According to a recent post on HN, some of the scammers might actually be held captive and forced to scam people: >Captives are subjected to violence and tortur

According to a recent post on HN, some of the scammers might actually be held captive and forced to scam people: >Captives are subjected to violence and torture, which is sometimes filmed and sent to relatives to spur them to send ransoms. Some have been killed and their deaths reported as suicide, according to workers who have escaped. https://maxread.substack.com/p/whats-the-deal-with-all-those-weird https://maxread.substack.com/p/whats-the-deal-with-all-those... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31949731 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31949731