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With online scams skyrocketing, the Government of Thailand is stepping in to crack down on delivery fraud.
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With online scams skyrocketing, the Government of Thailand is stepping in to crack down on delivery fraud. Enter the new Dee-Delivery regulation, designed to shield cash-on-delivery (COD) shoppers from getting duped.
According to Minister Jiraporn Sindhuprai from the Prime Minister’s Office, this drastic move comes after a jaw-dropping 365,000 scam cases were reported in the last 18 months, causing financial losses of 45 billion baht. With e-commerce crimes making up 40% of these incidents, it’s clear that something had to give.
But the Dee-Delivery regulation isn’t just a band-aid. It’s part of a broader government strategy to tackle online scams head-on. To back it up, the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (MDES) has launched the Anti-Online Scam Operation Centre (AOC). This new body will act swiftly to freeze bank accounts linked to…