Police Help Victim Freeze 500,000 Baht Account After Scammers Trick Him Out of 6 Million Baht

On February 10th, high-ranking police officials investigated a case where a 69-year-old man named Pherayos was tricked by scammers pretending to be police investigators. The fraudsters claimed the victim was connected to illegal bank accounts and convinced him to transfer over 6 million baht through elaborate video call deceptions. After a swift investigation, police tracked and froze 500,000 baht of the transferred funds and returned the money to the victim at Metropolitan Police Bureau 5. The victim expressed gratitude to the police and warned other citizens to be cautious of such scams and not rush to transfer money.