Phone Scams and the Human Trafficking Connection

The Perfect Scam

AARP

True Crime, Aarp, Fraud, Society & Culture, Scam, Crime, Bobsullivan

4.5 • 980 Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever thought about who might be on the other end of those scam calls and messages we all receive? The answer could be far more sinister than you might imagine. The “scammer” may also be a victim of human trafficking. These people are lured by the promise of well-paid jobs to travel to countries in Southeast Asia and are then forced to work in prison-like scam compounds. A BBC journalist and brave volunteers work to expose this brutal practice.

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0:00.0	This week on the Perfect Scam.
0:04.0	They have a quota of a certain amount of money that they have to steal or obtain.
0:09.0	And oftentimes those quotas are very, very high, nearly impossible.
0:13.9	And so they get either beaten, shocked with these electric shock
0:18.8	sticks or cattle prods.
0:20.7	If it's really bad, they may get sold to another compound or even
0:26.5	much worse. Much worse meaning what? They could have their organs harvested.
0:32.4	Oh my God.
0:36.0	Welcome back to the perfect scam.
0:38.0	I'm your host Bob Sullivan.
0:40.0	Even if you've never been the victim of a scam, you've almost certainly been the victim of a scam phone call or text or private message.
0:50.0	Have you ever thought about who's on the other end of the line?
0:54.0	Who's placing all these calls and writing all these messages?
0:58.0	Today, with the help of some brave volunteers, a brave journalist, and a very, very brave victim,
1:08.0	we're going to find out. And the story is much more disturbing than I could have ever imagined.
1:15.0	Theedie left home for the promise of a good job in Sienakfeld.
1:20.0	But we But when he met his contact in China, he was trafficked across the border and taken to a world compound run by Scam gangs.
1:36.0	My name is Jaia Fong.
1:37.3	I'm an independent journalist.
1:39.2	I made investigative documentaries,
1:41.8	previously work with the BBC.
1:44.0	Like many of us, Ja
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