Behind Asia's cyber slavery | DW Documentary

[@DWDocumentary]

More than 1,000 victims of human trafficking had been freed from scam factories in Myanmar, the vast majority of them Chinese nationals. The operation coordinated by authorities from China, Thailand and Myanmar comes one month after the publication of this documentary. Read more: www.dw.com/en/china-repatriates-hundreds-of-scam-factory-survivors/a-68408165

[@yohannesafework2688]

Hey There Am Texting U From Ethiopia Is The Work Bad Highly? They Cant Repatriate After The Contract Finished Pls Answer Me

[@kazegarasu4704]

Thank you for covering this story , the situation is actually far more worst

[@Fxx555]

Bro dont go there. Its a big scam where they give you a job offer adapted on your resume and when you get there you are in a big prison where you work and get paid but you cannot go out, you can only send money outside or spend it inside... they give you two choices, either you gonna work for them and scam other ppl and take their money and they will give you a small percentage of it OR you can scam ppl by offering them jobs and bringing them to this prison and if you refuse you may get killed and if you are lucky they will torture you. The only way to get out from there is to reimburse the money they spend on you to bring you there +10k dollars... These mafias are mostly in countries where there is no system like Burma.​@@yohannesafework2688

[@AninaSabry]

in Ph right now Chineese had been established for so long a SCAMMING BUSINESS aka as POGO HUB at first they registered a business who have a different name while inside the place is SCAMMING HUB

[@princesslogrono226]

Can you help them again. They are still active and my friend is in there

[@wuokmayangjanguan1591]

Someone I know was scammed and went to Thailand after being promised a well-paid job. After his landing at the airport in Bangkok , a car picked him up. The ride went on for many hours although he had been told on the phone when he was still in South Sudan that the workplace was just a few minutes outside the city. When he asked the driver where they were going to, the driver turned aggressive and didn’t give him good answers . That is when he realised that something wasn’t right. To find a way to escape, he acted relaxed and pretended to be so happy. He cracked a few jokes which he wasn’t sure were funny enough to the driver. After some time, he acted like he really needed to pee. He asked the driver to stop the car so that he could pee otherwise he would wet his pants. The driver reluctantly stopped the car. The guy opened the door , moved out of the car and walked down the road like he was looking for a spot to pee. Then he ran into the jungle and then walked for many hours until he found his way back to the city and reported himself to the police station.

[@unusualnomad]

He is a lucky and wise person.

[@leo-messi61]

That is probably any african like u 🤣🤣🤣

[@huluqi3972]

That someone you know is not so much into Greed and can realise the situation fast enough due to this rational mindset, unlike most of the victims that prefers the wait-and-see strategy then ended themselves in a much worse condition that's much harder for them to escape such conditions, cos after they reach the den, all of their actions and communications will be monitored/controlled, like rabbits housed by wolves (the stories, the lion is the king, the tiger is the police, the elephant is the scholar, the wolves run in packs, the sheep sacrifices) This is too common when massive population meets capitalism One type of Greed meets another type of Greed for 'betterment' Mass breeding/population or the chasing for money/rich all over the world, which 'sadly'/'unfortunately' is fundamentally realised through slavery ,by taking advantage of the global environment(pre-built social structure), or/and the newbies that's going to get hard lessons learned, the lessons that's often (intentionly or unintentionly) omitted during their learning process, usually in schools, and also always in homes that prioritize money(the so-called 'wealth' by most) over anything else The global environment provides perfect conditions for such things to happen, this is the era of mass greed in human history, ppl are raised for slavery, just like the cattles raised for slaughter When you ask the parents in such regions, why they keep (popping) kids, most will answer for 'betterment', this betterment often means better than money for the vast majority, one that keeps bring money, is called never ending money, best investment ever, money printing machine is also realised/created under such environment in this sense that there will not be kids willing to keep bringing money after such scam is known globally/publicly as the new common sense, better print it 'ourselves', this is why you see never ending 'money' flowing into the 'market'/'society' during the recent century, and ppl keep falling into such 'scams', cos you have to get 'scammed' to get 'money', since 'money' itself has become 'scam' That's why you see they are often ignored by the 'authorities', as this is also seen as a driver for the 'economy', a necessarity to make 'money' 'useful', to 'realise' the 'scam' into 'money', therefore, 'scam' becomes 'money', 'money' becomes 'scam', this is a natural process and ppl will continue to get processed under this environment

[@PorGaymer]

@@huluqi3972 bro worte 10 paragraphs to say nothing

[@OgdenM]

@@huluqi3972 , you realize that this greed you talk about is just a natural symptom of at the minimum, Capitalism right? Capitalism shoves people into the ditch and teaches us that the only way out is to get above others. It's no one's fault.. it is just how things are.

[@nvincenth]

Documentary? This was a fucking rescue operation that they filmed, which resulted in saving the lives of two human beings. This is another level guys. Thank you for what you do.

