'My life's a nightmare I can't wake up from': SA woman forced to work as scammer in Myanmar

Scam Artist or Human Trafficking Victim? - Inside a Scam Farm | Feature by the United Nations

Scams are causing damage worldwide, and spreading rapidly thanks to rapid technological developments. Following the trail of scam victims forward leads to stories of immense suffering—and so does following the trail backwards to the scammers, who engage in large-scale human trafficking, torture and enslavement so they can profit on the loss of others. Who is behind this trade in lies and deceit? How do they perpetrate their crimes? And how can t…

News24 | 'My life's a nightmare I can't wake up from': SA woman forced to work as scammer in Myanmar

A South African woman being held in a compound in Myanmar, near the Thailand border, says her harrowing experience is like a nightmare she cannot wake up from.

Eight Keralites rescued from Myanmar set to reach Kerala

Eight Keralites rescued from cybercrime scam in Myanmar and Thailand to arrive in Thiruvananthapuram, coordinated by local authorities.

India brings home nearly 300 citizens lured by fake job offers, rescued from scam centres

India has brought home nearly 300 of its nationals who were lured to various southeast Asian countries, including Myanmar, with fake job offers and made to engage in cybercrime.

Behind online fraud and scamming embassies are often kidnapped young people, imprisoned in camps in Asia. They "must slaughter the pig – thus plunder the accounts of their victims. Anyone who steals no money is tortured and starved.

India brings home nearly 300 citizens rescued from SE Asian scam centres

NEW DELHI - India has brought home nearly 300 of its nationals who were lured to various southeast Asian countries, including Myanmar, with fake job offers and made to engage in cybercrime and other fraudulent activities in scam compounds, the government said.