Thai NBTC to investigate 40,000 numbers linked to SMS and phone scams

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The Thai National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) is poised to probe 40,000 numbers, suspected to be instrumental in SMS and phone scams, to apprehend the main culprits.

 

A meeting was recently held by an NBTC subcommittee to discuss the data collected on these alleged scam phone numbers.

 

Key representatives from law enforcement agencies, the central bank and mobile phone networks were all in attendance.

The Chairman of the Cyber Crime Legal Integration Subcommittee, Police General Natthorn Prohsuntorn, indicated that the collection of data on this matter began following the enactment of the Royal Decree on Cyber Crime Prevention and Suppression on March 17. This decree empowers potential scam victims or individuals who believe their online security has been compromised, to instruct banks to freeze their accounts without the prerequisite of a police report.

 

Since the introduction of the decree, the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau has been alerted to 41,398 phone numbers suspected of illicit activities, according to Pol. Gen. Natthorn. A total of 11,219 of these numbers were reported via the thaipoliceonline.com website and the same number again through the Anti-Online Scam Operation Centre (AOC) 1441 hotline. Furthermore, 30,179 of these numbers were identified as having links to mule bank accounts, reported Bangkok Post.

 

by Mitch Connor

Photo courtesy of Bangkok Post

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2023-11-28

 

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[ChrisY1]

Once an investigation involving many cases...any number above 100 and it slows down....40000 will take forever.

[mikebell]

I occasionally get unknown numbers ringing me with a message alerting me it may be a possible scam.  Not that I ever answer any number that I don't know.