Mar. 15 – Police arrest a mischievous woman from a gang who sent an SMS asking for a refund of the security deposit for the electricity meter. After the victim signed up and pressed the link, all the money was taken out of the account.
Pol. Maj. Gen. Chatchapanthakarn Klaiklueng, commander of Royal Thai Armed Forces Regiment 1, and Pol. Col. Tamnurat Kongman, deputy commander of Royal Thai Armed Forces Regiment 1, said that at present fraudsters are still sending messages. SMS to the victim Especially the elderly reported that “You can request a refund of the electricity meter insurance fee” along with a link attached to the message. Make victims believe and click on the link Go to watch the video clip. where the executives spoke about refunding the electricity meter insurance money And there is a message saying An officer will contact you.
Not long after, a culprit called Line to the victim, giving instructions on the steps and asking for the victim’s ID card number, informing that the request for a refun
d of the insurance payment You must download the electricity application. and fill in your PromptPay account number During that time, the culprit will act to delay the conversation. Including requesting another bank account number. and to try transferring money to the victim’s account The culprit claimed that there was a problem and that he could not transfer the meter insurance money back. The victim’s account must be left with 0 baht, causing the victim to believe that he transferred the money to his own account as the criminal suggested.
Later, there was a message notifying me that money had been removed from my bank account. Therefore, we checked and found that money had been transferred to 2 accounts: Siam Commercial Bank. and Kasikorn Bank It was transferred into 6 accounts of the criminals, a total of 7 transfers, causing damage. The amount is 1,682,139 baht.
Police, S.T.1, therefore launched an operation to arrest three criminals responsible for opening a horse account. Initially, several serious ch
arges were filed. But there is an important charge that in the past may not have been reported to the horse account accused, which is conspiracy to commit theft using tricks. Which carries a prison sentence of up to 10 years because he is considered a co-operator with a professional group in the same network. Upon questioning, the accused confessed that he was hired to open a horse account. There are people you know through Facebook who recruit and receive a salary of 200-300 baht per account.
In addition, the investigation found some suspects. There is an arrest warrant from the Phuket Provincial Court on charges of defrauding the public and corruption. or by deception Imported into the computer system as well. -412-Thai news agency
Source: Thai News Agency