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Thailand's scam centre crackdown not enough, top lawmaker warns
An ongoing effort targeting scam compounds along Thailand's border with Myanmar has led to only a small proportion of workers there being pulled out, a top Thai opposition lawmaker said, calling for more comprehensive measures to stomp out a booming illegal industry.
Some Foreigners Pulled Out of Myanmar Scam Centres Face Struggle to Get Home
Hundreds of foreign nationals pulled out of scam compounds in Myanmar during a crackdown on centres run by criminal gangs have little food, scant healthcare and filthy toilets in the remote militia camp they have been taken to,
84 Indonesians taken out of scam centers in Myanmar are set to go home
Eighty-four Indonesians freed from scam centers in Myanmar arrived at the Thai border city of Mae Sot on Thursday, part of an ongoing large scale repatriation effort following a crackdown by Thailand,
Thailand to repatriate thousands more Myanmar scam centre workers
Thailand said Friday it had agreed with Myanmar and China to repatriate thousands of alleged scam centre workers stranded in camps at the Thai-Myanmar border, part of a crackdown on transnational crime.
'Escaping hell': Myanmar scam center workers plead to go home
Hundreds of exhausted young men lie in an open-sided detention center in a seedy Myanmar border town, sweating through thick tropical heat by day and prey to clouds of mosquitoes by night.
Beware Of This New Stimulus Check Scam That Looks Like A Legit Text From The IRS
In the latest scheme, scammers are texting people about a stimulus check in order to get them to give up their personal ...
An Orlando couple lost $38K in a home escrow scam after fraudsters hacked their email — 3 red flags to look out for
As the Brocks would come to learn, they had fallen victim to a scam commonly known as home escrow wire fraud. They filed ...
Butcher shops across Mass. duped in alleged multi-state meat fraud scam
Butcher shops across New England and the U.S. say they have been scammed out of thousands of dollars worth of meat.
Student Loan Scam: Woman Pleads Guilty in $5 Million Fraud Case
Now she will have to pay back the money as part of her sentencing as the Federal Student Aid (FSA), which is an office within ...
Have you gotten a text claiming you have a toll to pay? What you need to know about the scam
“The first thing I thought was that my wife didn’t pay our toll bill or, I have three daughters that travel a lot, so someone ...
"Grandson scam" leaves South Florida man without $18,500; suspect exonerated
A South Florida man in his 80s is demanding accountability after losing more than $18,000 to a scam. His frustration comes after the State Attorney's Office cleared the suspect arrested in the case ...
Love scam victim with special needs waited in vain at Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal for ‘girlfriend’
Social workers are educating people with intellectual disabilities about scam prevention. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Solicitation scam in Ouachita Parish
The salesmen trick the homeowners into signing an electronic document by telling them it’s for a free assessment of their ...
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'Operationally challenging' for S'pore govt to track amount of seized scam proceeds returned to victims or forfeited to State
It is tough for the government to track the proportion of seized scam proceeds that are returned to victims or forfeited to ...
Woman in her 70s swindled out of over $500k in gold coin scam
Scammers convinced the woman, over several months, to liquidate assets to purchase gold coins and give the coins over to an ...
State Department warns travelers about drugging-dating scam in Brazil
There were at least 40 cases last year in which thieves drugged travelers in their hotel rooms so they could steal their ...