[@NeostormXLMAX]

Its all propaganda, they didnt talk about the massive raid on their headquarters by the pla freeing thousands but here they spread propaganda on how its the chinese fault lmao,

[@stefanczimmek5397]

Even seven people were rescued!

[@funpau7549]

There’s HOPE, that one day billionaires, governments, and mass majority of the human race around the world decide this is important enough. Human trafficking of any sort is still rampant because many of these people are profiting from it. How many of their own needed to experience being a victim before moving up on their to do list. Our brains seem to care more about who is the next US president than buildings and blocks of slaves out there scamming millions of people’s hard earned money

[@冇名-s5o]

@@stefanczimmek5397 I suggest you look up the recent chinese actor wong sing ,who was been kidnapped in the thailand-mynamar borader. This incident evoke a huge disscusion in chinese society now. it was happenned 5 days ago. the mainculplurit ,4 big family was arrested and more details were revealed.

[@cosmicpuma]

Investigative journalists are the real front line soldiers for the war on truth. Great work as always.

[@d28k83]

Hahaha wake up.

[@py_a_thon]

@@d28k83 What forms of journalism would you suggest for people who want to be aware of what the world is, so they can perhaps know how to make the world as they wish it to be? (Or atleast improve their own ability to survive and thrive morally). Any news outlet is going to have biases attached, yet there are definitely still some real journalists or journalist-like content creators in the world today. The problem is: information is power, and journalism is not as profitable as manipulation is. Is that Awake enough for you?

[@komicsreviewer8505]

Joe Biden did NOT wear his hat backward!

[@lazyscorpion3889]

Only DW! Bbc is biased

[@kaythailee4767]

If you paused at 22:13, the text don't even matched the narrative. There are good journalism out there, but not this one.

[@ChemgenInstitute]

As a victim of this scam, my life has changed ever since, every night haunts me. The scammer was based in Busan and scammed 25000$ of my hardworking students saving over a period of 6 months. They are such well trained with conversation that made them think legit, with photos, video, voice text and so on. Throughout the conversation, I pulled out the fact that they have scammers accounts located Japan, South Korea, France, Latvia, UK, India, US. I was so scared when I got to know my mistake but it was already late. I am ashamed of myself. It is easier to judge others who get scammed until you're the part of it. Thanks DW for this enlightening documentary.

[@bettyhello]

Don’t be ashamed. This is just a bump in the road. Whatever it is, look forward and onwards. Maybe you can use your story to teach others to be careful. Do good with the pain you’ve been through. You never know how many lives you’ll save ❤ stay strong

[@unusualnomad]

Please don't blame yourself, everything happens for a reason. Just guard yourself and move on

[@ceilconstante640]

Seriously forgive yourself. I've also been scammed by a different deal but scammers are very good at gaining our trust. We're wiser now. It takes time to recover and not always easy to move forward but move forward we must.

[@buildmotosykletist1987]

You should be ashamed, it's your own fault. Hopefully you now know that.

[@boomer8760]

​@@buildmotosykletist1987yes but no need to be so bitter

[@ItsThiha]

I am from Myanmar. 🇲🇲 I was tricked into working at a gambling website developer in Myanmar. They get their money from their networks in China. The company is in Myanmar company directory list, it's name is Tamron Technology. They rented two office lot in Yangon, Myanmar Plaza office tower. Aside from gambling websites I believe they also involve in romance scams and other illegal activities. The company heads are Myanmar born Chinese (mixed with Burmese ethnic people called Shan). They speak Chinese, so it's so easy for them to get in contact with illegal networks in China. 🇨🇳

[@WorkFromHomeAfrica]

Chinese is not a language

[@RavianXReaver]

@@WorkFromHomeAfrica How about deezenuts?

[@childofcascadia]

@WorkFromHomeAfrica "Chinese" (language) colloquially means the languages Mandarin or Cantonese in English. It is also referred to as Standard Chinese, the language spoken and understood by large segments of the populace. But usually if you are speaking of another language spoken in China or Taiwan, you refer to it by name - IE "Hokkien".

[@22ergie]

It most certainly is, with many diverse groups of dialects.@@WorkFromHomeAfrica

[@benedictjajo]

​@@WorkFromHomeAfricaneither is your mom.

[@xiaolongbaoenthusiaist457]

I am Chinese and I know people personally who have been taken to Myanmar and never seen again. Under the false pretense of a high paying job, they are lured into SEA and their passports are taken away as soon as they are outside of China. This is so common there are even block buster movies made about these stories in Chinese cinema. So glad that DW is shining a light on this plague.

[@vietbalotour8933]

Do người Trung Quốc các bạn lừa đảo đó. Các băng đảng đều của China

[@vassanab4243]

The mafia boss are the Chinese

[@kanalevi]

its not only myanmar, the same also happening in cambodia too. they promised them jobs but they kidnapped neighboring malaysians and indonesians.

[@kokoon2530]

Not in Cambodia my dear. More than 30k Malaysian in Cambodia. Those who works as scammer is on their own will and walk freely after work hour.

