DSI Warns the public against “Fake Online Crime Report Website”

DSI Warns the public against “Fake Online Crime Report Website”

       In the past weeks, the DSI has discovered scammers tricking people who seek to report cases via online channels by creating 2 websites for “Fake online crime report” (https://www.lawyerth.co.in and www.dsi1.tech). Neither of these websites is the official website of the DSI. When a persons click on the said website, they will be redirected to speak via Line application with a scammer who posed as a lawyer/complaint receiver to convince the person to submit evidence of frauds (chat log, bank transfer slip, etc). The scammers might try to convince the vicims into transfering payment of fees or charges for processing the report of cases or convince the vicims into clicking on links that allow remote accessing to the victims’ device. The scammers would then withdraw the money from the victims’ accounts, causing damage to the scammed people.

       The DSI reiterates that the DSI has only 6 online channels, namely, www.dsi.go.th, “DSI กรมสอบสวนคดีพิเศษ” Facebook page, Youtube , Instragram, Twitter, and TikTok as publicized via QR Code on the DSI official website.

       Contact for reporting cases, making complaints, giving tips, or checking case progress is done only via the website ‘www.dsi.go.th’. You can verify the suspicious link by checking the ending part of the link. Websites of government agencies, government offices, or ministries/departments would end with ‘.go.th’ shorted for Government of Thailand. The DSI officers would not instruct you to report a case via Line application, to download application to your device, or to transfer payment of processing fee; therefore, please do not comply if you are asked to do so. The only official Line account of the DSI is ‘@checkdidsi’, which is for the matters related to pyramid scheme created by the DSI’s Bureau of Illegal Financial Business Crime to help people assess the risk of pyramid scheme before investing in certain business, another way to help preventing damages to the public.