News Forum - Fearless Facebook page sells counterfeit banknotes

[Thaiger]

Maybe he didn’t know it was illegal? Thai social media is aflutter over my Facebook page that unabashedly offered counterfeit Thai banknotes for sale. With fake money being offered for sale so brazenly, some people are even questioning whether these counterfeit bills are already in their wallets. The popular Thai page Panda Lab Doctor brought attention to this website with a Thai name that translates to “Selling Banknotes.” The page was offering counterfeit money for sale to the general public and did not seem to fear any repercussions for so overtly offering such extremely illegal services. The website hawking these […]

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[kalyan]

this does not look good, this bold advertisement needs IT traffic police to nab them quickly.

I am sure Face book can trace down IP and then to the phone and place of living.

[palooka]

2 hours ago, kalyan said:

I am sure Face book can trace down IP and then to the phone and place of living.

Unless it's a Police station. 

[Ramanathan.P]

How about the brown envelopes....do they also contain fake notes?

[Chatogaster]

On 12/10/2022 at 6:33 PM, kalyan said:

this does not look good, this bold advertisement needs IT traffic police to nab them quickly.

I am sure Face book can trace down IP and then to the phone and place of living.

 

That sureness assumes a stupidity on the side of the criminal(s) (which may be the case here, but it's not a given).

Facebook doesn't know the original IP-address if a layer of at least one VPN is employed. Also, while a phone is the default way to receive things like an OTP for registration, Facebook does offer non-identifying alternatives (everything that Facebook offers can be used without a phone). So, asking Facebook "Who is that?" (which takes a tedious warrant) may very well result in "We don't know" (if the criminal has some elementary technological awareness).

I reckon that whenever some small-time criminals like the one(s) mentioned in the article are located, it's almost always because they left a non-digital trace that ultimately can be used to identify them (e.g. by sending of counterfeit bills in person, perhaps even with a real postage return address :-). Of course, they could also put a relevant name/address/phone-number in their (digital) profile, but that'd be like a desperate cry to be caught.

 

[Leo]

1 hour ago, Chatogaster said:

That sureness assumes a stupidity on the side of the criminal(s) (which may be the case here, but it's not a given).

Facebook doesn't know the original IP-address if a layer of at least one VPN is employed. Also, while a phone is the default way to receive things like an OTP for registration, Facebook does offer non-identifying alternatives (everything that Facebook offers can be used without a phone). So, asking Facebook "Who is that?" (which takes a tedious warrant) may very well result in "We don't know" (if the criminal has some elementary technological awareness).

I reckon that whenever some small-time criminals like the one(s) mentioned in the article are located, it's almost always because they left a non-digital trace that ultimately can be used to identify them (e.g. by sending of counterfeit bills in person, perhaps even with a real postage return address :-). Of course, they could also put a relevant name/address/phone-number in their (digital) profile, but that'd be like a desperate cry to be caught.

VPNs can hide your IP, but they (the VPN company) keep a log. Whether they themselves use that log is a different matter, but in cases of a crime they can be forced to surrender it. It could point to an internet cafe for example, at which point it will require some detective work.

[Soidog]

Could this be a sting operation by the cops? Knowingly accepting fake money is also a crime. 

[Chatogaster]

29 minutes ago, Leo said:

VPNs can hide your IP, but they (the VPN company) keep a log. Whether they themselves use that log is a different matter, but in cases of a crime they can be forced to surrender it. It could point to an internet cafe for example, at which point it will require some detective work.

That's why I explicitly mentioned a layer of VPN's (without explaining why, but your point is the  main reason).  You may trust the first one, but in the end it's just about trust and it can be unwarranted. The effort of tying the knots between multiple VPNs is near-undoable.