Police recommend 3 easy steps for collecting evidence on social media. before reporting to the investigating officer Today (February 4, 2024), Pol. Maj. Gen. Siriwat Depor, Deputy Spokesman of the Royal Thai Police, said Pol. Maj. Gen. Torsak Sukwimon, Police Commander, is concerned about the citizens who may have been exposed. Damage from various forms of crime. At present, from statistics on online crime reports regarding technology crimes. of the Royal Thai Police It was found that the number 1 type of case with the highest number of reports is still 'fraud in buying and selling goods or services online'. This is the most common problem in current technological crime investigations. It is caused by the victim being unable to collect basic evidence to report the complaint to the investigating officer himself. This gives criminals time to delete various information, such as deceptive posts. Chat message and social media accounts used by criminals to commit crimes Before the victim comes to report a compla int to the investigating officer As a result, investigators were unable to collect evidence required to coordinate information requests from social media service providers. The Royal Thai Police would like to recommend 3 basic steps. in collecting evidence Before filing a complaint with the investigating officer, it is "Capture the screen, save the link, view the profile" with the following details. 'Screen capture' or recording a screenshot It is an extremely important step. To collect evidence related to online scams Because it will be able to show the account name, date and time posted. as well as various messages and images related to the offense. 'Safelinks' or saving URLs that can lead to illegal posts So that the investigating officer can use the link to check the information with the social media service provider. and use it as evidence for investigations to prosecute offenders. 'View profile' or checking the criminal's social media account page Gather basic information and find the link of that s ocial media account. This is important information that investigators need to use to request information from social media service providers. 'Because the link of each social media account is like a national ID. That will be unique to other accounts even with the same profile name. Therefore, it can be used to identify accounts used to commit crimes.' If citizens can follow 3 steps in collecting evidence on social media Before reporting to the investigator mentioned above This will result in the investigating officer being able to collect evidence related to your case more efficiently. and increase the opportunity to bring the perpetrators to justice according to the law. Finally, if fellow citizens are damaged by technological crimes Complaints can be reported at the online notification center on the website www.thaipoliceonline.go.th or hotline 1441 available 24 hours a day. Source: Thai News Agency