Fake Thai call centre gang busted

Pattaya Mail writes.

DSI DG Tharit Pengdit said the 22 suspects were arrested at a rented house in Pak Kret district of Nonthaburi province as a result of an extended investigation of the arrest of a Chinese call centre scam gang.

The authorities seized items including computers, telephones, conversation scripts in Chinese and lists of victims' telephone numbers during the raid.

Police obtained information about the house from phone scammers who were previously arrested in Bangkok's Lat Phrao district, Bangkok Post states.

The call centre gang confessed that they called their victims and claimed to be police or bank officials, according to police. The scammers would deceive them into believing they had broken the law and must transfer money into their accounts for inspection.

The gang worked in 24-hour shifts and received 7% of the money collected from each victim.