The Thai Prime Minister was almost hit by voice phishing...a call in a foreign normal voice
Jan 17, 2025
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According to Thai media such as Van Muang, Prime Minister Patton Tan Shinawatra (38) emphasized the urgent need to solve drug and online crime problems before a government budgeting policy meeting held on the 15th.
At the same time, she revealed that she almost fell victim to phone fraud.
According to Prime Minister Patton Tan, a criminal organization uses artificial intelligence (AI) to impersonate the voice of a foreign leader and `Good morning, Prime Minister of Thailand, I want to meet and look forward to working with you.'
The prime minister did not say who the foreign leader was, but said he was a famous leader he had actually met in the past.
"The fraudulent group called one after another and said, "Thailand is the only ASEAN country that has not yet made an international donation"" the Prime Minister said.
The prime minister, who later doubted, was convinced that it was a fraudulent group when he received a text message asking for money to be deposited into a foreign account shortly afterwards.
Prime Minister Patton Tan strongly ordered measures from related departments, saying that the general public is also concerned about the damage caused by international fraudulent organizations.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Patton Tan is the youngest daughter of Thaksin Shinawatra, a Thai telecommunications tycoon and former prime minister, and became the youngest prime minister in Thailand's history last year.
Recently, she made headlines by reporting her assets of 13.84 billion baht (about 580 billion won) to Thailand's National Anti-Corruption Commission.
The wealth of the Prime Minister's husband, Pitaka Suksawat, is worth 141.11 million baht (about 6 billion won).
Prime Minister Patton and his wife own many real estate not only in Bangkok, Thailand, but also in foreign countries such as London, England, and Hokkaido, Japan, and are known to have a number of luxury vehicles, luxury watches, and bags.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
