Internet cables

  • Crime NewsPolice dial in on call centre scams at Thai-Cambodian border

    Police dial in on call centre scams at Thai-Cambodian border

    Police recently conducted an inspection of Internet and mobile phone signals near the Thai-Cambodian border, specifically targeting call centre gangs in Poipet. Yesterday, February 10, at 4pm, Police Lieutenant General Yingyos Thepchamnong and Trairat Viriyasirikul, acting Secretary General of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), visited the area to inspect mobile phone base stations and international connection points, collaborating…

  • Thailand NewsScam cable: Mukdahan officials cut off illegal Internet link to Laos

    Scam cable: Mukdahan officials cut off illegal Internet link to Laos

    Mukdahan officials have blown the lid off a daring cross-border scam operation, dismantling illegal Internet cables stretching from Thailand into Laos across the Second Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge. In a move straight out of a thriller, these covert cables, buried around 5 kilometres deep into Laos, were reportedly fuelling deceitful scam rings, making Thai victims believe they were dealing with local…