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The ‘fraud factories’ behind your scam calls - What in the World podcast, BBC World Service

You’ve probably had a call from someone pretending to be your bank - or even a family member - all to find out that it’s a scam. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM It’s part of a global, lucrative industry: the UN estimates that countries in east and southeast Asia lost an estimated $37 billion to cyber fraud in 2023, while the United States reported losses of more than $5.6 billion. But have you ever considered that the people behind these scams are sometimes victims themselves? Across South East Asia, in countries like Myanmar and Cambodia, thousands of people from all over the world work in ‘scam centres’. Some are forced to be there - and say they faced long hours, torture and beatings. Five ringleaders of a cyber fraud syndicate have now been sentenced to death by Chinese authorities for their operations in northern Myanmar. The BBC’s South East Asia Correspondent, Jonathan Head, has been to Shwe Kokko in Myanmar, where several centres are allegedly located. He tells us what it was like, how the scam industry operates and how local authorities are trying to crack down on it. We also hear from Mwesezi who was allegedly trafficked to Myanmar after receiving a job offer in the IT industry. 00:00 Coming up 00:20 Intro 01:40 What are these scam centres like? 03:00 Why are they in Myanmar? 03:30 Who built them? 03:50 What kind of scams do they carry out? 04:30 How they are using AI and deepfakes 05:10 How are people recruited? 05:40 What happens when they get there 07:13 How I was trafficked to a scam centre 08:40 How I got out of the scam centre 09:17 How many people are being trafficked? 10:05 Pressure on Thailand to help 10:30 What happens when people get out? 11:20 What can authorities do? Watch more episodes from What in the World here 👉🏽    • What in the World in the studio   Instagram: @bbcwhatintheworld Email: [email protected] WhatsApp: +44 330 12 33 22 6 Presenter: Hannah Gelbart Video producer: Baldeep Chahal Producers: Imogen James, Julia Ross-Roy, Chelsea Coates, Rio Rennalls and Benita Barden Editor: Verity Wilde ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Twitter 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Facebook 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldService #scams #myanmar #scamcentre