Metropolitan Police Bureau joins Investigation 115 to arrest "Dariga", an Instagram seller who invited people to buy a large lot of clothes, causing damages of over 1.2 million baht.On August 30, 2024, the Metropolitan Police Bureau, together with Investigation 115, arrested Ms. Darika, 39 years old, a suspect with an arrest warrant from the Min Buri Criminal Court, for the offense of 'fraudulently deceiving the public and by fraud or deception, importing false computer data into the computer system in a manner likely to cause damage to the public'. The arrest was made in the parking lot of a shopping mall, Soi Sukhumvit 19, Klongtoey Nua Subdistrict, Watthana District, Bangkok.The circumstances that led to the arrest warrant: In January 2022, Ms. Suphanni, the accuser, purchased branded cosmetics from an Instagram consignment page (IG). Ms. Darika, the accused, consigned the products and the accuser knew the accused from seeing them on the Instagram consignment page (IG) of the accused's product selling website. The accuser added her on Line because she saw that the accused was selling products at a cheaper price than in normal stores. The accuser did buy them, but bought a small amount of products, worth hundreds to thousands of baht, and bought them through an application. During this time, the accused tried to persuade the accuser to invest in buying the products to sell herself. The accused offered to sell a lot of products but they belonged to the accused's sister, and she would sell them to the accuser and find customers to buy them. The accuser agreed to buy the products to sell and started buying them for tens of thousands of baht because the accused sent the products as agreed. Later, the accused invited her to buy products to sell in larger lots, using various tricks to deceive the accuser into believing them. Ordered merchandise to sell for a total of 1,809,590 baht and the accused delivered the merchandise to the accuser for a total of 572,930 baht and the accused has not yet delivered the mercha ndise to the accuser for a total of 1,236,660 baht. When the accuser asked to check which bank account the accused transferred money to pay for the merchandise, the accused could not give an answer. Therefore, he believed that he had been deceived by the accused from the beginning, so he went to meet the investigation officer at Komkram Police Station to file a complaint and take legal action.During the arrest, the suspect confessed to all charges, made an arrest record, and took the arrested person to the responsible investigator at Khok Khram Police Station for further legal proceedings.Pol. Col. Thiradech Thamsuthee warned that buying things online has become the first choice for many people because it is convenient and time-saving. However, it also makes it easier for scammers to infiltrate the internet. Therefore, we should prevent ourselves from falling victim to scammers by doing the following basic methods: Check and compare product prices from many stores. Choose to buy things from official store s or trusted platforms. Always keep proof of transfers. Destroy personal information on parcel boxes. Check the transferor's account. Initially investigate the seller's history by searching the seller's account number or name on Google to find out if anyone has posted about fraudulent purchases. The chances of us falling victim to scammers are very low if we use our 'mindfulness.' -newsSource: Thai News Agency