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The ones in Myanmar target the Sinosphere. They kidnap Chinese tourists and enslave them. It's run by Taiwanese and Chinese mafia. It's possible they have nativ

The ones in Myanmar target the Sinosphere. They kidnap Chinese tourists and enslave them. It's run by Taiwanese and Chinese mafia. It's possible they have native English speakers there.. I haven't heard of it before though.

notahacker 1y ago
It certainly started focusing on the Sinosphere, but the DW investigation last year talked to Africans who had been persuaded of "job opportunities" at KK Park, who would be far more likely to be fluent in English than Chinese
- rasz 1y ago
  Add Belarusian girl from yesterday, definitely didnt speak local languages https://www.the-independent.com/asia/southeast-asia/myanmar-belarus-vera-kravtsova-bangkok-b2850608.html https://www.the-independent.com/asia/southeast-asia/myanmar-...
pavel_lishin 1y ago
Maybe, but I get several texts a week (Telegram, SMS, etc) from what are very obvious scams of these types. The classic: "Are you still picking me up from the airport? Oh, this isn't Natasha's phone? <picture of (presumably) AI-generated Asian lady>." I guess it's possible that they're making an erroneous assumption based on my last name, but I'm not Chinese.
- chasd00 1y ago
  I get a lot of those too! I’ve wondered where they come from. I got one today that just said “where are you now?”. Pretty weird. /not Chinese either, about as stereotypical white guy from Texas as possible
- contrarian1234 1y ago
  how do you distinguish one in Myanmar from one in the Philippines?
jjangkke 1y ago
They target Korea and Japan as well. Thousands of Koreans have been kidnapped by this Chinese crime group. Voice phishing and now even kidnapping of children in South Korea by the same connected criminal syndicate has increased. The hatred and suspicion towards Chinese is palpable and exploding into collective anger in Korea and Japan.
- contrarian1234 1y ago
  didnt know about kidnapped of koreans. weird that the chinese are blamed. bc seemingly only the chinese government is actually trying to do something about it, getting these centers shut down and criminals "deported" and prosecuted

notahacker 1y ago

It certainly started focusing on the Sinosphere, but the DW investigation last year talked to Africans who had been persuaded of "job opportunities" at KK Park, who would be far more likely to be fluent in English than Chinese

rasz 1y ago
Add Belarusian girl from yesterday, definitely didnt speak local languages https://www.the-independent.com/asia/southeast-asia/myanmar-belarus-vera-kravtsova-bangkok-b2850608.html https://www.the-independent.com/asia/southeast-asia/myanmar-...

pavel_lishin 1y ago

Maybe, but I get several texts a week (Telegram, SMS, etc) from what are very obvious scams of these types. The classic: "Are you still picking me up from the airport? Oh, this isn't Natasha's phone? <picture of (presumably) AI-generated Asian lady>." I guess it's possible that they're making an erroneous assumption based on my last name, but I'm not Chinese.

chasd00 1y ago
I get a lot of those too! I’ve wondered where they come from. I got one today that just said “where are you now?”. Pretty weird. /not Chinese either, about as stereotypical white guy from Texas as possible
contrarian1234 1y ago
how do you distinguish one in Myanmar from one in the Philippines?

jjangkke 1y ago

They target Korea and Japan as well. Thousands of Koreans have been kidnapped by this Chinese crime group. Voice phishing and now even kidnapping of children in South Korea by the same connected criminal syndicate has increased. The hatred and suspicion towards Chinese is palpable and exploding into collective anger in Korea and Japan.

contrarian1234 1y ago
didnt know about kidnapped of koreans. weird that the chinese are blamed. bc seemingly only the chinese government is actually trying to do something about it, getting these centers shut down and criminals "deported" and prosecuted