Thailand cuts off telecom service to call-centre scammers in Poipet, Cambodia


Thai police found that call-centre gangs in Poipet used internet connections and telephone signals from Thailand. - The Nation/ANN

BANGKOK: Thailand's Provincial Police Region 2 and the National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission (NBTC) launched an operation to cut off telecom supplies to call-centre scammers in Poipet, Cambodia, on Monday (Feb 10).

The operation was kicked off in three areas in Thailand’s Sa Kaeo province, namely a train station in Aranyaprathet subdistrict, a telephone pole behind Benjawan Market in Pa Rai subdistrict, and another telephone pole in Ban Khok Sawang community of Tha Kham subdistrict.

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