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Arrest of call center gang network tricked into installing money-sucking apps

Bangkok, Cyber ??police arrest a call center gang that tricked people into installing money-sucking apps. Claiming to be a famous airline and receiving free plane tickets Total damages exceeded 2 million baht. Pol. Maj. Gen. Chatchapanthakarn Klaiklueng, commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces Regiment 1, revealed that around December 2022, the victim received a phone call from the assailant. which claims to be Officials from Lion Air Call to inform about promotions that the victim was the lucky one who received a free plane ticket And the culprit added friends to send messages via Line, claiming that the victim was a customer who frequently used the airline. During this time, the airline has a promotion giving 1 free plane ticket, 10 kilograms of free weight, and 1 free meal. If you're not sure what day you'll be flying, you can save the coupon first. You must download and store it in the application. Then when you're ready to fly, use the coupon.' It appears that the victim believed So I pressed the lin k that the criminal sent me. The link is similar to the Lion Air website. So download and install the app. of the criminal into the device. After that, follow the steps the criminal informed and enter the OTP number into the said app. Later, it appeared that the money in the account had been transferred 6 times, totaling 905,051 baht, which was the cause. Take damage Therefore, he came to report a complaint to the investigating officer to be prosecuted according to the law until the end. Later, police were able to collect evidence. To request the court's authority to issue an arrest warrant for Ms. Watcharee, age 57, from Rayong Province. One of the participants was charged with "jointly stealing and illegally accessing computer systems and data which have specific measures to prevent access and those measures were not intended for him. and work together to damage, destroy, modify, change, or add, whether in whole or in part, to the computer data of others illegally. causing danger to other people's property ' He can be detained at In front of a house in the area of ??Tha Pradu Subdistrict, Mueang Rayong District, Rayong Province, from the inspection it was found that This accused Be a watchdog on the website Blacklistseller There is also a connection with 10 more cases of such offenses in the online reporting system (CaseID), resulting in additional damages of 1,256,527 baht, for a total damage value of 2,161,578 baht. The cyber police will expand their efforts to arrest perpetrators. All related errors continue. Initially, the accused confessed to all the charges, claiming that around December 2022, a friend on Facebook contacted him to hire him to open a bank account. By informing that the account was used within the casino. Guaranteed there is no problem. Open it for only 3 months and then close or freeze the account later. So he went to open an account at a bank near his home. Then send the newly opened account information and OTP code to the employer via Facebook by said employer. Giving only 1,000 baht i n salary, he had no idea that his account had been used to defraud other people. Source: Thai News Agency