An 82 year old woman was scammed out of 2.5 million baht by a call centre fraudster. The call centre fraudster was arrested today after a successful joint operation by various departments of the Thai National Police. Despite denying the allegations, the call centre fraudster admitted to opening a bank account for a known individual around August this year, which he later relinquished to a senior acquaintance for ‘adjustments’ in mid-September.
The call centre fraudster, 27 year old Anan of Nakhon Nayok is employed as a food delivery worker and described his intentions behind opening the account. He wanted to use it to receive his girlfriend’s salary and his daily earnings to establish a stable bank statement.
This would serve as proof for applying for housing loans, mobile phone instalments, and various cash credits. However, the call centre…
