{
  "id": 327754,
  "title": "Temple Abbot in Chiang Rai Loses 8.7 Million Baht in Massive Call Center Scam",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/temple-abbot-in-chiang-rai-loses-8-7-million-baht-in-massive-call",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-08T22:27:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Chiang Rai Times",
    "slug": "chiang-rai-times",
    "url": "https://www.chiangraitimes.com/news/chiang-rai/temple-abbot-chiang-rai-scammed/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "CHIANG RAI – A sophisticated call center gang has successfully scammed a senior temple abbot in Chiang Rai out of nearly 8.7 million baht. The heartbreaking fraud took place over more than a year, leaving the local community in complete shock. Scammers posed as high-ranking police officers to convince the abbot that he was involved […] The post Temple Abbot in Chiang Rai Loses 8.7 Million Baht in…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}