BANGKOK, May 24 - Cyber police advise people to scan their faces to verify their identity at financial institutions. Breaking the online danger cycle

Colonel Krishna Phatthanacharoen, spokesman for the FSA would like to publicize and advise people to scan their faces to verify their identity with various financial institutions. to break the cycle of misconduct by criminals Online financial protection

according to the Royal Gazette website has been published The Royal Decree on Measures for the Prevention and Suppression of Technological Crimes B.E. Protect people who have been deceived until losing their property. via phone or electronic methods from criminals by the Royal Decree For example, financial institutions have the power and duty to block suspicious financial transactions. Transactions related to and in connection with the commission of an offense The victim can notify the bank to quickly freeze the money in the account. Victims can report complaints throughout the kingdom. And there is a penalty for the contractor to open a bank account. or allow others to use a savings account Including trading phone numbers registered but unable to identify the user of the service, etc. In the past, there has been a continuous crackdown on technological crime and the arrest of offenders. Recently, there has been an important operation to conduct searches across the country, more than 40 points, able to arrest many suspects. More than 110,000 intermediate phone SIMs were seized in order to break the cycle of fraudsters using mobile phone SIMs to deceive the public.

In addition, the Bank of Thailand (BOT) has set minimum guidelines for financial institutions to comply with the same standard. under financial fraud management measures Reduce the channels of crooks used to reach the public. Which has important measures: 1. Preventive measures 2. Account detection and tracking measures or suspicious transactions 3. Measures to respond and cope Especially in terms of preventive measures such as eliminating link attachments via short message (SMS) and e-mail, updating the security system on mobile banking. and publicity or customers verify their identity by face To enhance the security of financial transactions via Mobile Banking in the case of opening an account without seeing your face. (Non-face-to-face) in the case of transfers of 50,000 baht or more per time For the total amount of money transfers every 200,000 baht per day and in the case of changing the transaction limit which is scheduled to be completed in June 2023

Technology Crime Investigation Bureau by Pol.Lt.Gen.Worawat Wat Nakhon Bancha, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Embassy, has driven according to the government's policy by General Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister and Minister of Defense. and the National Police Agency by Pol. Gen. Damrongsak Kittipraphat, Police Commander, Pol. Gen. Torsak Sukwimol, Deputy Commissioner of Police, in cracking down on arrests of offenders involved in letting others use bank accounts. and trading phone numbers illegally Coordinate with relevant agencies to ensure effective prevention and suppression of such crimes. able to stop the damage in a timely manner Including creating awareness among the public to prevent falling victim to fraudsters.

A spokesman for the FAA added that in the past, the FAA has continued to focus on cracking down and arresting cybercriminals. 2023 is an important law. that the government and relevant agencies jointly push and put in place measures to address the critical problem of online scams. As a result, the threat of online crime continues to decrease significantly. However, public relations to the public to prepare and accelerate the process of verifying their identity by scanning their faces at financial institutions. or bank branches or according to the channels that the bank has set out so that financial transactions are not interrupted in accordance with the intent of the law And in order to break the cycle of criminal offenses before fleeing the property of the people. .-Thai News Agency

Source: Thai News Agency