Call centre sham gang arrested in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Oct 6 - Thai police arrested members of a call centre gang for their sham deceiving numbers of Chinese and Taiwanese nationals to transfer money totalling over Bt2 billion (US$66 million).

Using Thailand as a base, the gang members, comprising 23 Chinese, Taiwanese, Burmese and Thai, were apprehended with telephone equipment connecting to the internet, mobile phones and computers.

The call centre gang used the tools via the Voice over Internet Protocol system (VoIP) calling the victims and telling them that illegal funds had been transferred to their accounts and asked them to transfer the money to another account given to them by the call centre sham.

If failing to transfer such money, the victims were threatened with legal action in their country.

Those who were deceived were informed of a Taipei prosecutor whom the gang claimed could be queried and give guarantees on the matter.

According to the Thai immigration police, the gang hired a Thai woman to rent a home in Bangkok's Lat Phrao area as their base, while gang members frequently changed their accommodation both in Bangkok and upcountry.

The police said three Taiwanese members of the gang had outstanding arrest warrants and had been charged with fraud and drug cases in Taiwan before escaping to Thailand.

The foreign suspects were charged with illegally entering the kingdom, and the Thai woman with providing accommodation and assisting foreigners for their illegal visit. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2010-10-06

Wow.... not a Farang gang this time then........

They will all be out on bail within weeks

I wonder if they will be allowed to make a phone call?

Hang em.

Da whole story just don't make any senses at all!!! Why r they only being charged for illegally entering Thailand???

Hang em.

HIGH!

Isn't this the 3rd or 4th group caught doing this? or is it the same people every time?

Do these guys make more money than the boiler room operators who continue to scam with impunity in Thailand?

What amazes me is that people fall for this scam. But hey, as long as there is a market, there will be supply.

Isn't it great how all the criminals tend to choose Thailand as the place to congregate? Isn't there some kind of 'Friendliest Country for Criminals' award? Thailand would probably win year after year.

There must be some kind of special visa out there or something. BOI probably has a special program for tax incentives. And of course there must be special customs privileges and banking incentives.

Edited October 6, 201015 yr by tomyummer

Yeah.. you must be right

Next time I try this sort of stunt, and I was not involved in this one, I will try somewhere less obvious..

Like.. it does not happen in more "civilised" countries

Appreciate your help.. thanks

Da whole story just don't make any senses at all!!! Why r they only being charged for illegally entering Thailand???

Beats me.....

Wow.... not a Farang gang this time then........

They will all be out on bail within weeks

ehhhh people from china and taiwan are farangs in thailand.

Are people really that stupid?

From the land of fake reds we now have fake call centers. :jap: