The story of minor Chinese celebrity Wang Xing who was abducted in Thailand forced into a scam call center in Myanmar as really shined a light on this scam call center issue. As a result of these scams in Thailand, the Telecoms and Banks have added restrictive measures like limiting person to person transfer amounts and KYC on all SIM cards. We can't have nice things.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/14/china/china-actor-thailand-sc...