Thai Police Arrest Man for Sending Scam Texts

Thai police arrest driver of van sending 1 million scam texts. Authorities in Bangkok apprehended a 35-year-old Chinese man for operating an SMS blaster that spammed nearly one million phishing texts over three days. The device, capable of sending 100,000 messages per hour, targeted residents with fraudulent messages claiming their points were about to expire, directing them to a phishing site impersonating Thailand’s largest mobile operator, AIS. The scam aimed to harvest credit card information for unauthorized transactions. Police are pursuing additional suspects linked to the fraud ring, which coordinated through private Telegram channels. AIS assisted in identifying the device’s location but has withheld specific methods to deter future spammers. Despite low success rates for phishing attempts, the high volume of messages can lead to substantial profits for scammers.