Scam Calls Hit Record in Thailand Before Cyber Fraud Crackdown
Thailand saw the number of scam calls and text messages more than double to a record 168 million in 2024 from a year earlier, ...
Chinese extricated from Myanmar scam centres fly home from Thailand
A group of 200 Chinese nationals plucked from scam centres in Myanmar crossed into Thailand and were flown home on Thursday, ...
China begins repatriation from Thailand of more than 1,000 online scam workers rescued from Myanmar
An airlift carrying more than 1,000 Chinese nationals who had worked at online scam centers in eastern Myanmar began Thursday ...
Mass crackdowns see thousands of scam center workers waiting in Myanmar for repatriation
The crackdown coordinated among Thailand, Myanmar and China follows Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra's visit to ...
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Chinese workers from Myanmar scam centres start arriving home via Thailand
Hundreds of Chinese workers started to arrive home on Thursday after being freed from online scam centres in Myanmar, as ...
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China begins repatriation from Thailand of more than 1,000 online scam workers rescued from Myanmar
Thailand, China and Myanmar have coordinated efforts over the past month to shut down the scam centers that bilked victims around the world out of billions of dollars through false romantic ploys ...
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Power cut to site of global, billion-dollar scam industry. But will it halt the swindling?
Thailand cut electricity supplies on Wednesday to several areas in neighboring Myanmar that are home to sites at the center of a global, billion-dollar online scam industry. As of Wednesday ...
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Thailand expands crackdown on cross-border scam compounds
Thailand has expanded a crackdown on scam compounds being run on its borders with police cutting telecom lines into border ...