Cyber police have arrested a young man deceiving online sellers. collage style Post for sale iPad 2nd hand, but allow customers to transfer money to the shop that they want. Finally, the store was suspended from the account. the customer doesn't have
Pol. Lt. Gen. Worawat Wat Nakorn Bancha The Commissioner of the Technology Crime Investigation Police or Cyber Police (Criminal Investigation Commissioner) announced the arrest of a young man defrauding Facebook chats to order online. in the manner of a collage Arrested Mr. Pongphet, 28, from Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province on charges of fraud by identifying himself as another person and inserting false information into a computer system. It was caught on August 9th. 3 mobile phones, luxury watches can be seized for about 12 months, 1 motorcycle, and 3 helmets.
Lt. Gen. Worawat stated that this case was considered a case in which the criminals planned a new crime. The criminal will try to open a Facebook page to buy and sell second-hand iPads even though there is no real product. When a victim believes in contact to order Criminals will charge the product price according to the amount of the value of the items the criminal wants from various stores.
In this case, the culprit wanted to buy alloy wheels from Shop A for 5,000 baht and would use this price to deceive customers who ordered through their page that Customers have to pay for themselves at a price of 5,000 baht. After that, Shop A will send the account number to the criminal to transfer money for the wheel But the culprit sent the account number of Shop A to customers on a fake page. to make customers on fake pages transfer money to themselves to pay for the ordered products and when the customer notifies the transfer by sending a slip to the fake page The culprit will take the name of the customer, the fake page, and the said slip to be forwarded to A Again Fried. As for the shop A, when there is an order and transfer money comes in There is a transfer confirmation slip. therefore delivering goods to criminals without knowing that it was the villain Not the real owner of the money
As for fake page customers, when damaged, they do not receive the product. Therefore went to report and notify the bank account of the shop that the culprit spoofed As a result, the store cannot conduct financial transactions. Because it was misunderstood by a fake page customer that it was a horse account, the store therefore reported the case to the cyber police to investigate the case. until being able to catch the culprit Which is currently under investigation to expand further that How long has the villain committed an act like this and how much is the damage?
Pol. Lt. Gen. Worawat said that this kind of crime was a cautionary tale for people to be careful. Don't be fooled by online sales pages. If possible, it's better to buy products from a trusted store directly.
Source: Thai News Agency