Attempted Scam

[jayboy]

Over the last few days I have received a number of calls from different numbers.The callers all had my full name and obviously my phone number.The callers claimed to be officials and Chaeng Wattana was mentioned a few times.The suggestion was made in the first call I should meet next week.I'm not sure how the scam develops because I terminated and blocked the following calls very quickly.I didn't give the matter much thought - presumably a database has been hacked - but by chance I found that exactly the same thing has been happening to a couple of acquaintances.

 

Has anybody else experienced anything like this recently? I wonder what the nature of this scam is.

[Negita43]

Out of interest was the call in your native tongue or Thai?

 

My Thai partner gets at least one call a day ofyrn the country code gives them away (but a lot don't show a number - all you can do is block them

[jayboy]

3 minutes ago, Negita43 said:

Out of interest was the call in your native tongue or Thai?

 

My Thai partner gets at least one call a day ofyrn the country code gives them away (but a lot don't show a number - all you can do is block them

 

All in Thai

[baansgr]

Could be immigration, give them a call and ask if they have been calling you..a lot now going on with banking apps where phone numbers need to be registered with proof from your supplier 

[OneMoreFarang]

Do any real Thai officials call farangs for whatever reason? I don't think I ever received a phone call from an official.

I think normally we receive letters.

[jayboy]

38 minutes ago, baansgr said:

Could be immigration, give them a call and ask if they have been calling you..a lot now going on with banking apps where phone numbers need to be registered with proof from your supplier 

 

Why would immigration call about banking apps?

[jayboy]

27 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Do any real Thai officials call farangs for whatever reason? I don't think I ever received a phone call from an official.

I think normally we receive letters.

 

Good point. But I'm sure it's a scam. Just cant see the angle at the moment (probably because I put the phone down on them).

[OneMoreFarang]

9 minutes ago, jayboy said:

 

Good point. But I'm sure it's a scam. Just cant see the angle at the moment (probably because I put the phone down on them).

For a scam to work it should be believable.

If I would get a phone call from someone who claims to be someone official then likely I just wouldn't believe that person.

Worst case I would ask for the name of the government administration and the name of the person and maybe some case number and with that information I would find out the official address of that department and go there or maybe let my accountant call them or something like that.

[NE1]

My Mrs got one Tuesday morning , called her by her full name , stating he was from the Electricity board and they have installed a new metering system etc.

and she needs to download an app.
She hung up on them , and popped down the road to the local Electricity office.
As she was explaining to the manager what had happened the scammers called again , so she put it on speaker so the manager could talk to to them .

They quickly hung up and she blocked the number.

[Centigrade32]

I usually just reply in a foreign language, not English and they don't bother me again.