Financial fraud is not new, it has been associated with society for a long time. Scams are just scams that are being used in accordance with the times, and the main purpose is to get money from the victims. As financial scams become more widespread, Myanmar nationals in Thailand should be especially careful of scams.
Examples of fraud cases in Thailand will be presented.
Scams of online gambling websites
Online gambling websites are very popular among gamblers who love to try their luck. People today up to 4-5 million, mostly playing slots and kabbalah, online gambling website business in Thailand and abroad. Within Thailand, condos, They operate in rental houses, and sometimes an owner rents several condo floors and operates various online gambling websites on each floor. Online gambling websites are similar to casinos, only operating in the online world, so people can access them more easily. Just by having a mobile phone, you can click on a gambling website link and enter.
Online betting websites have a player blocking structure and you can choose exactly what kind of people to block. You can also see who has just logged into the website. The website’s system may set this player to have an 80% win rate, and in the beginning, this new player will be enticed to repeat the bet several times by making it possible. The player will start to get addicted and this player’s win rate will decrease later on. For example, setting the winning rate down to 20%. Then, the player who wins often, without knowing that the website can set the win/loss, starts to add more bets to win back when he loses.
Sometimes online gambling websites will advertise games and trick players into winning by playing those games. In fact, it is just a scheme of gambling websites to trick players into visiting and playing that online gambling website every now and then.
Currently, fraudsters have hidden links to gambling websites on the websites of many government offices. People may click on the hidden links of the gambling website, mistaking it for a real government office website, believing it to be a legitimate gambling website. This is because the link was clicked from a government office website. For example, in January 2023, the National Cyber Security Commission (NCSA) disclosed that 30 million hidden links to online gambling websites were found on the websites of government offices, most of which were placed on the website of the Ministry of Public Health and secondly on the website of the Ministry of Commerce, with banners that automatically lead to online gambling websites.
The Ministry of Public Health’s website has the most hidden links to online gambling websites due to the presence of many hospitals on its website, and as per the Office of the Public Sector Development Commission (OFDC), each hospital has its own website, just like government offices. Most hospitals, especially small hospitals, do not have their own website and server, so they tend to use dedicated website services, which creates a vulnerability and a gap in security
Various other forms of Scams.
Forcing money to be sent to the fraudster by lying in various contexts. For example, the lucky winner Being able to purchase products at low prices; Being able to stay in a hotel room for free or getting various other privileges but paying a service fee. Speaking of various organizations, for example, banks, Send along the link and steal personal information or steal bank accounts.
Fraudulent selling of goods online
Not receiving the item or receiving a different item as shown
Forced to work online
To increase the number of viewers through a reliable app that does not really exist online, for example Tiltok Facebook Youtube Twitter Lazada. In order to collect orders, Asking people to click likes to make stocks, asking them to work, then cheating on the money given as insurance or high profits, and cheating to invest when the victim believes.
Online fraud (fake loans)
Fraud of personal information without real money, Service Guarantee Fee; victim’s bank account; Lying to send more money to the scammer.Taking exorbitant interest rates.Trusting them to borrow money without providing insurance, and obtaining the phone number information of the victim’s close friends, calling to ask for credit; Asking a lot of interest; Not spending enough to pay the debt.
Intimidation (Call Center)
Legal threats by pretending to be a police or government employee, claiming to have violated the law or having their bank account closed. Money laundering.
Fraudulently forced to invest in various ways
Pretending to be a financial expert and inviting you to invest in a business that doesn’t really exist; giving many benefits; Living to earn trust, for example, the oil industry, electricity gold digital money Forex international shares; They ask you to invest in online games and so on.
Lying to fall in love and being forced to invest
Dating apps or online app accounts or any social media using a good-looking person’s image to approach you for intimacy, teach you how to do intimacy, and scam you into investing through fake investment apps, for example, share trading; digital money gold Money transfer.
Fraud to fall in love and ask to transfer money/borrow money
Using the image of a good-looking person through the line app account to get close, make love, foreign property, Borrowing money under false pretense that delivery will be made and ultimately money is swindled for service fees or overpaid. money laundering, Fraudulent financial loans sent by mail to acquaintances of the victim’s account owner.
Cheating with a control system
Fraudulently download and lock programs that can remotely control the computer to steal information. Pretend to be an officer or government employee.
Scam to work abroad
Forced to sneak out of the country, control them, and force them to do illegal work. Forced to use and work as a slave.
If you want to report Scam – 1441, 081-886-3000
Online service www.thalpoliceonline.com
