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And the fact that these scam centers primarily target rich western countries that are at political odds with the CCP?
by GauntletWizard 2y ago
And the fact that these scam centers primarily target rich western countries that are at political odds with the CCP?
- janalsncm 2y agoThey primarily target Chinese, actually. That’s why they kidnap Chinese to work there, because they speak the language and are more convincing to victims.
- phaerus_iconix 2y agoWhile you may well be correct in other cases, my local intuitions led me to wikipedia's [0] references to a NYT article, which claims that the scam centers in the town they are cutting power, etc., to primarily target Chinese victims. Since the abductees and other staff manning these call centers are mostly Chinese, it makes sense their victims are too. China is rich enough that they don't need to go to the extra hassle to find western-speakers. In fact, through both local news and second-hand accounts, I know there are even Thais who get tricked and abducted to scam Thais! Scammers are just equal opportunity about their cons: even the poorest bumpkin with a positive smartphone balance is welcome to ride on their roller-coster of desire and loss. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myawaddy?wprov=sfti1#Crime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myawaddy?wprov=sfti1#Crime ed: deduplicate to; regret the last 28 minutes of my life.