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ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>The Register: UN says Asian scam call center epidemic expanding globally amid political heat. “Scam call centers are metastasizing worldwide ‘like a cancer,’ according to the United Nations, which warns the epidemic has reached a global inflection point as syndicates scale up and spread out. Recent crackdowns in East and Southeast Asia – where scam centers took root at industrial scale – have […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/24/the-register-un-says-asian-scam-call-center-epidemic-expanding-globally-amid-political-heat/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/24/the-register-un-says-asian-scam-call-center-epidemic-expanding-globally-amid-political-heat/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>New York Times: The Cryptocurrency Scam That Turned a Small Town Against Itself. This link goes to a gift article. “It was July 2023, and [Jim] Tucker was hosting a meeting of the board of Heartland Tri-State Bank, a community-owned business in a small Kansas town called Elkhart. Heartland was a beloved local institution and a source of Tucker family pride: Jim served on the board with his […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/07/new-york-times-the-cryptocurrency-scam-that-turned-a-small-town-against-itself/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/07/new-york-times-the-cryptocurrency-scam-that-turned-a-small-town-against-itself/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>New York Times: On a Lawless Tropical Border, the Global Scam Industry Thrives. This link goes to a gift article. “There are usually no international flights out of the airport in Mae Sot, a town on Thailand’s border with Myanmar. But in recent days, hundreds of people here boarded direct flights back home to China. They had been rescued from Myanmar, where they were ensnared in a […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/01/new-york-times-on-a-lawless-tropical-border-the-global-scam-industry-thrives/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/01/new-york-times-on-a-lawless-tropical-border-the-global-scam-industry-thrives/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>BBC: ‘I need help’: Freed from Myanmar’s scam centres, thousands are now stranded. “The BBC understands that conditions in the camps are unsanitary, food barely sufficient, and many of the freed workers, like Mike, are in poor health. He is suffering from panic attacks, after working for a year in a scam centre where he was routinely beaten. He told us they got two very basic meals a day, […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/27/i-need-help-freed-from-myanmars-scam-centres-thousands-are-now-stranded-bbc/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/27/i-need-help-freed-from-myanmars-scam-centres-thousands-are-now-stranded-bbc/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Thai Newsroom: 8 women among 61 scam centre victims released as minister visits Mae Sot. “AMONG the 61 victims from seven countries lured to work at the scam hub in Myanmar’s Myawaddy township, opposite Thailand’s Mae Sot town, released today (Feb. 6) are eight women, Naewna newspaper said.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/07/thai-newsroom-8-women-among-61-scam-centre-victims-released-as-minister-visits-mae-sot/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/07/thai-newsroom-8-women-among-61-scam-centre-victims-released-as-minister-visits-mae-sot/</a></p>