# Phone fraud

Scam calls, messages in Taiwan up 488% in 2020

Public cautioned against unknown numbers starting with ‘+'

Whoscall creator wins Taiwan Presidential Innovation Award

Taiwan inventor bestowed prestigious award for developing caller ID app that filters unwanted phone calls

Taiwans police bust telecom fraud ring targeting migrant workers

Victims personal phone details sold to fraud operators to scam them out of money

Taiwanese phone scammers in Croatia victims of human trafficking ring

59 victims, mostly Taiwanese, held captive and forced to defraud others in Slovenia and Croatia

Thai police arrest six Taiwanese citizens for call-center fraud scam

All of the suspects are in their early twenties

Taiwanese-led phone scamming operation busted by Thai police

The operation involved con-men and con-women posing as government officials and police officers

Cambodia to deport more Taiwanese fraud suspects to China

Unknown number of Taiwanese among 400 detainees

Thailand to send 25 Taiwanese suspects to China

Thai Immigration Bureau chief announced the decision Sunday

Taiwan and China wage tug of war over Taiwanese detainees in Thailand

Thailand to decide the fate of 25 Taiwanese fraud suspects on Sunday

Two Taiwanese arrested in Thailand for phone fraud