Inside a 'modern slavery situation' where cyber scammers are victims themselves (Terry Gross, Fresh Air podcast)

Wired's Andy Greenberg explains how a cybercrime operation in Southeast Asia trapped computer engineers into defrauding victims of billions of dollars. Plus, he discusses the scam involving Fresh Air.

Interview: 

https://www.npr.org/2026/09/22/nx-s1-5977731/inside-a-modern-slavery-situation-where-cyber-scammers-are-victims-themselves

How to recognize and block AI-powered scam attempts | PBS News

For perspective on the summit between President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Amna Nawaz spoke with Nicholas Burns. He served as U.S. ambassador to China during the Biden administration and is now at Harvard University...

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-to-recognize-and-block-ai-powered-scam-attempts

Age of the ‘scam state’: how an illicit, multibillion-dollar industry has taken root in south-east Asia

"It's quite unprecedented that you have an illicit market of this nature, that is causing global harm, where there's blatant impunity, and it's happening in this public way."…

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/02/scam-state-multi-billion-dollar-industry-south-east-asia

 

‘Hello pervert’: the sextortion scam claiming to have videoed you

How to deal with an email that says your device has been hacked and the camera used to record an intimate act…

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/may/11/hello-pervert-sextortion-scam-video-email-hacked

 

How Human Traffickers Force Victims Into Cyberscamming — ProPublica

Tens of thousands of people from across Asia have been coerced into defrauding people in America and around the world out of millions of dollars. Those who resist face beatings, food deprivation or worse…

https://www.propublica.org/article/human-traffickers-force-victims-into-cyberscamming