Have you ever received a call from a stranger regarding student loans you don’t owe? An Amazon order you never placed? An unpaid parking ticket for a car you don’t own? If so, it’s possible that you’ve been the target of a scam orchestrated by a criminal syndicate thousands of miles away. The so-called “scam centres” of Southeast Asia bring in billions of dollars a year, expertly swindling unsuspecting foreigners out of their savings. Today, BBC Southeast Asia correspondent Jonathan Head offers Asma Khalid an inside look at these formidable hubs of corruption and human trafficking, and explains how governments around the world are working to intervene. New episodes of The Global Story are released daily. If you’re in the UK, listen on BBC Sounds. If you live outside the UK, listen on BBC.com or wherever you get your podcasts. LINK: https://app.magellan.ai/listen_links/the-global-story-ytl Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog CHAPTERS: 00:00 Introduction 01:09 Getting inside a southeast Asian scam-city 07:27 How do scam compounds operate? 13:20 Who is working in these compounds? 18:54 Escaping the scam compounds 24:28 What is being done to combat the scammers? Subscribe to our channel here: https://bbc.in/bbcnews For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news #BBCNews #Scam #Myanmar
The cities built on scamming us all | The Global Story
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Have you ever received a call from a stranger regarding student loans you don’t owe? An Amazon order you never placed? An unpaid parking ticket for a car you don’t own? If so, it’s possible that you’ve been the target of a scam orchestrated by a criminal syndicate thousands of miles away. The so-called “scam centres” of Southeast Asia bring in billions of dollars a year, expertly swindling unsuspecting foreigners out of their savings. Today, BBC Southeast Asia correspondent Jonathan Head offers Asma Khalid an inside look at these formidable hubs of corruption and human trafficking, and explains how governments around the world are working to intervene. New episodes of The Global Story are released daily. If you’re in the UK, listen on BBC Sounds. If you live outside the UK, listen on BBC.com or wherever you get your podcasts. LINK: https://app.magellan.ai/listen_links/the-global-story-ytl Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog CHAPTERS: 00:00 Introduction 01:09 Getting inside a southeast Asian scam-city 07:27 How do scam compounds operate? 13:20 Who is working in these compounds? 18:54 Escaping the scam compounds 24:28 What is being done to combat the scammers? Subscribe to our channel here: https://bbc.in/bbcnews For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news #BBCNews #Scam #Myanmar
