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12 South Koreans arrested in Thailand scam centre crackdown

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Thai authorities arrested 12 South Koreans and one Chinese national accused of running a scam call centre from a luxury house south of Bangkok on Tuesday. The alleged scammers, who entered Thailand from a neighbouring country, used VoIP phones, computers, and mobile phones to carry out their online scams. A list of South Korean victims was found at the scene, along with forged documents claiming to be from the South Korean prosecutor's office. The crackdown comes as part of efforts to combat international scam operations that have been linked to nearby countries such as Cambodia and Myanmar.

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12 South Koreans, along with 1 Chinese national, were arrested by Thai authorities in a crackdown on a scam call centre. The alleged scammers had been operating from a luxury house in Samut Prakan province, just south of Bangkok, and had set up a 13-workstation call centre equipped with VoIP phones, computers, and mobile phones. According to police, the group had entered Thailand from a neighboring country and had been using scripts to defraud victims around the world. This operation is part of a larger regional effort to combat scams, as authorities in Cambodia and Myanmar, which share borders with Thailand, have also raided scam compounds in recent months.

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The alleged scammers “entered Thailand from a neighbouring country and were hiding in Samut Prakan province, renting a luxury house”, Thai police said in a statement, without naming the country. Cambodia and Myanmar, which border Thailand, have become hubs for criminal groups operating fake romance, investment and other schemes that defraud victims around the world of billions of dollars each year. But authorities in both nations have also raided scam compounds in recent months, pushing some scammers to set up elsewhere in the region.

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2026-09-08 · South China Morning Post

12 South Koreans arrested in Thailand scam centre crackdown · assertive framing

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12 South Koreans arrested in Thailand scam centre crackdown asserted

Koreans → arrest → crackdown

Police say the alleged scammers entered Thailand from a neighbouring country and rented a luxury house south of Bangkok asserted

scammers → say → Bangkok

Thai authorities arrested 12 South Koreans and a Chinese national accused of running a scam call centre from a high-end rented house south of Bangkok, police said on Tuesday. asserted

police → arrest → Tuesday

authorities → allege → region

Inside the house in Thailand, authorities found a call centre set-up with 13 workstations equipped with Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phones and other equipment, including dozens of computers, mobile phones and scripts allegedly used in online scams. uncertain

authorities → find → scams

Police also discovered a list of South Korean victims and forged documents falsely claiming to be official letters from the South Korean prosecutor’s office. asserted

Police → discover → office