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Tag: Frauds and Swindling
A New Video Game Traps Players in an Online Scam Center
“Blood Money: Lethal Eden” taps into a rising anxiety in China by simulating the experiences of people trafficked for the scam industry.
At This Office Park, Scamming the World Was the Business
Times journalists got a rare look inside one of the compounds where the online fraud industry makes its billions. Inspirational slogans (“Keep going”) were just the start.
Inside a Scam Complex’s Detailed Playbook
The scammers at a vast office park in Myanmar wielded deepfake technology, doctored videos and pinpoint conversational ploys that differed by the ages and nationalities of their victims.
A Times Reporter Goes Inside a Cyberscam Center in a War Zone
Hannah Beech, a New York Times reporter, gained rare access to one of Myanmar’s notorious cyberscam centers to see how Chinese criminals have been targeting Americans in the middle of a war zone.
Why Cambodia Handed Over a Man Accused of Stealing Billions in Crypto Scam
Experts say the scam industry has become a pillar of Cambodia’s economy, but it is under pressure from other countries to crack down.
What Went Wrong Before Hong Kong’s Inferno
Records show how government departments played down residents’ warnings about corrupt practices and substandard materials that fueled the deadly blaze.
Thailand, Attacking Cambodia, Says Its Target Is the Scam Industry
Thai warplanes have bombed compounds where people are forced to defraud others online. Rights activists say trafficking victims’ lives are at risk.
Cambodia Shuts Down Group That Laundered Billions in Scam Profits
A New York Times investigation in March found that Huione’s group of companies were at the heart of a global money laundering network for fraudsters, scammers and hackers.
South Africans Were Promised Job, but Ended Up ‘Going to War’ for Russia
The South African government is investigating how more than a dozen men unwittingly ended up on the front line in Russia’s war on Ukraine.