[@buildmotosykletist1987]

Yeah, it's a huge industry on the Cambodian border. It's easy enough to search for the details.

[@fc7307]

@@kokoon2530 So what if it is their own free will, they are still scamming, how come the government is not doing anything?

[@Steveinthailand]

Yes, and as a former Bangkok based journalist who frequently budget travels to Phnom Penh, I can name two well-known backpacker guesthouses that hosts South Asians who having just arrived in PP are, unknowingly, being trafficked. Of course, the gusthouse owners know exactly what is happening but turn a blind-eye. I know because I've been right there, seeing it happen first-hand.

[@Steveinthailand]

​@kokoon2530 as an investigative journalist, I can ensure you, you are talking BS.

[@JudgeyJudgeyable]

The rescue team is the definition of brave. Inspirational

[@Iamhumanbeing-u1x]

This is well-known in Asia for at least a year already. Glad to see that DW made it known by Europe too

[@Microphunktv-jb3kj]

how\s that news.. these things are going on for decades already , in mid 2000s already.. online scam factories have always existed. not exactlyh scams... but in video game industries there's "gold farmers" , who use bot farms to generate currencies in the game... and sell those currencies for real money for lazy people... same kind of slavery work practically,. good example of late i can think of is the Venezuela runescape goldfarms.... where grandmothers and kids grind gold in Runescape videogame... and earn 2-3$/h can you imagine a videogame from 1998-1999 having better economy than your country, and earning more than your PhD educated doctors and scientists.... that's how fcked venezuela is.... baffling how latin-america still doesnt figure out how bad socialism/communism is....

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Contender Series Cold Storage

[@mongoose1628]

​@@NazriBStill truth? Warm Communicate Box Olives

[@BothSidesareCorrupt]

What are you taking about we’ve had this in the U.S. in San Francisco for decades. They are now also doing it in BC Canada.

[@andreandree4384]

More than a year actually but many years already. In Asia many of those gangs are mostly from China

[@deertokki]

Despite consistently receiving scam phone calls, I still can't help but feel sympathy for those caught up in this modern form of slavery.

[@ashdgee]

What a documentary. Sad that these things are happening in other parts of the world . A big thank you for those rescuing teams in their efforts to free these victims

[@xuem19]

human trafficking and debt bondage slavery happen everywhere in the world; it's as common as the desperation and inequality that make poor people jump at job opportunities that are too good to be true

[@funpau7549]

Interpol from all these countries are not very useful? Guess Chinese are playing both evil and good, thus these centres still exist. The rest of the world including Red Cross, UN, other countries on the Interpol, etc. are either turning a blind eye or don’t have enough manpower to take down these already well known buildings? They are scamming your countries’ citizens and none of the government are “good” enough to get rid of these scumbags. What has our world turned into…

[@funpau7549]

There’s HOPE, that one day billionaires, governments, and mass majority of the human race around the world decide this is important enough. Human trafficking of any sort is still rampant because many of these people are profiting from it. How many of their own needed to experience being a victim before moving up on their to do list. Our brains seem to care more about who is the next US president than buildings and blocks of slaves out there scamming millions of people’s hard earned money.

[@psalmD]

To say these governments are no involved or have knowledge of what’s going on, is an understatement.

[@cjshow-zp6nh]

Most of these scam compounds are located in lawless corrupted countries where there is little or no transparency among the elites in those countries like Cambodia for example where the scam ringleaders whom were mostly corrupted businessmen accused of money laundering and other scammers from China were facing charges as a result of China’s effective strong efforts to crackdown on these scam epidemics located within China’s borders. Acknowledging this, these ringleaders and all the other scammers then fled to other countries mostly to Southeast Asian nations most notably in Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos where corruption is a huge problem and these scam ringleaders and bosses often pose as “investors” gaining trust and confidence from the elites there in order to “invest and transform” their sleepy towns like Sihanoukville in Cambodia for example into a buzzing metropolis that will attract and encourage more Chinese investors and tourists in the form of gambling and 5 star retail and hotel hub. These ringleaders also changed their names and even acquired Cambodian citizenship and one of them even became PM Hun Sen’s right hand man. But in reality, these “hotels” and “retail hubs” are actually compounds for underground scam operations and the criminals can continue with their scamming activities and they recruit their workers via fake job offers and these unsuspecting job seekers were then kidnapped and locked in to those compounds and forced to scam and if they even try to resist, they would be met with brutal punishment like beatings, electrocution and even worse, being sold off to a different scam compound elsewhere. Not only Myanmar and Cambodia, these scam ringleaders and other groups of scammers also set up shop in countries like Philippines and Indonesia where they would operate in places and towns where it is isolated and less crowded so that nobody can suspect their whereabouts.

