400,000 SIM card Chinese 'click farm' busted in Thailand

Three Chinese men were detained in Thailand on Tuesday after police discovered they were running a "click farm" from a house near the Cambodian border to generate likes for Chinese products on social media.

The trio was arrested on Sunday after police raided their rental home and discovered a rack of some 500 smart phones hooked up to a computer.
Police also confiscated nearly 400,000 Thai SIM cards allegedly purchased for the operation.

The men, in their late twenties and early thirties, told officers they were hired by Chinese companies to boost "likes" for a number of products, including herbal medicines, candy and a tour company.

"They have been charged with working without work permits because they are on tourist visas and smuggling contraband goods," said immigration officer Colonel Ruengdet Thammana, referring to the mobile phones.

Police decided to search the house after they noticed the men rarely left the building or spoke to other people.

Click farms are just one of many online scams that have proliferated in recent years and become a major scourge for social media giants.

Some farms control tens of thousands of fake social media accounts that can be programmed to like pages or posts.

A typical farm might boast hundreds of phones that scammers swap with different SIM cards registered to many accounts.
Or it might be a loose network of real users liking huge quantities of posts for a fee.

The farms are hired by ordinary people and politicians looking to boost their profiles, companies who want to game ranking algorithms to ensure products are given priority, and fake news writers seeking to get their headlines onto 'most read' lists.

India, the Philippines, Indonesia and China -- all countries with low wages but high tech penetration -- have emerged as key click farm hubs.
Web giants face a constant battle to tweak their algorithms to weed out fake traffic and users.

Last month Facebook said it was making changes to its ranking algorithm to keep its users from linking to "low quality" websites, part of an effort to fight spam and misinformation.

Source: news.abs-cbn.com

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I always thought that running something like this is possible nowadays but managing 400,000 sim cards and 500 smart phones is totally insane. There must be a big market for this kind of service since there are group of people out there willing to do this for a fee. I'm not gonna be surprised if there's one running in this forum.  

Para malaman mo kung nasan na yung pinost mo o yung ginawa mong thread, punta ka sa post history mo Post History tapos duon mo hanapin, pag nandun pa, natabunan lang yan o nalipat ng section, pag wala na, nadelete na yan, kung ano yung dahilan, check mo yung inbox mo kung may nereceive kang notification pero minsan wala syang notification. Bottom line, iwasan gumawa ng thread para lang makapagpost, gumawa ka ng thread dahil kailangan at makakatulong ito hindi lang sa iyo, pati sa Bitcoin community.

At the end of the day, Cleveland Cavaliers was not able to match the firepower of the Golden State Warriors. The tandem of Kevin Durant and Steph Curry is simply unstoppable. Credits to Lebron James for giving out his A Game in all 5 games in the finals. He scored 41 points in game 5 but its not enough to stop Golden State Warriors from taking the championship trophy.

Bought some Bitshares on Poloniex last Friday thinking that I may get some profits because I see the direction of its movement is going up and in Poloniex it always green so I give it a try, after logging-in today I see it doubled. If this continues to trend upward I might buy some more.

I am not surprised to see Golden State Warriors lose in Game #4 and I am one of those thats says , should have... could have, would have... odds on game 4 is in favor of GSW but Cavs winning is more like a business decision rather than running after the championship ring. Bringing back the play-off at the home court of GSW would bring in money too not just the glory of winning the title back. 

Why not post in Services Section and offer your services. If the price is reasonable I don't see any reason why you will not get a client in Instagram likes or promoting products in social media. Just add more options like Facebook and Twitter.

Click the link below as it goes to your trust feedback it says there you are asking for a loan with out a valid collateral
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=893162

Below is the link where you created a thread asking for a loan and you will notice that people there asked you to offer a valid collateral as the collateral you offered is not enough to cover the loan plus the interest in case of default. You should have considered those suggestion as a warning instead of ignoring them and continue with your loan request.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1956355.msg19429157#msg19429157

Its not actually free, but the fee bL4nkcode is asking is just small or minimal and that fee is very small compared to the peace of mind that you will have for hiring an escrow for a transaction.

Malamang yung inopen mong topic low quality at hindi related sa Bitcoin yung sobrang off-topic na talaga. While the forum allows off-topic topics, lets not take advantage of this by creating topics like "anong masarap na ulam today". Hindi lahat ng maisip nating topic ay ilagay na natin dito, may tamang forum para dyan. Ask yourself first, makikinabang ba ang Bitcoin community sa topic na bubuksan ko.

