Call Scammers Busted In Bangkok And Pattaya

A Chinese/Taiwanese operated call scamming business has been busted by the The Police Immigration Bureau in Bangkok.

A total of 44 suspects were taken into custody from a number of locations around the capital, mainly from rented houses.

Culprits were also arrested as far afield as Pattaya. There were at least five Thais involved in the illegal operation.

It is believed that the gang were responsible for conning up to 1000 people out of 100 million baht.

The authorities claim they found substantial evidence, including rented property, equipment, mobile phones, computers and a number of bank accounts.

A spokesperson for the Police Immigration Bureau, Pol Lt-General Natthorn Prosunthorn said the gang's visas have been revoked and proceedings have commenced to have them extradited.

The villains targetted mainly elderly Chinese people by telephone, claiming to be bank officials, with a view of obtaining bank details or extracting money from their victims.

Following a preset script, they told them their account would be frozen unless they could prove their identity by entering data into ATM machine's. But unknowingly, they were actually transferring money to the crooks.

Source: Thai Visa