Police sound warning as scams soar 2023.10.6……【Press】【Thailand,ประเทศไทย】365,000 cases filed in just 18 months
➤【泰国】泰国政府副发言人 Karom(卡罗姆) Phonphonklang 周四表示，过去 18 个月内已立案超过 365,000 起诈骗案件，造成的总损失达 450 亿泰铢。
他是针对“thaipoliceonline.com”上提供的累积投诉数据发表上述言论的。该数据由泰国皇家警察（RTP）提供，时间范围为去年3月1日至今年9月30日。
数据显示，人们通过警方网站提出了 365,547 起与诈骗相关的投诉。他们总共造成了457亿泰铢的损失，167,347个骡子账户价值112.5亿泰铢被冻结。
卡罗姆表示，大多数投诉都与网上购物欺诈有关，有 100,694 起案件造成了 19 亿泰铢的损失。
其他常见诈骗包括贷款诈骗（33,517起）、投资诈骗（22,740起）、呼叫中心威胁诈骗（20,474起）、冒充他人身份鼓励他人转账（9,664起）以及以奖励欺骗受害者转账（8,697 例）。其次是网络购物诈骗（8,107起）、欺骗受害者安装可疑应用程序（4,786起）、向计算机系统输入虚假数据（2,972起）、爱情诈骗（2,167起）、数字资产诈骗（1,229起）和计算机黑客攻击（79 例）。
卡罗姆先生敦促人们对诈骗者保持警惕，因为他们越来越多地采用更复杂的技术来欺骗受害者。尽管政府建议人们加强网络安全，但许多人仍然成为受害者。

Police sound warning as scams soar
365,000 cases filed in just 18 months
PUBLISHED : 6 OCT 2023 AT 07:42

More than 365,000 scam cases have been filed over the past 18 months, with the total damage caused amounting to 45 billion baht, deputy government spokesman Karom Phonphonklang said on Thursday.

He made the remark in response to the cumulative complaint data available on “thaipoliceonline.com”. The data, provided by the Royal Thai Police (RTP), runs from March 1 last year to this Sept 30.

The data showed people filed 365,547 scam-related complaints via the police’s website. 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).

These were followed by online shopping fraud (8,107 cases), duping victims into installing suspicious apps (4,786 cases), inputting fake data into a computer system (2,972 cases), romance scams (2,167 cases), digital asset fraud (1,229 cases) and computer hacking (79 cases).

Mr Karom urged people to stay vigilant against scammers as they increasingly resort to more complex techniques to dupe victims. Despite the government’s recommendation that people beef up their cybersecurity, many are still falling victim.

Mr Karom warned people about fake online complaint websites that try to convince complainants to click on suspicious links. People can only file online complaints online via the “thaipoliceonline.com” website, he said.

Apart from the RTP’s website, people can also contact the “1441” hotline or “081-866-3000” for more information.

Meanwhile, a 41-year-old Cambodian, Saruon Loem, was nabbed by Sa Kaeo Provincial Police and Klong Luk Police at the Rong Kluea border market in Aranyaprathet district of Sa Kaeo on Thursday while he was trying to smuggle 13.5 million baht in cash into Cambodia.

Police said he claimed he was hired by a compatriot called Mr Pia to receive and smuggle money from a Thai who was a bank manager. He said he got paid 10,000 baht a month.