Thailand Suspends 1M+ SIM Cards in Major Anti-Fraud Crackdown

[snoop1130]

 

In a joint operation by the Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) and Thailand's National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), they have launched a massive crackdown on mobile banking regulation and call center scams. This effort has already led to the suspension of over 1 million phone numbers tied to users with more than 101 SIM cards.

 

A meeting was headed by Pol. Gen. Nathathorn Prousoontorn, an NBTC board member, and other high-ranking officials to discuss the progression of the operation against call center gangs. Several steps are now in effect to help combat this issue.

 

One of the primary steps taken involves suspending unverified SIM cards, where users failed to confirm their identities under NBTC guidelines. Up until now, more than 2.1 million such SIM card accounts have been suspended. Out of these, over 1 million are accounts with possession of 101 or more SIM cards.

 

 

The authorities have also been investigating fraudulent SIM cards associated with mobile banking. The NBTC got data covering 79 million bank accounts and over 113 million mobile banking phone numbers via AMLO from 21 banks. The data is being assessed to verify that the SIM card owners are the same as the bank account holders.

 

The verification work is set to be finished by the end of July 2024.

 

In addition, the NBTC in cooperation with the Royal Thai Police, has been targeting illegal telecommunications signal towers installed along the borders of five provinces – Tak, Chiang Rai, Sa Kaeo, Chanthaburi, and Ranong. These towers have been aiding the operations of call center gangs. As of now, 29 culprits have been apprehended.

 

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-- 2024-07-16

 

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[thesetat2013]

Who needs 100 sim cards? Only scammers do. An individual does not need more than a couple.. A family might need up to 10 or 20. They should have set their limit of 100 to 50 instead. Their idea of checking sim cards is a good one. However, now advertised they only check if over 100. It means these scammers will need more Thais to get them sim cards. It does not mean the amount of scammers will decrease.

[hotchilli]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Out of these, over 1 million are accounts with possession of 101 or more SIM cards.

If they are unregistered delete them.. end of.

[redwood1]

Hey why is my phone and my 50 brothers and sisters phones not working today?

[Confuscious]

What about  the kits to copy SIM Cards?
I have such a kit, with some Blanco SIM-Cards and it's very easy to copy a SIM-Card and even edit them.

[VBF]

3 hours ago, Confuscious said:

What about  the kits to copy SIM Cards?
I have such a kit, with some Blanco SIM-Cards and it's very easy to copy a SIM-Card and even edit them.

I've seen these kits - i was under the impression that you can only "clone" the card - I didn't think you could change the number on the newly created card.

If that's the case, they're of limited use to scammers, IMO