[@Nocontextturkishboi]

EXACTLY!! Most of the government members have tendency to corrupt af

[@jamesjamison3463]

I mean they literally said in the video that the government of Mynamar made a deal with these people to allow this to happen. So yea

[@kanziekOne]

Ironically, the rebels were the one who shut down some of the scam centers recently

[@shadesofuv1828]

wouldnt it actually be an overstatement

[@delilah28100]

I heard about this because there were also Filipinos that were recruited. Most of them were recruited as a "call center agent", the pay is higher than BPO companies here in PH, but little did they know, they would be end up working as scammers. They would be overworked and underpaid, subject to torture and abuse, and were under a 24 hr security so they couldn't get out.

[@victoriabui7400]

I have also heard about this and there are the victims coming back from Cambodia have appeared in TV interviews about being kidnapped to do the “call center job” to cheat people.

[@PissMenn]

So what the Philippines government do? They should have intervened Myanmar

[@kaelthunderhoof5619]

​@@PissMennthe Philippine government is a circus right now. The government officials are fighting like teenagers.

[@ynnos5555]

@@PissMennthe same issue also happens in the Philippines. Last year a raid in a heavily guarded Chinese online casino complex exposed thousands of scam workers from allover Asia. The Chinese syndicate specifically targets non-locals because no ones going to check up on them in a foreign country. Very often we see in the news people jumping from buildings risking their life to escape. The complex even have its own hospital and market so nobody really can leave to ask for help.

[@chrissgimenez]

I'm watching this report because recently in my country, Brazil, two people are being held in these facilities, and not even our president can help, he fears for their lives.

[@invisiiso]

Documentaries like these are why I love DW Documentary. Chinese Triad/cartel history, footage of an interception saving victims... I love the story of someone starting a group after being a scam victim, only to discover who else is also a victim. I have the biggest hopes for these downright heroic people. Just.. wow! Keep it up, producers!

[@danielanegri7982]

Please help Luckas and Phelipe, two brazilian young men who are in KKpark as well!

[@misskim6362]

I was a victim of this scam. Glad I was rescued, I will always be grateful to Judah and the lady they are the ones who got me out OF kk park

[@farozeahmed5341]

Wer are you from

[@ytcBUBBLES-BOOM]

How did you get out? Please help me. 😢 my son is there with a friend. And he is only 18. Please help me.

[@misskim6362]

so sorry to hear that please contact your embassy, the people on this documentary Judah and the lady rescued me from there but they were contacted by my embassy after raising a distress call@@ytcBUBBLES-BOOM

[@ranjitodari237]

@@ytcBUBBLES-BOOMthere is one way to escape..i escaped from there too

[@ytcBUBBLES-BOOM]

@@ranjitodari237 how is that? Because we don't have R50 000 to buy them out. Because now they want money for the release 😨

[@We.Dion.O]

this is so rampant in South East Asia especially Golden Triangle and Cambodia that even Korean Drama Taxi Driver brought it up. The whole world really need to be made aware of this, this kind of journalism will save many lives

[@CCPShiny]

My god… feeling heartbreak for all involved victims, and overwhelming respect for the bravery of the survivors and their rescuers, as well as appreciation to amazing documentarians like the DW group for shedding light on important topics like this 👏 blown away by all of you

[@weird_law]

Depressing that this is allowed to happen in the modern world.

[@jamstagerable]

Modern world or not, greed and evil exists and always will.

[@patt5085]

I wouldnt call Myanmar and Cambodia very modern. But from some of the leaked photos, their living and work conditions seems like heaven comparing to construction workers in the middle east.

[@diamond4270]

Greed and evil exists in many forms, slavery should NEVER be one of them in the modern world. We already have everything else like r*pe, m**eder, kidnapping, police brutality etc ​@@jamstagerable

[@huluqi3972]

It's all over the world, this one only went too far and too hurting

[@tomlxyz]

​@@patt5085probably because the people controlling them regularly have to go there too

[@Gyte.r]

Thank you for escalating this problem! It’s eye opening…

[@sin1er]

Exposing?🤔🤓🫡👍

[@ednasalinas5975]

In lima, Perú, some cyber/phone scammers were arrested last week. The news reported that the organizers are Chinese from China. Not much info has been released yet.

[@eatdawontonsoup]

*from Taiwan (actually). the Chinese authority is actually the one that is tracking the money source and arresting the culprits. the reason why those organizers are called Chinese is solely because of the one-China thing

[@madden12]

​@@eatdawontonsouphow do u know

[@eatdawontonsoup]

@@madden12 cause I’m from Taiwan and scammers can be seen pretty much everywhere

[@GenuisInvictus]

​@eatdawontonsoup after a little investigating, I found out that the scammers were linked to the Macau syndicate and tasked with scamming Taiwanese and Malaysian companies. So your statement seems unfounded.

[@Jerry-sf3vd]

@@GenuisInvictus Tell me how you did your research? Please look at my reply to @madden12 . It has nothing to do Macau. The problem with Taiwan is the court release these scammers quickly and they roam from one country to another.

