Cops warn about top 10 scams

The Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) on Friday warned people about the top ten techniques scammers use to fleece victims.

CCIB spokesman Pol Col Krissana Pattanacharoen said the bureau wanted to warn people after an upsurge in reported online scam victims.

He said since its online complaint submission centre opened on March 1 last year, about 37,900 people have filed complaints to the bureau, reporting about 4.59 billion baht in total damage.

Scam messages come through many platforms, including short message services (SMS), online ad displays on social media or personal calls promising their victims a high income from easy work online.

According to Pol Col Krissana, the top ten tricks include placing online orders where a scammer will send a link imitating popular e-commerce sites such as Shopee, Lazada or Amazon to victims who are requested to place and…