The scammers in the online world that day by day are spreading across all platforms to develop scams to keep up.

and sometimes tactfully concealed in the Line group

If you don't notice carefully

or suspicion may be a victim unconsciously

One of the most ingenious scams of modern times.

Some of them are hidden in the LINE application that has nearly 50 million users in Thailand.

In addition to requesting to add LINE as a friend to the victim

Criminals may lurk in LINE OPENCHAT, an online community of like-minded people.

In which criminals in the form of “fake admins” are scams that come in a variety of situations and are spreading.

currently, by misleading group members into thinking that they are

"Real admin" and trust

The behavior of "fake admins" consists of 1. Inviting to move to a new open chat group.

claim the phone has a problem

2. Invite to move to a new open chat group.

full group quote

3. Invite to move to a new open chat group.

Can't claim to access the original Line account

4. Invite to move to a new open chat group.

Claiming that the same group was harassed by spam

5. Invite to move to a new open chat group.

with attractive prizes

As for the methods for observing and preventing "fake admins" on open chat that will help you to know about scammers, there are from 1. Observe the profile picture.

A “Real Admin” will have a crown icon that will be placed between the profile picture and the profile icon frame.

which is a position that cannot be faked

by fake admins

Usually cropping the crown icon to place in the profile picture, which is not clear.

will use the same name as the real admin

2. Check from the member list

The name in the first order will be the account owner's name. The 2nd order will be the real admin of the room.

In which one room will have only one main admin.

and the next order will be Co-Admin (in one room can have more than 1 Co-Admin) if there is a crown

But the list merged with other group members shows that it is a fake admin.

3. Do not click on suspicious links.

It's usually a group link that's not related to the room it's joined to.

It might be a foreign group.

or external websites

which even if it's not in the form of a fake admin

But being a member of a group that publishes messages that fall into the ranks of deception, such as inviting you to do extra work, recruit jobs, make money, is another way to be careful as well.