to as many scam us even victims themselves. what topic on this is aaron. he was taken to me on the under false pretences and forced to scam people online or via the phone. we'll show you aaron story in a moment. but what exactly is scamming to essentially, things coming in a general form is, is really a way of deception, right? and it's coming anything in particular phones coming or on lines coming is a modern way of social engineering get tags where basically are exploiting individuals emotions or potentially weaknesses and trying to lose them and making some profit. ok, scam us, pray, allow of trust and often offer money. one of the 1st into those games with poorly, with an email from the so called nigeria connection. for example, i receive money in my account which i then transfer in exchange for a reward. of course that isn't any and effectively longer to the money,

but in today's world, it scans out on the rise using a software like chat, c, p t scam us can now translate scam emails into any language with increasing accuracy, mistake free and tailored to each target group one popular scam is the so called shock called a scam, a pausing as a police officer, the mon space for a family member, allegedly involved in the crime of accident. but the scam took most in just a ton recently. thanks to a i a such an option diesel um, i mean, cuz that's the game in warehouse some cases in the west when mothers received calls from the doses alleged kidnappers through logging down the a mother would hear her daughter's voice in the background saying, mom, my mom, the hosting mean? and of course the voice was a i generation kind she give me a, someone will have her quote at the daughter's voice somewhere. that's what i'm used

. it's a sound like house and coffee. these a, these are also, i'm just a snippet of a re, a conversation or voice mail is enough for the a i the takes too. that's a i generated videos i'll be coming and increasing the attractive plus cameras. microsoft are released a little boss. one, for example, can generate animations from a single photo from say, an instagram account. do some pushups, run up and down the stairs. any language can be lips inc. professionals with forensic tools may still be able to identify the face, but i meant to us on the other hand, might have difficulty supporting them, especially at 1st glance. the most important thing for scam us is not the technology but gaining the trust of the victims. yet they are yeah. as a mazda image for tom is very trusting, when someone gives us just a few pieces of information in mind,

like the name of someone we know me front of the shows that information is easily accessible on social media, things like that. who i am friends with, who i am in contact with, anyone could go in and use the names. we're also not so aware of that. and then we'll just manage demos, what from west africa, southeast asia, or eastern europe and off and target the richard global volume. really, people that targeted 1st like children and seniors, but also people who are lowly tricked by so called roman scam. us taking advantage of financially scamming has long been part of organized crime world wide in south east asia. the entire office complexes where hundreds of scams with side by side. but in many cases, the people in the so called scam factories, actually victims themselves having and brought the under false pretences and forced

to defraud others. you end report shows the scale of this more than the form of slavery. credible sources indicate that at least a 120000 people across me and my may be held in situations where they are forced to carry out online scans with estimates in cambodia. similarly, as a 100000 other states in the region including allow pedia, the philippines and thailand have old side being identified as mine, countries of destination or transit, where at least tens of thousands of people have been involved around to was forced into scamming of those against as well for months, she spoke to the w about his experiences, his nightmare beginning a trip to a job interview in bangkok, thailand we were suppose to go to a hotel that is like maybe 10 minutes away from the airport. but we drove in a different direction. 10 minutes turned it to several hours.

that's when we realized to be, i'm not going to button i was so scared. 8 is hours before the arrow and then the other victims reach the destination. they across the river more we and end up at the notorious scam factory and known as k. k pock is here with thousands of people were taken to force to defraud others in china, europe, all the was a one of the people behind the k k pox. scam factory is broken choose, he's believe, to be the head of a chinese triad. according to the form of forced labor, as the factory is secured by a border god unit from northern myanmar, which in turn consists of form a rebels. the victims on not only from the region,

but like aaron also from africa. for example, k. k, pock is professionalized even to the extent that the forest workers must study manuals with precise instructions on how to build trust and exploit weaknesses. they must needs certain targets. how many people they contact and what they earn is tightly money to secure to us checking computers. seeing if we are doing our job or playing punishments in the factory audra. coney and you are denied food. if you don't have new customers by noon. and if you don't answer on time, you'll beeping or forced to stand for hours, 17 hour working days, no vacation, no break. this is what several of the victims told, dw report as those who want to leave all threatened with death. well being sold to another factory, one of the methodist k, k park and others can factories force the workers to employ is using crypt double scams. convincing people to invest in non existent crypto currencies. nora stories

taskbar trying to form new connections on line. ready so while. ready this guy, he says, we have this type of crypto currency. i wanted to learn how to come and see what so . and, and this person was so kind. he said, i'm going to teach you tripped up currency such as a bit co, not popular as an investment. the risk is high and so uh, the potential of profits. but crypto currencies up 40 regulated transactions, difficult to trace, which also makes them highly attractive for organized crime. so i trusted this person and you know, i let him teach me. if you invest in the website, you can see your funds there. you can take out the money. this guy must maintain contact with the victims for months, just waiting them to invest more as more money. all right,

so the website was legitimate. she was convinced she wasn't investing no savings. well, instead of money flowed into a crypto, wanted a kind of digital account and was at the hands of the fraud. says i wanted to withdraw a couple of $1000.00, then i could then withdraw them. and this person was, was pushing me to invest more money into, into this crypto currency. then the website went offline, the sky mountain no longer replied and the money was gone. this form of online fraud is known as peek, butchering the fraud stuff, patterns the victim up before taking them to the slaughter house. and do less wondering why is this person doing this to me? laura was looking for like minded people online, but this search ended up costing her a lot of money scans like that can often involve 5 vega sams. it'd be very

traumatizing and embarrassing for the effected, then finds it as of victims often don't tell anyone that's so ashamed. in the worst case, those people even take their own lives because they feel so much. shane bye sometimes rented honeywell devices and having lost so much money that's from the one home. it's an incredibly lucrative business for criminals. in the us, for example, scam us the monumental $10000000000.00 from private individuals in 2023. and that's not even including scams. against companies. so how can you protect yourself? scam us off and use false identities, posing us bank or postal service employees. if you suspect the scam, it is best to stop by checking the spelling of email addresses for websites. since the real addresses already taken skim, su slight variations to make the original it could be just the highest and whether it was non or a letter from a different alphabet,

saab and roman scam us off and create fake profile, the reverse image. so it's going to help, for instance, with google and so the invent program. however, this method falls short for the face of say, call us, stop the best. so give it to you to how to act. these is all you can do is make up a code word or a question, and on some game you must be all you really well. and the answer to this is yes, i have my own meal this morning for example. and not she was question with a very specific on a, so i'll send a hog off the about in a guns wisdom to unfold. come most scan, most often use professional methods to manipulate the victims. they rely on flattery, sympathy, or time pressure, tall to make money. am i with the existing stuff? if you have dreams in the slightest suspicion, often you should end the conversation or chat as quickly as possible act or the as listening you should not reply to the email man,

but also someone else not get involved in a conversation. and i know that is the best count to measure. we have the best to get most number to the what about the people who are forced to work in scan factories. foreign investigators feel powerless. mazda legal system is often corrupt arrow and a few others will lucky aid workers on the tie side of the border menace to free them. why they were being transported to another scan factory via thailand. but transfers like this really happened and not every rescue goes to plan. scam us off with one step ahead of investigate as also because all 4 of these drago to co operate across national borders and the dangers are growing. and on the rise as a i office cameras, new avenues for exportation, so we must continue to keep a close eye on them. thanks for watching and next time and stay vigilant. the

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