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Cops enlist networks in scam battle

Executives of a mobile phone service provider meet the Police Cyber Taskforce to highlight efforts in suppressing call centre scammers. police photo

National police chief Suwat Jangyodsuk yesterday backed a new policy to pursue call centre scammers by urging mobile phone users to alert network operators to the criminals’ numbers so they can block them.

Deputy national police chief Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas, director of the Police Cyber Taskforce (PCT) relayed the national police chief’s policy of working with mobile phone networks to short-circuit the growing problem of call centre fraud.

Mobile phone users are advised to report any suspicious calls and networks have agreed to investigate and block numbers used for…

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