'My life's a nightmare I can't wake up from': SA woman forced to work as scammer in Myanmar
- Nearly 300 Indians were brought home from Myanmar after being released from scam centres, according to Indian officials.
- Myanmar authorities have intensified efforts to shut down illegal online fraud operations due to pressure from China.
- India has warned its citizens to verify foreign job offers and check the credentials of recruiting agents, according to India's foreign ministry.
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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…
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.
Where slaves from all over the world write scam emails
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.
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