Send short messages with fraudulent links to scam victims

Police arrested two Hong Kong men at a prominent shopping mall in Bangkok, finding them carrying devices to send short messages with fraudulent links to scam victims.

According to CIB Commissioner, officers acted upon AIS Monitor’s alert that criminals send messages to network users, urging them to redeem rewards or exchange points and tricking them into providing personal and credit card information.

Victims who fell for the scam would click links leading to fraudulent websites, resulting in money being siphoned from their accounts. During interrogation, it was revealed that the suspects would carry the device to several locations, sending SMS scams to phones within a one-kilometer radius. They particularly targeted shoppers at various malls in Thailand.