The Red Line (เส้นตาย สายลวง)

Good morning.

My name is Yupawan. I'm calling from the Thailand Post in Phuket.

Am I speaking with Mrs. Ornaree Ekmongkol?

ID card ending with 9771.

Current address, 29244 Soi Ruammit Samakkhitham.

- Is that correct? - Yes, it is.

We have found an illegal parcel sent under your name, Mrs. Ornaree.

- It contains 18 bank account passbooks. -

- And a mobile phone with many SIM cards. - This must be a mistake.

I haven't sent anything illegal anywhere.

I'll transfer you to the Phuket Provincial Police Station.

Mrs. Ornaree, you are being linked

to a money laundering case involving Chinese suspects.

I'll now transfer your call to the Superintendent.

- One moment. - Good morning.

I'm Police Colonel Wuttichai Panuchak.

This conversation will be recorded as evidence.

And you cannot discuss this with anyone.

Right now, we believe that you are a suspect in a money laundering operation.

You are aware of this, aren't you, Mrs. Ornaree?

I'm not involved in any criminal activity.

No criminal ever admits it.

Mrs. Ornaree, you must transfer the money to the inspector's account

at the Anti-Money Laundering Office.

And the money will be transferred back to you later today.

- Do I really have to? - Why? What's the problem?

Do you have financial activity you don't want us to know about?

SEND THIS VIA MESSENGER IT'S A BIG DEAL!!!

Not at all. No.

- No, I don't. - Do you have other accounts?

A joint account with my husband.

But that's our savings for our daughter's education.

You don't need to check that, right?

Ma'am, I am already trying to expedite this process for you.

For joint accounts, we'd also have to question your husband.

We'd also have to coordinate with the Revenue Department for an audit.

Please fill in your account details in the link I've just sent you!

I've done it.

I'm glad we could be of service, ma'am.

The number you have dialed is no longer in service.

You've fallen for a very old trick.

It's good that you only lost 500,000 baht.

A few days ago, someone reported losing over two million.

Officer, is there any way of tracking these scammers?

You must accept the fact.

It's almost impossible to find these people.

This is in the news every day.

I still don't understand how you fell for such an old trick.

A mistake was made. No need to rub it in.

It's our money. I worked hard for it.

Do you think I'm not angry?

For right now, it will go in the daily police report.

Don't tell anyone, Benz.

Promise me that you won't tell a soul about this.

Especially Belle.

I don't want her to think that…

Her mother is an idiot.

Come on, Orn.

You're not stupid at all.

It's lucky that you didn't give them Belle's account, too.

After this semester, she'll start a new school.

We will need a lot more money then.

Hmm…

Scammers continue to use all kinds of tricks to deceive us.

Some target people with romance scams, investment schemes, or phishing links.

The methods keep changing,

but the core strategy is always the same, create fear.

If we look closely, we'll see the same patterns and steps every time.

There's the first caller whose job it is to shock the victim.

The second caller convinces the victim that the situation is real.

The third caller uses threats to intimidate

and to exploit our weaknesses to control us,

making us follow every step before they go in for the kill.

- -

I'm glad we could be of service, ma'am.

- - Mmm…

What is it, Orn?

Someone was here.

It's been over a month now.

Time to move on.

Or you won't be able to live your life.

- -

Who's next?

Please go ahead.

My name's Fai.

I'm a physical therapist.

I didn't even dare go and file a police report.

I just felt so stupid.

Since they tricked me out of all my life savings,

I haven't had a good night's sleep since.

Whenever the phone rings and I don't recognize the number,

I don't even dare answer it.

Every night,

I feel like…

Someone is secretly watching me in my bedroom.

"Police Colonel…"

"Wuttichai Panuchak."

A name I'll never forget.

INPATIENT PHARMACY

Nine hundred and seventy thousand…

My life savings.

I could pay my student loan.

Renovate my mom's house in the province.

I dreamt of…

Owning my own condo. No more renting.

All of the down payment, gone so quickly.

So, Dr. Fai, why don't you work in a private hospital?

Surely, the money is better.

I'm not a doctor.

I'm a physical therapist.

I just think…

That the patients here need me more.

That day when they called,

saying that my name was involved with a criminal gang,

I'd lose my medical license,

I just…

Freaked out.

Gave them everything.

No good, Benz?

Mmm. Um, it's spicy.

Oh, okay. Can you eat it?

I, uh, went to a meeting at the school with the other parents tonight.

I came back late and had to cook in a hurry.

If you don't have the time, you could always get takeout.

So you're not so rushed.

Belle, can you play that piano piece yet?

Yes, Dad, I can.

I would love to hear you play it soon.

Yes.

Turn left,

turn right, face forward, take one step,

bow.

One more time, please.

Turn left,

turn right,

face forward, take one step,

bow.

- One more time. Step back. -

Turn left, turn right, face forward,

take one step,

bow.

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS NEWS?

One more time. Step back.

My grandmother was scammed by a piece of shit

who stole all her money!

Here, called Police Colonel Wuttichai.

He scammed a million out of my gran.

Good cops are hard to find. And now we have fake cops?

Fuck! We worked so hard just to make a little money.

You fucking scammer!

You fucking pay, asshole! Go fuck yourself!

Is it this one?

I think a bit further.

GRANDMA'S SOY MILK

Grandma. Hello.

- Hello, there. - Is that a game you're playing?

Oh, yeah, I'm playing a game.

- Who are you? - Um, I'm a friend of hers.

- I see. - Do your knees hurt?

- A little. - How much did each of you lose?

Mine was over a million.

I shouldn't have kept it all in one account.

It's fine if it was just me.

But Grandma sold milk her whole life, and they took all of her money.

- Fucking pricks! - Wawwow!

- What? - Who are you swearing about?

Who's a prick?

- I'll smack that mouth. - What for?

I'm not swearing. I'm talking you up to them.

We good? Yeah?

Seriously.

She still thinks the money is coming back to her.

And I have to keep lying to her every day that the money's coming back soon.

They don't care about anyone.

My granny's old, so I get it.

But, you two…

You look…

Smart.

And you're a doctor, aren't you?

- How did you get scammed? - Not a doctor.

What about you? What evidence do you have?

Well, we know his name and the dummy account he uses.

Will that be enough to make the police work faster, Orn?

The police, huh? Now I understand.

I get it.

I get why you both got scammed.

You trust the cops. How stupid could you be, huh?

GRANDMA, ARE YOU DOING OK?

Well, if we don't go to the police, who's gonna help us?

Hey, this message here was sent a few hours ago.