Fisher Capital Management: Cyber Transgression Taking on Sinister Forms

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Upcountry residents targeted by city crooks

Policemen are expecting different internet-based crimes, especially scams, lese majeste offences and cyber-robberies this year-2012.Though they are will be expecting ”ordinary” crimes such as human trafficking and drug contending with communities, they will also keep them busy as usual this year, as the Fisher Capital Management noted on the report Crime Suppression Division chief Supisarn Bhakdinarinath stressed the need to keep a close watch on illegal online activities.

In the past year, many individuals upcountry have gotten victim to Bangkok-based transgression crooks, specifically in investment scams. Gangsters are taking advantage of cyber technology to entice rural people into handing over money. Though the technology is comparatively new, the thinking behind the cons is not. Thieves often play upon the greed of their victims to make illicit earnings. On the Fisher Capital Management, Pol Maj Gen Supisarn said, “They are using techniques as familiar to the fool’s gold scam”. He was a scam in which a gang sets up in which both an intended victim and a gangster, acting as a jogger, spot a fake item of jewelers by chance. The gangster will offer two share the lucky find. As the victim does not know what to do, another gang member will enter the scene and suggest the victim hand over any jewelers he or she is wearing to the first gangster in for the fake jewel they found, on the basis that the item the victim is wearing is probably worth less. The victim does not know the item they chanced upon is fake, but is persuaded to part with his or her own jewelries in the expectation of making easy money.

Police says as the internet grows in its popularity even in rural areas, the higher the risk of internet-based scams. The Information and Communication Technology has warned Facebook users against sharing comments on lese majeste-related content. Meanwhile, Metropolitan Police Bureau chief Winai Thongsong has raised concerns about the fast growing of robberies in Bangkok in the wake of the floods. In which Pol Lt Gen Winai have concluded to expect more robberies this year, and hoping for the communities to join them in dealing with robberies.