"Halfway across the world, a laborer is usually pulling in 12-16 hour days, sending non-stop messages, hoping someone will take the bait. The ultimate goal is always to take your money - victims have lost tens of billions to scams and hundreds of thousands of people are in forced labor to keep the schemes going. These workers are often housed in massive complexes scattered across southeast Asia, where the industry has flourished."
"The Myanmar military last month went into one of the most well-known scam compounds - the massive KK Park, along the border with Thailand - and announced its shutdown, though civil society groups later said parts of the compound are still operating. The workers fled, with about 1,500 laborers - hundreds of them from India but also Chinese, Filipinos, Vietnamese, Ethiopians and Kenyans, among other nationalities - crossing into Thailand."
Scam operations begin with simple texts or greetings that lure victims while remote laborers work 12-16 hour days sending nonstop messages to elicit responses. The primary aim is financial theft: victims have lost tens of billions and hundreds of thousands of people are kept in forced labor to sustain the schemes. Workers live in sprawling complexes across Southeast Asia. Enforcement actions in Myanmar targeted the massive KK Park, prompting roughly 1,500 diverse foreign laborers to flee into Thailand and triggering demolitions and international repatriation efforts, even as many similar centers persist.
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