Looks like this is not over yet as BPI posted in their Facebook page today that they will deactivate all electronic channels today (express online banking, mobile banking and their *119# USSD code). They are still receiving complaints that some depositors still have missing funds. Looks like their IT team will be busy in the next few hours or maybe days.

Anyone have trouble transferring funds from Coins.ph to BPI?

If you can get both as an investment that's much better, Gold is easier to liquidate than Bitcoin. Third world Countries with low exposure in Bitcoin will surely choose Gold as a long term investment. While investing in Bitcoin in long term have higher risk's than Gold. There is no proof that can stand on it's own that Bitcoin will still exist after 10 years or more. If I buy Gold today and War breaks between countries, after the war I can still sell my Gold.

Bumping your own thread in less than 24 hours is not allowed in this forum, you may get suspended for doing that and posting the appraised value of your account will suggest that you plan not to take back the account if you use it as collateral since what you are asking is near the appraised value.

Kung kayo po ay depositor ng BPI at plno ninyo today mag withdraw o itransfer and kinita nyo sa BPI, wag muna at kasalukuyang down ang system nila. May Anunsyo sila sa kanila facebook page na may mga depositor na nag debit twice at na credit twice. Sa kasalukuyan hindi po kayo makakapag balance inquiry gamit ang kanilang express online system or express mobile. Hindi ko lang po sure kung sa ATM ay pwede mag balance inquiry para malaman nyo kung na debit or na credit ang account nyo twice.

In sports betting you can do analysis and there are lots of factors to consider when betting. Example is a basketball game.
-Whats the stats of both team. How many wins how many loses
-Who is playing in home court
-Who's team have complete line-up, is there anyone injured.
-Who's team is on a winning streak

In the game of cards you can do analysis but you have to be good in counting cards. Like how many Kings, Queens, Aces are already out in the table.

In a dice game, you cant. If you selected 50% chance of winning then you have 50% chance of losing. Even if you change it to 90% there's still 10% chance of losing the game.

I heard the interview of Mr Atong Ang which is a known gambling consultant in the Philippines and Mr Ang said the addiction started when Jessie Carlos won an accumulated of 15 Million Pesos or $303,000 USD in 1 week cock of fighting. Mr Carlos has loans from loan sharks inside the casino and there was a time that he needs to sell their property that has a market value of 202 Thousand USD but they were paid only $101,000 USD to pay for a loan worth $60,000 USD and the remaining $41,000 USD was used to gamble again my Mr Carlos. That's what you call addiction.

At first it seems like a good idea to use Bitcoin to buy illegal items like guns, drugs and subscribe to child pornography because if being "anonymous" but one thing that needs to be considered if one plans to use Bitcoin is the fees that goes along with it and the time needed to have it confirmed. Another thing to consider is if someone will accept such payment since going through all the trouble is not only from the buyer but also from the seller as well.

Medyo malayo pa ito sa katotohanan. Yung Paypal nga hindi pa ganun ka embraced ng mga Pinoy bagamat maraming Pinoy ang nag oonline selling na pero pag nalamang paypal ang gagamitin, iiinsist nila kung pwede meet-up or bank transaction para may record. Sa ating mga Pinoy kasi likas sa atin ang medyo mahirap o matagal magtiwala sa makabagong teknolohiya kaya mabagal tayo pagdating sa mga bago gamit o technology.

If you plan to sell your Bitcoins in exchange for Paypal funds better chose a person who is known in this forum to avoid being scammed. The scam with Paypal is when they charge back or reverse the amount they paid you and you will end up with nothing. Try sending zazarb a PM, I know he is one of those who exchanges BTC to Paypal heres a link to his profile https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=369212

Posible yan pero mas maganda imessage mo si Dabs para magawan nya ng sub-forum na nasa loob ng Philippines section para walang maligaw na post ng ibang bansa. Balak ko rin mag benta ng items dito kaso pinag iisipan ko pa kung anong mga item at kung pano since pag physical item may shipping involved na ito.

It is addicting if you allowed your self to be addicted to it, however, I would rather be addicted to something that is productive and will not cost me money. It's sad that there are people out there who are so addicted to gambling that they lose their mind. Just like what happened recently here in the Philippines where one gambler lost $2.6 Million USD in gambling and he lost his mind, entered the casino premises with an M4, burned the casino tables, and stole $2 Million USD worth of chips. His family already asked casino owners to ban him prom entering the casino premises but he still was able to play and lost more money.