Scam Alert Unveiled by Whoscall: Central Database Shields Against Unscrupulous Individuals with Input from State and Private Sector Partners.

Whoscall collaborates with a total of 11 public and private sectors to introduce the new Scam Alert feature on Whoscall, which is a comprehensive database center that warns of non-professional threats from government agencies, as well as fraud alert information. This feature can be utilized by both free and premium customers, divided into 2 main features.

The latest Scam Trending Alert – Whoscall users can enable automatic notification on the application to receive important and urgent non-professional threat alerts, such as impersonating important agencies, elaborate scams causing significant damage, wide-ranging harm, and personal data theft from government organizations.

Stay-ahead Scam Education Content – This feature will be a platform that gathers knowledge about scamming methods and various prevention tips from private sector network communities and the public sector, such as investment scams, bill payment scams, shopping scams, e-commerce scams, as well as in-depth reports and information from Whoscall and the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA).

The Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA) released its annual report for the year 2024, revealing that only 55% of Thais are confident in staying abreast of non-professional threats, and 89% admit to facing non-professional threats at least once a month. In addition, in the first six months of this year, Whoscall was able to detect almost 19 million calls from non-professionals, while the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (MDES) shut down more than 47,000 deceptive websites between October 2022 and August 2023.

Source: Press Release Email

TLDR: Whoscall introduces Scam Alert feature in collaboration with 11 public and private sectors, providing users with automatic alerts on important non-professional threats and educational content on scam prevention. Global Anti-Scam Alliance report reveals Thai awareness of scams and Whoscall’s detection of 19 million fraudulent calls in the first half of the year. MDES also took action by closing over 47,000 deceptive websites.