[@lenyx308]

Same thing happen in Cambodia too, lots of young Vietnamese were promised to have job but ended up in Cambodia and was forced to sign a contract to work for them, if not they would tortured them or sold them to other companies. Some of the Vietnamese got rescue, but some even died in trying to escaped. And this is still happening now

[@kaingchhaylong2762]

Do you think this situation not happen to Cambodia also ?? A lot of Cambodia work abroad especially in Vietnam and Thailand illegally and most of them never seen again

[@childofcascadia]

@kaingchhaylong2762 So what, countries in that part of the world just scamming each others people, promising them jobs and then slaving them when they show up? Or is it a 3rd country like china setting it up in all the countries?

[@NotgiveF]

I dont understand why Ukraine and Israel gets all the attention when these things deserve equal or higher attention

[@Nik-os6ep]

Because some are backed by the Government. We have an ongoing senate hearing case here in the Philippines similar to this.

[@shinsekai101]

bless these people who actually stand up and volunteer to assist and help these poor victims. unlike those people who are "supporting" through social media and demonstration

[@wliuify]

There's a Chinese film that came out last year based on the real stories of several victims called No More Bets about how they were kidnapped, tortured, and worked for these scam factories, it also shows the perspective of someone who becomes a cyber victim to the scams websites that these human traffickers operate. I highly recommend it

[@Go4Broke247]

Will watch it

[@Baqbaq_badhanaa]

This is so heart wrenching and bone chilling 😢

[@atheralikarim4235]

Sadly I also have been a victim. But I was recruited in the UAE.

[@barbarasara4033]

What was your job?

[@Valleygirl210]

@@barbarasara4033Arabs don’t work they are all lazy lol nice try

[@peniel2527]

I'm glad that today you are a free man.

[@YirdawTenawToYourBullshit]

Same here bro

[@YirdawTenawToYourBullshit]

Same here bro

[@lazy-rich]

Rule of thumb: NEVER let the abductor take you to another location

[@Fan-zx1lz]

Yes. Well said

[@littlebrothermoneywithmich6178]

Isn’t that the definition of abduction? 😂

[@helendunn9905]

Of you know you're being abducted, know they have weapons, etc. 😢

[@helendunn9905]

​@@kaakampuchea They do this to ALL foreign nationals in Dubai. Glad my brother and his wife and child came home to Australia. 😮

[@ab7355]

Your report really opened my eyes. Please keep doing these investigations because this kind of trafficking need to be exposed and hopefully the victims will be helped.

[@Luraka1978]

In Cambodia as well, they are many scammers... 😥

[@andreandree4384]

Yes. You can see them in town eating in chinese restaurants (phnom Penh for instance). They are very noticeable, move in groups, full of tattoos, short hair cut; and manners aren't exactly like genuine businessmen. There are gangsters.

[@Hellomyfrndss]

People who have Pol Pot's blood.

[@samratkharel2012]

India 🇮🇳 also has too many scammer…😂

[@karlatby]

Congrats DW for the amazing work here!

[@DWDocumentary]

Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment!

[@antonea808]

Wow thank you to those rescuers! Words cant express my gratitude.

[@StarMars-r2x]

People don't get it, Don't talk to strangers on line!

[@darth.severuss]

The Americans.

[@cashmeretran5004]

Most people who are scammed are their families, friends and acquaintances.

[@nataliedutoit8169]

I suspect my friend from South Africa might be in one of those compounds. He left for Thailand November 2023 to do data capturing, was not allowed to video calls, take photos and so on. I remember him saying that the place they stay in looks like some kind of hostel, a lot of people sleep in one room. I haven't heard from him that much, maybe once a week or once in two weeks. Since 30 September 2024 no one has heard from him, we can't reach him. I did trace his phone number and it said the number is in Myanman which got me worried even more. I told him not to go there. 😢

[@marry1321]

He is there 😢

[@manuprado6075]

ressearch about brazilian man, his name is luckas viana, its the same story you told about your friend 😢😢

[@behind_the_camera.1]

This called well documented documentary ❤

[@AmericanMillionaireCowboy]

Man, that’s wild. I pray for those in that horrible situation. Sounds like we need to get Broken Tooth.

[@22ergie]

And break more teeth? 😁

[@KevinNguyen-zn4vv]

I've been approached by so many scammers -- never fallen for it. Now it makes me feel bad for messing around with the scammers.

[@TechXlk]

same here.. next time I would not mess around with them.

[@GloryDaze73]

I suppose it's best to encourage them to get a different job. But don't pay them anything.

[@josht777]

Same, I'll normally insult them not knowing they're slaves. But I will still report them any chance I get as it's also sad that people will be scammed out of their life savings... it's a sad state of affairs for both the slave scammers, and the scam victims who are both just looking for a better life

[@huykim4663]

@@GloryDaze73their calls are likely to be monitored, right?

[@howwitty]

Getting TurboTax ads during this DW segment on cyber slavery was quite ironic...

[@mpindigeorgewilliam8299]

Some of our Ugandan people were trafficked and are now in Thailand and Burma doing this scam thing..Dear God save us

[@mathieucaron4957]

Africans should worry about china and ruSSia, the West has been bad, be it's absolutely nothing compared to them.

