Pathum Thani, May 6 – Cyber police arrested the Hybrid Scam movement: Bidget-coins scammed victims of over 2.5 million baht, confessing to persuading them to open a horse account. receive a compensation of 700 baht per account
Technology Crime Investigation Division 1 arrests a movement impersonating a beautiful woman. come to be friends through the online world Then invite investment to trade digital money. The return is as high as 50 percent until the victim is convinced. total loss of more than 2.5 million baht
Due to the fact that in December 2022, there were people who were victims of being tricked by the Hybrid Scam movement into loving and investing. Use the profile of a good-looking woman to greet and befriend via Facebook. Then there was a conversation through the LINE application. For about a month and began to persuade victims to invest in trading USDT digital currency, claiming a return of up to 50 percent of the investment.
When the victim is interested Criminals send Bidget-coins platform for victims to sign up to invest In the beginning, you can make profits and withdraw money as usual. Until the victim believes in transferring money to the criminal’s account 7 times, totaling more than 2,588,000 baht, later unable to withdraw the money. The criminals use various excuses such as having to pay taxes or fees. or need to increase more investment to be able to withdraw money
When the victim realized that he had been deceived, he filed a complaint with the Technology Crime Investigation Bureau. Pol. Maj. Gen. Chatchaphantakarn Kluai, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Police 1, therefore ordered the investigation and follow-up to arrest the criminals to prosecute them as soon as possible, until later, Pol. Col. Krit Sada Manawongsakul, Superintendent 4, Royal Thai Police 1, together with the investigative set gathered evidence and sought approval from the Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant for this movement.
Later today (May 6, 2023), Lt. Col. Thanet Maksakul, Sor Sor Kor 4, Sor Sor Sor Tor 1 with investigative power. Able to arrest Mr. Noraphon, 34, one of the accused, one of the aforementioned movements, at Moo 2, Khu Khot Subdistrict, Lam Luk Ka District, Pathum Thani Province for the offense of “jointly defrauding by identifying yourself as someone else, importing into a computer system which is false computer information in a way that is likely to cause damage to the people.”
From questioning, the accused testified that I was persuaded to open a bank account. And registered a phone SIM card (Mae SIM Ma account) with a payment of 700 baht per account. He opened 2 accounts and received 1,400 baht.
I would like to warn the people of the people not to believe or fall victim. You should not add friends on unknown social media. If asked to check the information in the account carefully And if there is an invitation to invest in digital currency Let’s assume that it’s a crook. and should check the credibility of the investment as well If you have any questions, you can immediately ask the Cyber Police Hotline 1441. -Thai News Agency
Source: Thai News Agency