Youth increasingly targeted as scammers deploy new fear‑based tacticsScammers are targeting young people, using complex tactics to extort money, lure them into criminal schemes, facilitate cross‑border trafficking. Cases reported between December 2025 and February 2026 found that scammers were deliberately targeting people between the ages of 17-23. The most common is the impersonation of state officials, which accounted for 16 cases and more than 11 million baht in losses, Pol Gen Thana said. Scammers posed as police or anti‑money laundering officers, accused young victims of serious offences and forced them to add a Line account for a fake “investigation”. In 2024, 11 minors disappeared after being deceived by online scammers, the youngest being only 14 years old.

Source: Bangkok Post March 06, 2026 10:51 UTC