Illegal Korean Call Center uncovered by Police in North Pattaya

PATTAYA: -- An illegal Korean Call Center had been uncovered by Police in Pattaya.

The Region 2 Transnational Crime Suppression Unit received information that a house in Naklua was being used as a call center whereby Korean operators would use the internet to contact Korean’s back in their native country to convince people to transfer money to a designated Korean Bank account as part of a popular telephone scam in operation in Korea.

The operators would also obtain account details which would allow them to steal money from the accounts. A total of 13 Korean nationals were arrested during the raid, led by Police Lieutenant General Panya, Commissioner of Region 2 Police who announced the ring-leader of this particular call center operation was Mr. Kukdo Kim aged 32.

Full Story: http://www.pattayaon...-north-pattaya/

-- Pattaya One 2012-01-30

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Who transfers money to a stranger's bank account because that stranger calls them on the phone and asks them to do that?

Who transfers money to a stranger's bank account because that stranger calls them on the phone and asks them to do that?

Koreans.