Residents told their details were needed for irrigation projects or political parties
NAKHON PHANOM: An entire village in this northeastern province has been scammed into opening illegal bank accounts, as around 200 residents recently discovered.
They were deceived into providing their personal information to scammers who claimed to represent the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) and unnamed political parties.
On Saturday, they gathered at a Kasikornbank branch in Wang Yang district to close the fraudulent accounts that had been opened in their names. They expressed concern that they could face prosecution under the new Royal Decree on Cyber Crime Prevention and Suppression, which took effect on March 17.
According to the victims, they were approached by agents last year who claimed that their documentation was needed for the launch…
