Following last week, there were 2 news stories aboutgang of criminalsCalling pretending to be in contact from the Revenue Department (Or maybe other government agencies in the future) to add friends in Line. and send a link to check your tax information. that tries to name domains like the Revenue Department’s, but it’s not, that is, the Revenue Department will be https://www.rd.go.th/ but the link of the scammer sent will be http://www.rd-go-th.com At this point, technically there are two things we should note: high-security links must be https:// prefixes, not http://, and government websites end. with .go.th, not .com or .net or others, but this one understands Most scammers have techniques to force us to make quick decisions. didn’t notice it well enough
from both cases [อ่านข่าว] will come too As mentioned above and when clicking the link!! what happened was On the mobile phone will show the logo of the Revenue Department. with a message saying checking Do not use the phone Even now we know that we are deceived, wanting to use it, can’t use it. the machine will freeze can’t turn off What is happening now is that the scammers are remotely controlling our cell phone. To transfer money from a bank account from our bank application to a fraudulent account. which is another horse account Now all our money is lost.yes
So what do we do? When being tricked by a scammer, click on a link like this! To suck money, the mobile phone is stuck, can’t turn off
In such a case, if it happens to ourselves, it is important that when we are aware Knowing that we are being deceived by scammers, we have to “focus” first.yes Don’t panic, be frantic, helpless, because operating a remote phone to transfer money in this case takes time. It will be noted that in the original news of the young man who lost 56,000 baht, the scammers stated that the victims transferred the money to Bank A, which was a way to make the remote transfer faster. Show that time is important Therefore, if we can stop the process in time, we can relax or survive the damage. So what to do when we can’t turn it off? The answer is pull the SIM card out of the device and turn off WiFi. This one is referenced as being effective. For those who were almost victimized in similar cases
The same for the case of a young man who lost 56,000 baht, when he clicked the link (now the crooks see all the screens) while talking to the crooks. The scammers told us to transfer the money to the bank account A. This may be a way to know the password to the bank app that we normally use the same password. But in the case of a girl who lost 1,458,000 baht, didn’t specify much details, so couldn’t confirm this. But it also reminds us that banking apps may not be as easily hacked as many people are concerned about. But because pressing the link causes the phone to be remote and telling the password indirectly through the transfer of money as advised by the scammers. Or it can be used to scan our faces.
atI’m not blaming the victim for clicking on untrusted links. I’m writing to take lessons and suggest ways to prevent and fix similar problems in the future. This is considered an important lesson for banks that have to find a way to prevent remote mobile phones in this manner. Not just focusing on convenience for customers only. It must be very secure as well. Should there be more security functions to choose from?
In addition, if the responsible agency uses this case as an example. Work proactively to inspect domains that are close to government agencies. and make a permanent block. It is considered to be protective to a certain extent. Even though we know that these crooks will always come up with new jokes, but old jokes, we should fill that loophole first. to prevent scammers’ new scams