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If you go to r/scams or r/scambait you can see their full script. It's sometimes funny, but apparently a lot of these scammers are being held literally captive
by user_7832 3y ago
If you go to r/scams or r/scambait you can see their full script. It's sometimes funny, but apparently a lot of these scammers are being held literally captive in a foreign country, and apparently some of them have had their kidney taken. They are held until they manage to recover their "ransom" amount through these scams.
Here's an NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/12/17/world/asia/myanmar-cyber-scam.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/12/17/world/asia/my...
- mtreis86 3y agoMy current goto response (which anecdotally seems to work) is to empathize with them and call out their situation for what it is. At the very least if their supervisors find I'm trying to support (radicalize) them they'll take my number off the list. Something like "I know you're a scammer and I hope you're safe, I hear ya'll are often enslaved"
- dylan604 3y ago> ya'll what is this word that is being contracted here?