Thai police warn of fake government websites
A police spokesman has warned the public to be cautious about fake government websites and urged them to report them.
Public warned against fake government websites
Pol Maj Gen Siriwat Deepor, deputy spokesman, said on Sunday the Royal Thai Police had found that more fraudsters were creating web addresses with the “.go.th” domain extension typically used by government agencies to trick people into thinking they are authentic.
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BANGKOK POST ONLINE REPORTERS
FYI, dtv.in.th, eta.in.th, asq.in.th, and now tdac.in.th are all operated by the same group connected to Thai Visa Centre, a long-running scam operation in Thailand.
Each website was designed to impersonate official Thai government services:
asq.in.th pretended to be the official Alternative State Quarantine (ASQ) hotel booking system during the COVID-19 pandemic
eta.in.th falsely advertised an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) for Thailand, even though no official ETA program exists yet
dtv.in.th claimed to offer Destination Thailand Visa (DTV) applications, misleading travelers into submitting personal documents through a private system
tdac.in.th is their latest scam, pretending to be the official Thailand Digital Arrival Card (TDAC) registration portal for travelers arriving at Thai airports
All four websites followed the same pattern: using privately registered .in.th domains, hiding any ownership or corporate information (since their company does not exist), charging high fees for fake or unnecessary services, and collecting sensitive personal data.