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Thailand Cuts Internet and Power Supply To Some Areas in Myanmar in Blow To Scam Centers (yahoo.com) 12

Thailand cut power supply, fuel and internet to some border areas with Myanmar on Wednesday. It's an attempt to choke scam syndicates operating out of there that have become a growing security concern. Reuters: Scam compounds in Southeast Asia are suspected to have entrapped hundreds of thousands of people in illegal online and telecom operations, generating billions of dollars annually, according to a 2023 U.N. report. Thai Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul visited the Provincial Electricity Authority headquarters in Bangkok on Wednesday to oversee the effort to fight the crime rings. "They may turn to other sources of power supply or generate their own electricity. In the Thai Security Council orders, it also includes the halt in supplying oil and internet to them, which means that from now on any damage that occurs will have no connection to any resources in Thailand."

Thailand Cuts Internet and Power Supply To Some Areas in Myanmar in Blow To Scam Centers

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  • I wish someone would choke out the latest scam I have been getting. People calling and wanting to adjust the frequency of my TV? Quite humorous. End run is to get your streaming service account/passwords. Had one guy on a call for 45 minutes before he finally figured out I dont have any streaming channels.
  • One of my staff has done a mission trip to the Thai Myanmar border.
    He says people get off on the airport at Thailand thinking they have Job, and are bussed to the border and over the river into these call centres to be effectively imprisoned. And he said these buildings run for hundreds of kms and the area if effectively lawless.
    His team was involved with trying to smuggle people out to regain their freedom.

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