[@oliver6224]

Can you do one for India? I don't understand why scamming is so big in India? There's plenty of youtubers that exposed them but somehow the Indian authorities don't really care.

[@BreadBox42]

The authorities don’t care because they get paid to look away…aka 3rd world, overt corruption.

[@Kierispet159]

I'm guessing the Indian Government SUPPORTS the scammers, otherwise, they would have employed BRUTAL methods to CRUSH these criminal networks. I can't think of another reason.

[@BlueRice]

Scam has integrated in the culture. Scammed been used there for a long time. It dates back to magic time. Magician used magic trick to trick people get money. Deep rooted

[@FloFiF76]

​@Transparenhaul01 You are just denying the truth

[@patrickbateman529]

Cause it's easy business, there are occasional police raids on call centres too.

[@Aria-cd6dq]

I'm so glad Myanmar is getting media attention again. I hope Myanmar manages to sort things out. My heart and prayers go out to Myanmar people. 🙏

[@svm6683]

No one this kind of cheap attention

[@yadana._]

But it’s always bad kind of attention 😢 our sad sad country being exploited by china

[@smallmaniyor]

The things that are going on in this world is just overwhelming. So many people being preyed on for so many different things. Praying for a safer world 🙏🏾

[@ledwysdelgado7304]

Praying 😂😂😂

[@3dus]

This is a very important doc. I hope it reaches out to the many many scammers revenge videos around... it's easy to laugh at people that might be living under these circunstances. Western reallity is way different from the rest of the world.

[@Valleygirl210]

Nah we will always hate scammers

[@georgestfd7148]

Three years ago, one of my acquaintances said that he would work in customer service in Cambodia. Now, he always invites me to invest in the type of business he is working on. Of course, I avoided that area and blocked the number

[@catherinehaslam9092]

😢😢😢WOW!!!!! MY MIND IS BLOWN!!! GREAT REPORTING!!!❤

[@JubaReport]

Someone I know was scammed and went to Thailand after being promised a well-paid job. After his landing at the airport in Bangkok, a car picked him up. The ride went on for many hours, although he had been told on the phone when he was still in South Sudan that the workplace was just a few minutes outside the city. When he asked the driver where they were going to, the driver turned aggressive and didn't give him good answers. That is when he realised that something wasn't right. To find a way to escape, he acted relaxed and pretended to be so happy. Не cracked a few jokes, which he wasn't sure were funny enough to the driver. After some time, he acted like he really needed to pee. He asked the driver to stop the car so that he could pee. Otherwise, he would wet his pants. The driver reluctantly stopped the car. The guy opened the door, moved out of the car, and walked down the road like he was looking for a spot to pee. Then he ran into the jungle and then walked for many hours until he found his way back to the city and reported himself to the police station.

[@arturasstatkus8613]

Thank You, DW👏👏👏👏👏

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We appreciate your support!

[@shahrukhdiwan12]

please save my brother from there today 5 June 2024 he is still there ​@@DWDocumentary

[@22ergie]

I don't understand how they made it from the taxi to the safe car? It seemed seamless with no struggle, no weapons, no fighting, they just hopped in the back like it was nothing. Was part of it edited out? 25:40

[@w.urlitzer1869]

1:37 Huilong Network Technology Company, Mae Pa, Tak province; easy crossing Moei river into Myanmar.

[@thanh0378]

These scammers are everywhere on facebook dating app. I almost fell into one of them.

[@goodcommunitylife]

What did you do to prevent from being hurt?

[@huluqi3972]

Yeah, it's everywhere, especially dating apps

[@py_a_thon]

@@goodcommunitylife I am not the person that you asked your question to. I want nothing from you. Don't bother responding. (See: this step would be in the scammers playbook...build trust). Don't trust me. Trust yourself and think critically.

[@genobkk]

Social media companies need to be held responsible for, they do nothing to stop it, some even run paid advertising on facebook

[@fooboomoo]

thank you DW, for spending public money well

[@dragonflytoo]

My nephew was scammed, for years, by someone in the Philippines. He sent her money instead of taking care of his own children. He would not listen to us. They were going to get married. He hung himself when things didn't work out.

[@MrsSurrealista]

Sorry for your loss, sounds horrible

[@MeiinUK]

Same here in the UK also... So... My mother said not to pursue this cos it's people we know in our network.

[@GameplayTubeYT]

In Philippines China Offshore Gaming also doing Scam Factory!

[@anthonysegura4741]

Why this news are not all over the place? Is so crazy that the first time I'm hearing about this humman traffick is on KZbin.. kudos for DW team for bringing this to us!

[@JustHackingAround]

Just one story of millions or more, but thank you for telling it!

[@Hud.Alexdavenston]

This is so sad of how people are dying & getting ruined because of sort cases, and I hope the government will succeed in eliminating this terrified fraudism & scamming that is overcoming the youth into a life of disaster.

[@aperson2730]

So much amazing stuff on KZbin...so little time 😞

[@AnimeshDas11]

Very well done. Best wishes to the ground reporters and workers.

