BANGKOK (NNT) – The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has issued a final warning to individuals holding between six and 100 SIM cards to confirm their identities at mobile operators’ service centers by July 13. Failure to comply will result in the suspension of the ability to make outgoing calls or send text messages. […]
The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (DES) is to impose a new measure to protect mobile banking customers from scammers using “ghost” SIM cards and “mule” bank accounts. Moroccan Bank Hacker Arrested in Bangkok Effective tomorrow, the names of mobile banking customers must match those on the SIM card registration to activate mobile banking […]
BANGKOK, Feb 15 (TNA) – Holders of more than 100 mobile SIM cards per person who failed to register their identity with their mobile phone operators within the deadline will see their numbers terminated. Thai man arrested in Bangkok for selling SIM cards illegally The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has instructed all mobile […]
Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) officers have shut down a store selling illegal mobile phone SIM cards in Nong Khai with ties to fraudulent call centres. Thai man arrested in Bangkok for selling SIM cards illegally The bust, led by CCIB commissioner Pol Lt Gen Worawat Watnakornbancha, took place in Muang district of the northeastern […]
A man is being held in police custody for allegedly selling legally registered mobile phone SIM cards without requiring customer identification documents. SIM card registry a necessity, says Isoc Armed with a search warrant, issued by the Samut Prakan provincial court, officers from the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) searched a house in an estate […]
Police from Thailand’s Cybercrime Investigation Bureau arrested two men, believed to be members of a call centre scam gang, and seized 38 SIM boxes (SIM-Banks) in raids on 11 apartments in the southern province of Chumphon yesterday (Tuesday). Cybercrime Investigation Bureau Commissioner, Pol Lt-Gen Worawat Watnakhonbancha, said that each SIM box can handle 32 SIM […]
The Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc) has stressed the importance of registering mobile phone SIM cards against valid identity cards in the insurgency-plagued deep South, saying it is necessary to help ward off coordinated bomb attacks. It was reported that Isoc’s Region 4 Forward Command, which is in charge of security across the deep South, […]
The Finance Ministry plans to seek the cabinet’s approval to supply registered low-income earners, currently receiving a range of state welfare benefits, with a mobile phone SIM card offering a free internet connection. “The purpose of the free internet is to ensure the poor have access to internet-based sources of information and news that concerns […]
