Police are investigating a group of scammers posing as employees of the popular social media platform TikTok who conned a man into investing over 3.5 million baht in a bogus stock trading scheme.
The victim, identified only as Joke by the police, is known to be active on the social media platform. In a complaint filed with the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau on Thursday, he said the gang tricked him into sending 3.7 million baht over the course of several days.
Accompanied by lawyer Ronnarong Kaewpet, Joke said the gang reached out to him on his mobile phone early last month. The gang said as he had more than 1,000 followers on his TikTok account, he was eligible to take part in revenue-making supplementary activities.
At first, he turned down the offer but changed his mind…
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