They caused a combined damage of 45.7 billion baht, and 167,347 mule accounts worth 11.25 billion baht have been frozen. Mr Karom said most complaints related to online shopping fraud, with 100,694 cases causing 1.9 billion baht of damage. Other popular scams included loan scams (33,517 cases), investment scams (22,740 cases), threatening scams by call centres (20,474 cases), impersonating the identities of others to encourage people to transfer money (9,664 cases), and duping victims into transferring money for a reward (8,697 cases). Mr Karom urged people to stay vigilant against scammers as they increasingly resort to more complex techniques to dupe victims. People can only file online complaints online via the "thaipoliceonline.com" website, he said.

Source: Bangkok Post October 06, 2023 19:12 UTC