Recently, Chinese actor Wang Xing, who was trafficked to KK land, aroused much social concern in China. Wang Xing realised that the working offer in Thailand was a scam until he was shaved in the car. Not only was he entrapped in this tremendous forgery, but he was also caught in widespread attention worldwide. In this article, the reasons why the criminal business can be so thriving, as well as methods to raise people’s awareness, will be shed light on.

The primary reason why more and more unsuspecting victims are entrapped in this scam operation is the attractive and superficial packaging of the scam, which seduces poor and greedy people to jump into this alluring opportunity. Imagine there’s a well-paid, easy-to-handle, low educational requirement working offer in front of you. If you need money urgently, I guess most people cannot resist the temptation of this appealing offer or giving it serious consideration. Furthermore, it is not common for us to see people being entrapped in a cybercrime solely out of the desire for money. A piece of news from Hong Kong a year ago is living proof—a young man was lured into this online scam without knowing it at first, as he thought it was a perfect job for fresh graduates. Fortunately, he was later rescued by his concerned family. Besides, there is also a Chinese influencer who was forged by her best friends, claiming that a famous company in Thailand provides copious resources such as advertisements on social media platforms, as well as a decent and quiet working environment for live broadcast on TikTok. Appealing to her best friends’ opinions and the tempting offer, she went to Thailand and still has not been found until now. In KK land, females with appealing appearances are forced to be horns or suffer from sexual assaults rather than taking part in the cybercrime, which is devastating to these girls in terms of insulting their bodies and mental health simultaneously. As we can see, people who are or were part of this cybercrime are not capable of taking the potential dangers and risks under in-depth consideration.

With more and more unsuspecting victims falling prey to unscrupulous scams, it is high time that the governments in different countries and people around the world put in efforts to combat the problem.

From my perspective, propaganda and surveillance should be conducted by governments. With the prevalent use of social media like Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, governments can utilise advertisements and the popularity of content creators to spread the common jargons of scammers and their manoeuvers to draw people’s attention, thereby inculcating awareness among people of all ages to ignore suspicious and unsourced messages from unknown people and to check the validity of job offers. When it comes to raising awareness among the elderly, advertisements should be posted on televisions, TV programs, as well as posters on the streets. On top of this, phone numbers should be regularly checked. If the IP site of phone numbers is located in Southeast Asia and they keep sending messages to random people, broadcast messages should be blocked and not allowed to be used thereafter. What’s more, the key to cracking down on this gargantuan criminal business lies in the action of the Thailand government, which may destroy their business by violence and spare no pains to find out the big boss behind this institution.

As a mother of two kids, I will educate my children about the dangers of scams and how to avoid them smartly—like how people in KK land are humiliated once they cannot meet the requirements of their boss—and to neglect messages and FaceTime calls with strangers, in order to protect my beloved parents.

To wrap up, the cybercrime in Thailand is still worsening and poses many dangers to tourists and citizens in Thailand. As laymen, we should always be aware of phoney messages and work offers to avoid falling prey to the painful trap of scams. It is believed that if governments really paid heed to this global issue, the problem can be solved as soon as possible.