Spam Van Slammed: Thai Police Bust High-Speed SMS Scammer
In a plot that could make a Hollywood heist movie jealous, a van in Bangkok was busted with an SMS blaster device sending out 100,000 phishing texts per hour. The scammers impersonated AIS Thailand, tricking users with expired points. A 35-year-old driver was arrested, but the phishing plot thickens as police hunt for more culprits.
Hot Take:
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. But when life gives you an SMS blaster device, it seems some folks just can’t resist squeezing out some good old-fashioned phishing scams. Who knew the road to cybercrime could be paved with text messages and a mobile van?
Key Points:
- Thai police nabbed a van driver spamming Bangkok with SMS phishing texts.
- The SMS blaster device could send 100,000 messages per hour within a 3 km range.
- Phishing texts impersonated AIS, Thailand’s largest mobile operator.
- The scam aimed to harvest credit card info via a phishing website.
- International fraud gang coordinated through Telegram; more arrests expected.
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