webfact Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightyharriss Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Wow.... not a Farang gang this time then........ They will all be out on bail within weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 I wonder if they will be allowed to make a phone call? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackr Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Hang em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axinannie Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Da whole story just don't make any senses at all!!! Why r they only being charged for illegally entering Thailand??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverdie Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Hang em. HIGH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicalevo Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Isn't this the 3rd or 4th group caught doing this? or is it the same people every time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dekbahnnok Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Do these guys make more money than the boiler room operators who continue to scam with impunity in Thailand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombkk Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 What amazes me is that people fall for this scam. But hey, as long as there is a market, there will be supply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomyummer Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 (edited) 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, 2010 by tomyummer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumpyLevel Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker69 Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Da whole story just don't make any senses at all!!! Why r they only being charged for illegally entering Thailand??? Beats me..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustydick Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asiawatcher Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 Are people really that stupid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 From the land of fake reds we now have fake call centers. :jap: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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