you paid for it, to be able to review it and warn other potential customers.

 

If your review is too negative, even then it will be hidden from view.

 

Most of the reviews that have 3 or less stars are empty. Really.

 

This simply stinks

[BenStark]

Amazing isn't it that this new Anti Online Scam Operation Centre has been announced in about every media in Thailand and the rest of Asia, yet not a single one of those has published a link to the agency or department.

 

I'm sure they take it very serious, NOT

Edited November 7, 2023 by BenStark