Police Rescue Chinese Man Victimized by Call Center Scam Gang Attempting to Extort 2 Million Yuan from Father
Thai police rescued a Chinese man trapped by an international call center scam gang that had already extorted approximately 10 million baht from him and demanded additional ransom from his father.
Police rescued a Chinese victim of a call center fraud gang that attempted to extort 2 million yuan (approximately 10 million baht) from his father.
On June 29, 2569, Pol. Lt. Gen. Suwat Gerd-Gaew, commander of Region 10 Police, conducted an inspection at Pathumwan Police Station after receiving notification from Chinese nationals working in Thailand who had been coordinated by Chinese police officials to track down Mr. MA MINGZE, a Chinese national and victim of the call center gang.
Pol. Col. Sirichard Janpromma, commander of Pathumwan Police Station in the incident area, reported that upon learning of the case, he ordered the investigation unit and patrol teams to investigate. Through investigation, it was found that after the victim entered Thailand and checked into a hotel in Rong Muang Subdistrict, Pathumwan District, Bangkok, CCTV footage examination revealed the victim arrived and stayed alone with no accomplices present. Police coordinated with tourist police and immigration officers to track the victim until they could safely assist him in his hotel room.
During interrogation, the victim stated that criminals impersonating Chinese police officers threatened him by phone, accusing him of involvement in criminal cases and deceiving him into transferring money to settle the cases. The victim made four transfers totaling approximately 2 million yuan (about 10 million baht) to Malaysia. The gang then deceived him into traveling to Thailand, claiming they would arrange his deportation back to China. They demanded he request money from his parents for ransom.
Since the victim's bank account had been frozen and transfers couldn't be completed, the gang devised another scheme, claiming he could return to China but had to go through Thailand first, and would then travel to Myanmar to re-enter via natural border crossings. The gang likely fabricated this story to extort more money from the victim's parents.
Initially, arrangements were made for the victim's father to travel from China to Thailand to pick up his son. The father arrived at 07:10 on June 29, 2569 via AK890 flight before traveling to Pathumwan Police Station to receive his son.
