7 Months Inside an Online Scam Labor Camp

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• Whatisawaffle@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  An amazing read. I can't imagine being in that situation. This is the sort of ordeal that movies should be made of.

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  • bassomitron@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It will be. This summer, watch Scamducted! Starring Liam Neeson, the 71-year-old that we keep casting into action roles for some insane reason!

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• LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I saw a BBC documentary about a similar situation. People are being exploited on both sides of the phone line.

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  • HarkMahlberg@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I know this is wildly off topic, but didn't you move from Beehaw to Tumblr?

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    • LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I left beehaw because I was being targeted by a user using gaslighting and lies.

      When I responded to this user (I will admit, too strongly), the mods removed my comments, but left his initial lies and gaslighting up, even though I had reported them (and even messaged one of the admins directly – it was actually a beehaw admin’s actions against my comments.) To be clear, I understood the removal of my comments, but I did not understand why the user’s lies and rudeness against me still remained.

      I mentioned tumblr because it was where the information I was sharing had initiated, and I encouraged people to take the discussion there, since a productive discussion was no longer possible here. I never said I was moving there myself.

      I then removed the rest of my comments and posts on beehaw.

      I was already on tumblr, so I didn’t “move from” Beehaw to there. I was also already on this account, so nor did I move here – I was already here all along, where I’ve had no similar problems.

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• Municipal0379@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Paywall

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  • 14th_cylon@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    www.nytimes.com/…/myanmar-cyber-scam.html?unlocke…

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    • Vacationlandgirl@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thank you!

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  • Usernameblankface@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Saved me a click. Thanks!

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  • MonkderZweite@feddit.ch ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Disable inline JS.

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• captainjaneway@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is absurd. I don’t understand how people can be so cruel. Though the “General + Dragon” succeeded in getting Mr. Lu out, it does feel like perhaps the ransom was just paid with a bit of negotiation. This is a very frustrating situation.

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• sugarfree@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Great article, Mr. Lu is very strong.

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