Thailand's Digital Economy and Society Ministry has announced that any telephone number with more than 100 calls per day will be suspended in a bid to combat call scams.
Bangkok (VNA) – Thailand's Digital Economy and Society Ministry has announced thatany telephone number with more than 100 calls per day will be suspended in a bid to combat call scams.
Ministerof Digital Economy and Society Prasert Chantararuangthong said some 80,000 people had filedcomplaints about scams with the Anti-Online Scam Operation Centre (AOC 1441) in November.
Toaddress this issue, the ministry will focus on phone numbersmaking an unusually high volume of calls daily, Prasert said.
From December 9 to 11, more than 12,500 phonenumbers crossed the 100-call threshold, leading to their immediate suspension.
Prasert also warned that scammers use foreigners' identification documentsto register SIM cards for phone scams. He said that recent arrests in Chumphonprovince led to the confiscation of more than 10,000 such SIM cards.
The minister pledged to intensify efforts and collaborate with relevantorganisations, including the office of the National Broadcasting andTelecommunications Commission and cellular service providers, to prevent callscams./.
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