On September 21, 2022, Mr Chaiwut Thanakmanusorn, Minister of Digital Economy and Society (DES), chaired the meeting of the Committee on Preventing, Suppressing and Solving Online Crime No. 4 / 2022. It is considered with relevant agencies, such as the Headquarters of the Technology Crime Investigation Police (Edc. HE) or Cyber Police, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Bank of Thailand (BOT.TT) to find ways to prevent and solve important online crimes, such as the case of Forex-3D deceiving foreign exchange speculation through online platforms In the case of fraudulent investments in mushroom farms, or “Turtle Farm” and press the link of the mobile app to cheat money from the account, etc.
In the case of an online investment scam The Digital Ministry will use a social listening system to collect the names of websites / social media with investment inviting behavior and send them to the BOT and the SEC for review if found to be without license or break the law. is coordinating immediately to request a court order to immediately shut down those websites/social media from the Computer Act authority he believes if we can remove the damage early it will reduce the loss tremendously.
In the case of scamming money from accounts through mobile apps, the Bank of Thailand has warned commercial banks to improve their mobile banking systems, immediately shutting down the transfer system when they find that their mobile phones have been hacked remotely. of time, Kasikorn Bank and Krung Thai Bank have recovered completed
“I would also like to send a warning to those people Any app updates on mobile Go directly to the update from the App Store (iPhone mobile) or Play Store (Android mobile). Do not dare to press the update from the link sent. This is to prevent connections from scammers. to hack data from mobile phones,” said Mr Chaiwut.
The CCA Minister added that there had been online investment scams in the past. Using social channels to attract investments Influencers are used, celebrities, celebrities who have a lot of followers. cause wide public interest and make people believe to come together to invest until widespread damage To prevent problems, if the SEC, Bank of Thailand, or any other agency come across this kind of fraudulent behavior Illegal fundraising from the public rush to check Collect evidence and send it to the Ministry of Digital Affairs. in order to speed up the siege before causing trouble to the people in general