[@HairbyNardia]

Hope in humanity restored thank God for good people in the world this is why we need good folks out there 😢💔

[@cheyenne3246]

This is so sad! They thought they were getting a job for a brighter future and end up in this horrible situation.

[@Gabriel-lm7jw]

Rescue teams are true heroes!

[@web3wizard381]

DW is on a roll

[@betateta4442]

Thank you dw for exposing this criminals and its a great documentary as usual.

[@marianasalles242]

Brillant documentaries DW🌎💚✨🙏🏻

[@banerjeesiddharth05]

Mind blowing documentary 👌 🙌 👏 🙏

[@mohamadromdoni4614]

This is so bad and none of the ASEAN countries really put concern about this horrible situation. This is a shame!

[@1luckyarmywife461]

I’m so sick of this crap. They NEVER get arrested.

[@mathieucaron4957]

Even the police is admitting they are involved... Especially in Myanmar, one once proudly showed me enslaved kids, and though it was funny to say they sell the ugly ones to Thailand. I saw 2 good cops in Asia. One in Myanmar who had friends in the rebels and one in Thailand. They do what they can even if it's extremely far from enough...

[@kevincronk7981]

This puts all of the youtube videos of messing with scammers in a whole new light. The people committing the scams aren't the ones benefitting from them, they probably have it even worse than the people being scammed. It's only their bosses getting anything good out of this.

[@T1Oracle]

I'm just glad that a video about scammers isn't mentioning Nigeria 😌

[@cliffong2809]

The CCP is the real devil

[@renalouoxinio3810]

The title has literally Asia in it.

[@THEMOTHERS1]

As in ehn, the narrative of Nigeria being a land for scammers is gradually changing. God help all victims

[@mathieucaron4957]

You know many nigerians are working with those triads? They are very easy to find in Hong Kong. One offered me to work with them online.

[@jysntndn]

THANKS FOR EXPOSING THIS!!! LOTS OF FILIPINOS WERE AND HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF THIS.

[@boyetlabrador9771]

i was one of those😭

[@firstlast9292]

Video has 313 upvotes and 1700 downvotes. Strange?

[@ionia2376]

Yep very strange sounds like they traffickers found them

[@Funkywallot]

Dident KZbin take away the count for downvotes ? I cant see any except upvotes. Its only visible for the creator

[@LoveForBluebirds]

I'm so sick of these Chinese and Russian propaganda trolls being allowed on YT without a significant solution by YT to reduce their numbers. They flood comments of anything related to politics with their garbage. We can't have organic discussions on YT without these idiots contributing their literal 2 cents, which is their payment per post.

[@aestheticshivametw]

could be done by the ch 🐀🐁🐁

[@darealguy8841]

plugin bro@@Funkywallot

[@Pixietink]

Thankyou for this docu

[@christineotieno7880]

The heart of humans is wicked beyond measure. Like a human somewhere sat down and came up with this elaborate plan with no feeling whatsoever for a fellow human. Whoever is in charge of this world should stop it existing at a point.

[@huluqi3972]

scam, self-scam and mass scamming at all levels, is what brings it to this point

[@John-mf6ky]

Crazy how many people have been personally scammed by these illegal operations in the comments on videos about this topic.

[@aymanebelkorchi7418]

who is moroccan and came to watch this video after what happened to youssef .

[@ghitadaoudi3259]

me

[@lamhamdihouria2156]

Me

[@broooownie3500]

Hahahah endna nefs tfkir😂

[@DiiB369]

Bruh i still have their flight tickets their bookings and work contract signed i’m blessed i changed my decision the day i had the flight it’s horrible

[@sajidrahman7398]

Excellent work guys!

[@NiaEsto]

Wow how did they even contact this ngo for help

[@mrslake7096]

Thanks for spreading awareness

[@boyetlabrador9771]

i was one of the victim and forced to work as a scammer in golden triangle in Laos

[@youngtrapstars2477]

I have been victim from 1 year rescue us

[@tae-queen4151]

How you get out one of my family there now

[@mariambragg3638]

Applying in over seas job must go thru proper documentation from both country. Not coming as tourists visa

[@YourDreamerFriend]

Thanks 🙏

[@YourDreamerFriend]

Is there any other criteria to distinguish between real jobs and scams , please ?

[@skullsaintdead]

@@YourDreamerFriend Honestly, if it feels too good to be true, it probably is. Best advice is to do the most research you can on the company, see if any employees have left reviews, see what the local govt says of the corporation, hell, even just call up their reception and ask if they're legit and see if they get uncomfortable. Ask how they usually get new employees, what they do. If it's 'tech support' (and with no long-standing, legitimately reviewed, online presence), it's very likely a scam. Just about risk and reward. Also, if you do end up taking a job, don't put yourself in the mindset of "I have to ignore the red flags because I've come this far". If it feels uncomfortable, get out, say you have diarrhea and need to leave or you'll have an accident (works for rape too)!

