PUBLISHED : 2 Nov 2023 at 05:00
The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (MDES) has opened an Anti Online Scam Operation Centre (AOC), a one-stop service aiding scam gang victims, said minister Prasert Chantararuangthong.
From March 1 last year to Sept 30 this year, there were over 330,000 cybercrime cases, causing damage worth over 45 billion baht. Mr Prasert said the AOC will reduce the number of online scams effectively within a month.
The AOC also will add an extra 80 hotline operators to the existing 20 operators for the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CIB)’s hotline 1441.
Mr Prasert said the AOC’s goals include freezing mule accounts immediately after victim complaints, following up on investigations for victims, arranging…
