Global Anti-Scam Organization (GASO) - FPA Partner

[Scam Reporters]

A new video has been published. The top bosses are included in the video. Please help to share with others for awareness.

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[The Punisher]

US media coverage on these scams.

 

[The Punisher]

2 women speak out after losing money to fraudulent suitors on dating apps

Some crypto enthusiasts are posing as matches on dating apps in an attempt to trick people out of thousands of dollars, according to a story first reported by The New York Times.

www.goodmorningamerica.com

Dating app scam alert

Victims targeted on dating apps said they were coaxed into sending thousands of dollars in cryptocurrencies, some losing their life savings. ABC News’ Rhiannon Ally reports.

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[The Punisher]

Here is more information about the people committing these crimes.

FEATURE-Chinese scammers enslave jobless teachers and tourists in Cambodia

Foreign workers and tourists stranded in Cambodia during the COVID-19 pandemic have been trafficked and forced to work in sophisticated Chinese-run online scams, a Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation has found.

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Modern slaves exploited by Chinese bosses in Sihanoukville for online scams

The coastal city has received a lot of Chinese investment in recent years. Inside the China Project compound, at least 8,000 people are held prisoner, trained to commit Internet fraud. A Khmer Times i

www.asianews.it

 

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Most of them are in the Golden Triangle Special economic Zone. However, theres companies also in Cambodia, Sihanoukville Special Zone. Also some in the Phillipines.

 

[The Punisher]

A heartfelt message from GASO's founder

Let me tell you the true story of a victim of a pig-butchering scam. A woman was defrauded of 2.92mill RMB (~$461K USD) in Shanghai. The man she met on WeChat had promised to spend the rest of his life with her. She believed him, trusting his word. And so, she transferred her entire savings to...

www.globalantiscam.org

 

[The Punisher]

Published manual that the scammers use to lure victims. If you scroll down further in the article, you will see the English version.

Tricking English translators for ShaZhuPan Scripts

GASO received a tip off from one Nepali who got tricked into working for a Chinese online-telecom fraud company in Nepal for 3 days before escaping. DJ, the ex-employee revealed that he got lured by a job advertisement that said "Translator needed for a Bitcoin company". Upon the first day on...

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[The Punisher]

Human trafficking is often times involved with these scams. Individuals from China, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia and several other countries take a job thinking its a real job. When they show up, their passport is taken, they are beaten and forced to run the pig butchering scams. Not all scammers are human trafficked but many are. See the article below for more details. Your web browser will translate to English for you.

泰国人被骗至柬埔寨成“血奴”、器官被分解贩卖 – 泰国头条新闻

www.thaiheadlines.com

Untold Stories of Modern Slavery from Cambodia

Illicit industry traffics thousands of victims from China through Southeast Asia PHNOM PENH -- The first punch lands on the left side of the young man's face, the second on the right. Several more follow. Knees strike his stomach. He cannot defend himself, his hands are cuffed. His attacker...

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[The Punisher]

MetaTrader has Forex and Crypto Fraud

Pig Butchering Scams (relationship-investment frauds, see link) have already costed 24,000 Americans more than a billion dollars in 2021. These scams originally started online on MetaTrader 4 by using fake Forex platforms. Those have been so successful scammers have moved also to its successor...

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[The Punisher]

A few recent articles about Pig Butchering, the losses are staggering!

What is pig butchering? A crypto romance scam that cost one woman $8M

As a victim of a new, fast-growing type of crypto romance scheme called “pig butchering,” Divya (who asked to keep her last name private) has a lot of company. According to the FBI, more than 20,000 people in the U.S. fell victim to romance fraud and lost a total approaching $1 billion last...

www.businessofbusiness.com

Massachusetts woman wooed into losing $2.5M in growing online romance scam

As Tsai, a lawyer living in Newton, would slowly realize over the course of her three-month online relationship with Jimmy — which she said lost her $2.5 million — she was one of the 415 victims in…

www.bostonherald.com