Authorities in Thailand and Cambodia have busted a major scam call operation in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, making 61 arrests in the process.
Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas, deputy commissioner-general of the Royal Thai Police and chief of Police Cyber Task Force (PCT), said 61 people were involved with the scheme and were arrested at two operation sites.
28 suspects were apprehended at the first call center, which operated from an abandoned factory. Evidence found at the site included mobile phones, walkie-talkies, notebook computers and conversation scripts.
The scammers made calls impersonating police officers or employees of logistics operators DHL and FedEx, tricking their victims into making money transfers. The scammers would get a 4% cut from these transactions, with each receiving 30,000-100,000 baht per month.
Another 33 suspects were arrested at a casino building and operated mainly on mobile dating applications such as Tinder, baiting users into making online investments and crypto currency trades. They are believed to have scammed…
