Thai, Myanmar and scam

Thousands in limbo on Thai-Myanmar border after scam centre crackdown
Thousands of foreigners freed from online scam-operating centres in Myanmar are stuck in limbo on the border with Thailand after a multinational crackdown on the compounds run by criminal gangs, three sources told Reuters on Monday.
Call-centre scam crackdown: Thai minister warns nearly 7,000 foreigners could flee Myanmar into Thailand
Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai urges foreign governments to repatriate nearly 7,000 detained foreigners in Myanmar after call-centre scam crackdowns, warning of a potential mass exodus if swift action is not taken.
Thai, Cambodian Police Free 215 Foreigners in Scam Centre Raid
Thai and Cambodian police raided a building in a border town and freed 215 foreigners, a senior Thai official said on Sunday, in an expansion of a regional crackdown against cyber scam centres. Hundreds of thousands of people have been trafficked by criminal gangs and forced to work in scam centres and illegal online operations across Southeast Asia,
50 Pakistanis among 215 rescued in Thai-Cambodian raid on cyber scam centre
Thai and Cambodian authorities have rescued 215 foreign nationals in a major raid on a suspected cyber scam centre in the Cambodian border town of Poipet, a senior Thai official said on Sunday.The operation,
215 foreigners including Thais rescued from Cambodian scam centre
Cambodian police have rescued 215 foreigners, 109 of them Thais, from a scam compound in Poipet city following stepped-up collaboration to combat scam gangs between Thailand and Cambodia.The operation followed Friday's urgent meeting between Pol Gen Thatchai Pitaneelaboot,
'Never thought I'd fall for a scam': Omaha man loses thousands from phone scam, county sheriff warns of growing trends
Douglas County Sheriff Aaron Hanson says complex scams are happening more and more often. He knows about a new one, spreading ...
Las Vegas woman accused of defrauding older men in deadly romance scam
Aurora Phelps​ was indicted in Nevada over a series of romance scams that allegedly led to at least two deaths and one ...
A New Scam Is Targeting Texas Drivers: Here’s What You Need to Know
Texans, beware! A new scam is targeting drivers with fake toll payment texts. If you get a message claiming you owe tolls for ...
Norton announces Genie Scam Protection to safeguard your files
Norton is fighting AI with AI and adding Genie Scam Protection to add advanced AI protection to help keep your files safe ...
Widower loses $80K to gold scam; Chicago-area suspect flees country after FBI sting operation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning consumers, saying victims of a gold scam reported more than $100 million in ...
Nassau County Sheriff’s Office warns against toll scam
The Nassau County Sheriff’s Office wants to warn you about an unpaid toll scam. Deputies say they’ve gotten reports of people ...
Toll text scam ramps up, continuing to target Kansas drivers
TOPEKA, Kan. (KCTV) - A scam targeting drivers continues to light up phones. Scammers are sending text messages claiming you ...
‘Your life becomes a nightmare’: how scam operations exploit those trapped inside – Scam Factories podcast, Ep 2
The second episode of Scam Factories, a podcast series from The Conversation Weekly taking you inside Southeast Asia’s brutal ...
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Exclude Justice Ramachandran Nair from list of accused in CSR fund scam: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday took on record a statement by the State's prosecution office indicating that former judge ...
BBB warns of scam targeting grieving families
A Tulsa woman struggling to pay for her mother's funeral thought she was getting a financial blessing when a caller claimed ...
Woman pays $6,000 for fake Picasso in pop-up auction scam
Signs luring customers to pop-up auctions with the possibility of getting fancy cars and fine jewelry at bargain prices have ...