webfact Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Three Chinese suspects caught with thousands of SIM cards By Chatchawal Sopapan The Nation SA KAEW: -- Sa Kaew immigration police arrested three Chinese men at a rented house on Sunday and seized 500 iPhones and almost 10,000 SIM cards on suspicion that they might be operating a transnational call-centre scam. However, police then determined that they were working to generate “likes” and webpage views promoting online goods, but they still faced charges including working in the county without permission. Following a report that foreigners had rented a house in Tambon Ban Mai Nong Sai of Aranyaprathet district without notifying the authorities, immigration police with the support of Military Circle 19 soldiers checked whether they had stayed in the country past the expiration of their visas. However, the operation led by Sa Kaew Immigration Office commander Pol Lt-Colonel Benjapol Rodsawat found that two suspects, Wang Dong, 33 and Niu Bang, 25, were in possession of hundreds of activated iPhones along with a computer notebook at the townhouse. They also found more than 5,000 SIM cards in boxes. A third suspect, Ni Wenjin, 32, emerged from an opposite townhouse and was arrested, with officers finding more SIM cards at the second house. The three were brought for questioning over suspicion that they were running a call-centre scam, which the three denied through an interpreter. The three men claimed they had been hired to boost the “likes” and page views for various online goods over the past three months. The three men were initially charged with working in Thailand without permission and conducting a business involving tax evasion as police suspected the iPhones had been smuggled from another country. The three were then sent to the Aranyaprathet police station for further legal action. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30317778 -- © Copyright The Nation 2017-06-12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiwrath Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 I wonder if they were allowed to 'phone a friend' during the interrogation ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gk10002000 Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Interesting. So they use all the different SIMS to phone in likes or dislikes to various sites? So they could be propping up a site with good reviews while trying to harm another site by submitting negative reviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakeupplease Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 The old facebook trick that may or may not work Google/ Search Engines seem to like social media sites that link to websites and may give those websites a higher ranking in the SERPs many think that is the case and pay for those services, so could be what they where doing. Does google do that? I wish I knew as it would save a lot of time and energy if I did for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 500 cell phones to operates? man, you'll have to have as many hands as an octopuses to use them all not mentioning remembering which phone to use next.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitman Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 1 hour ago, gk10002000 said: Interesting. So they use all the different SIMS to phone in likes or dislikes to various sites? So they could be propping up a site with good reviews while trying to harm another site by submitting negative reviews. Yes and there are many of those companies. I just saw one on tv who had thousands of phones running. I don't understand though why they use iphones...cheaper phones can do the same i would think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogers Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 2 hours ago, fruitman said: Yes and there are many of those companies. I just saw one on tv who had thousands of phones running. I don't understand though why they use iphones...cheaper phones can do the same i would think? No mention of phone model. iPhone 4 are selling at Bt2000 now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penicillin Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Sounds like a good pre-planned, rehearsed explaination in case of getting busted as a calling scam center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowgard Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 After the police find out that it were all copy iphones. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dddave Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 6 hours ago, wakeupplease said: The old facebook trick that may or may not work Google/ Search Engines seem to like social media sites that link to websites and may give those websites a higher ranking in the SERPs many think that is the case and pay for those services, so could be what they where doing. Also a way to sabotage a competitor. Jack up their page views, which they pay for, resulting in inflated advertising costs. Easy to drive a small operator out of business. When I tried a small internet business I used Google Ad-Sense and was shocked how quickly page view and click thru charges built up. What I thought would be a minor expense became huge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee4Life Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 (edited) Wow...the police had reports of foreigners renting a house without notifying them and were investigating? And they had the military come as backup? I didn't realize that was such a serious thing. Makes me glad all of my paperwork is in order. Edited June 12, 2017 by Lee4Life grammar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dddave Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 1 minute ago, Lee4Life said: Wow...the police had reports of foreigners renting a house without notifying them and were investigating? I didn't realize that was such a serious thing. Makes me glad all of my paperwork is in order. Might have had to do with it being quite an out of the way area, thus their presence stood out. Might not have been noticed in Bangkok or Pattaya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitman Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 So how much did you pay those Chinese to get all those likes?? Advanced Members 17,779 LIKES 7,209 posts Location:Bkk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbob Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 this is why Facebook is banned in China 555 10000 sims to 500 iphones, considering you only need a sim for unique IP address sounds more like a SMS or pre recorded sales message which churns phone numbers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redline Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 That's a lot of fingerprints! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gk10002000 Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 8 hours ago, dddave said: Also a way to sabotage a competitor. Jack up their page views, which they pay for, resulting in inflated advertising costs. Easy to drive a small operator out of business. When I tried a small internet business I used Google Ad-Sense and was shocked how quickly page view and click thru charges built up. What I thought would be a minor expense became huge. I thought you got paid by ad sense. Do you mean if they scroll or page through but don't click on the right links you incur costs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petedk Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 9 hours ago, Lee4Life said: Wow...the police had reports of foreigners renting a house without notifying them and were investigating? And they had the military come as backup? I didn't realize that was such a serious thing. Makes me glad all of my paperwork is in order. Much more serious than running down a cop while driving your supercar along Sukhumvit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petedk Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 2 hours ago, Redline said: That's a lot of fingerprints! Or ID cards They just said on TV 300,000 Sims!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redline Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 21 hours ago, petedk said: Or ID cards They just said on TV 300,000 Sims!!! According to the government, that's just one days tourists from China! High high end hiso tourists. So, they can use their fingerprints! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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