[@nowherech]

Really interesting topic and amazing images! Also we are making documentaries, and always your documentaries are our inspiration! 🙌🏻

[@giulianobonaldo2995]

Ohh 😮

[@nowherech]

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[@emmanuelsiziba520]

share the link to yourz

[@YirdawTenawToYourBullshit]

I was recruited in Dubai 2 years ago, they asked us to move to Cambodia but i refused

[@springconcept2808]

Now more than 1000 Moroccan Tunisian , and others nationality are working like slaves , they were scammed but they don’t know how to get out from this get opens

[@where-is-my-mind.]

Simply unbelieveble!

[@hackedbyBLAGH]

What the hell wait a minute that wasn't a confrontation. The guards just gave up the hostages?? Wtf

[@Phoenix.Sparkles]

Wouldn't surprise me if the guards are also hostages, probably not willing to risk their lives

[@4d17y4h]

To be a local from northern republic of myanmar is a task greater than taming wild tigers and crocodiles

[@4d17y4h]

Call on the commonwealth of independent states to handle this

[@rksahu8413]

DW make best Documentary. In all news channel

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Thank you for watching and your positive feedback!

[@YUP959]

​@@DWDocumentary keep going for nature.🎉

[@enemelbeauty]

I am amazed by how these people always find a way to make it out guiltiless

[@eatdawontonsoup]

because their bosses are either elected councils or straight working in the governments

[@Lapusso650]

Why isn't the state department or UN doing anything about this?

[@henrylim4662]

Thank you for this documentary. It’s important for the world to know and understand how it functions. We in Asia do know but with the advent of advanced technologies, we are still falling victim to scams today.

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Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.

[@kevinjacobdubai7965]

good reporting !!!!

[@malivirl]

It’s not the first time I’m disappointed in Asia, China, Thailand especially. I understand that there’s crime everywhere on earth, but it feels different here. People cant develop their country so fast. Just look at China, Singapore, Thailand. They were so poor just some 30 years ago, and look at what’s going on now. But how did they reach all of this? People are working non - stop, to their own detriment. Europe has been developing for thousands of years, but at least it doesn’t treat people like work slavers.

[@mikexhotmail]

But how Europe reach all of that?.. Europe colonized the rest of the world and got what they wanted in the first place. - _-'

[@ikhebdieishetnietgoeddathe4057]

They get transported to Myanmar just across the border of Thailand so Thai police can't do anything there

[@eatdawontonsoup]

I’m glad you’ve noticed the ongoing problems but excessive development is not the cause of all this. yes east Asians tend to force themselves to do as well as the others as if they live under peer pressure throughout their lives. However, there’s something rooted deeply within their cultures is how differently east Asians view personal gain from westerns do when westerners think of personal gain is all related to wealth. proper absorption of wealth is merely a mean to provide and support oneself and loved ones. it only becomes greed when one simply tries to gain wealth by making others’ life miserable. on the other hand, one can’t really pursue fame or glory, but can only be given while good deeds being recognized by societies. As for east Asians, there are two ways to achieve personal gain: one is wealth and the other is glory, but it can only be deemed as greed if one tries to achieve both wealth and glory at the same time. therefore, it’s okay to abandon personal glory when one decides to pursue wealth in any mean possible. that’s why scamming is very often seen in Asian counties.

[@huluqi3972]

Greed :: exists in many forms: Mass/over population Mass/over exploitation of nature Scam/self-scam/mass-scamming Pursuit of wealth or glory through harming/downgrading/enslaving/brainwashing kids or other decent beings De-valuing nature Violence/Riot as end result Disease as end result Natural disasters as end result Inability to defend while facing a similar sized less greedy group as end result Inability to expand while facing a similar sized seemingly 'more greedy' group as end result Extermination as a group/'culture'/'society'/species as end result in the long run Etc...

[@iMerkzzU]

Great work!!

[@einzchillen]

Basically in the border of thai and cambodia are heaven for gambling. Lots of worker are from Indonesia etc. But also, so many people have been trafficked once they are there the passports were taken and if they want to quit they have to bring the replacement, at least few people to work there. Sickening.

[@cstpa1]

man i really had no idea this was how it was done. dude this is so sad.

[@Apisticont]

This channel deserves much more exposure

[@Xanos1]

I can’t believe that I fell for a scammer that posed as a beautiful lady…that’s not hard to believe the problem was that a friend sent me a link after I showed him a picture of my new lady “friend” and the was a popular American porn start she wasn’t mainstream but she was popular..I confronted her she said she did it for the money and to plz forgive her…she says that her manager leaked her photos to blackmail her…but then I eventually saw there were videos too…it wasn’t just naked pics like I thought at first…so they were using a beautiful American blonde woman to lure in men to love scams…I dunno why they used a porn star lol… I ended up losing $450..the worst part is that I fell her social anxiety story..she kept avoiding phone calls and video calls…I still can’t believe I fell for it ..meanwhile the whole time I felt something wasn’t right..follow your gut …if it doesn’t feel right it’s probably not right