FX110How can Southeast Asia become a paradise for scammers, from foreign exchange to stock index futures?

Four students in Anhui were lured by "high salaries" to illegally cross the border, "Thai workers" were scammed into Myanmar Telecom scam camps, and experienced individuals cried and begged "not to crack their waists" when fleeing... In recent days, reports of "Myanmar Telecom scams" have continued to attract attention online. And such incidents are not a few. In recent years, many victims who have been lured by high paying recruitment scams and fallen into the trap of Southeast Asian fraud companies have encountered various painful experiences such as being kidnapped and beaten.

Southeast Asian countries mainly focus on fraud within China in three areas: telecommunications fraud, online gambling fraud, and financial fraud, and have already formed their own systems. Among them, part-time brushing orders, credit card loans, telecommunications fraud, etc. are the lowest level of "business", while various scams that use investment as a pretext to circle money, including pyramid schemesforeign exchangePan, Precious Metal Investment Panstock market indexfuturesDisk, virtual coin disk, and so on are the most prestigious ones there.

From foreign exchange to stock index futures, how Southeast Asia becomes a paradise for scammers

Behind the so-called pig killing and online fraud companies is a huge gambling industry chain that has existed in Southeast Asia for nearly a decade and involves millions of people.

These online gambling companies have so-called "legitimate" business licenses in Southeast Asian countries such as Myanmar, so they use convenience loopholes located overseas to engage in telecommunications fraud. In this gray industry chain, a large number of customer service is one of the most important links. This is also why a large amount of relevant recruitment information can be seen on many recruitment websites and forums. This information generally has two characteristics: high salary and low threshold. When job seekers travel thousands of miles to the so-called office location, they discover that they have entered a fraud den.

From foreign exchange to stock index futuresgoldInvestment and other scams are collectively referred to as fund pools, which exploit loopholes in domestic regulation and the lack of financial knowledge among the public to package themselves as legitimate companies or senior securities practitioners from international sources. Then openly develop offline services in China to establish WeChat groups orQQgroup By resorting to fraudulent means such as "lottery competition", "charity competition voting", and "foreign exchange trading", they crazily plunder the wealth of the common people. In Malaysia, Cambodia, and other places, the cycle of packaging operations for a fund tray is generally2-3Once investors are hooked in bulk, they will reap the rewards crazily, usually earning a profit1-2RMB 100 million. After the harvest is completed, change the name to continue packaging. In Cambodia, a capital market leader with ancestral roots in Wuhan even developed a foreign exchange village in Xigang on his own, specializing in scamming Chinese people under the guise of foreign exchange investment.

The Bank of Malaysia once64It is well-known to everyone that the family wealth fund has been blacklistedMBIYunshu Trading, ZhenshanmeiUfun UtokenWaiting for the company to stand out. But as long as the agents of these funds in China hold a briefing, there are still many people going to listen. They only need to see a few foreigners speaking on stage and listen to the moneymaking scenes depicted by the speaker, and they don't care about anything. At the same time, their "big shots" are also closely related to the local government or warlords. During an internal police exchange meeting, multiple experts evaluated the number of people hiding in Southeast Asia to engage in fraud and supporting services. The specific number is unknown to the outside world, but based on comprehensive information, there are many people, some of whom are Chinese.

Cryptocurrency "pig killing plate", with the highest single loss3000USD 10000

Previously, according to an official Forbes China article, The 'pig killing plate' is a relatively new long-term financial scam. In this scam, "pigs" refer to those who have been scammed, while "killing pigs" refers to scammers persuading scammers to invest increasingly large amounts on so-called cryptocurrency trading platforms. These fake platforms are designed to look very real and make victims believe that their investments have yielded astonishing returns - until the scammers and the invested money disappear together. Victims often suffer huge losses, so this scam is very profitable, to the extent that it is carried out on a large scale in places such as Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar.

Global Anti Fraud Organization (Global Anti-Scam Organization， GASO) Deputy Director ofJan SantiagoIn an interview, he stated that these scams were carried out in a large-scale and industrialized manner, and estimated that the losses caused by these scams worldwide amounted to billions of dollars.

A person namedCyrus FarivarThe investor stated that he received insider information about gold futures trading from a woman who seemed to be an old colleague. The other party guided the trading step by step to the real fund account through simulated trading, ultimately leading toCyrus FarivarTotal investment5More than ten thousand US dollars. And this so-called gold futures trading software is available on GooglePlay StoreAn application calledMeta TraderThe software development company did not respond to the reporter's request for comment.

Be alert to the trap of high paying overseas workers

In recent years, there have been many illegal activities of telecommunications network fraud committed overseas, especially in Southeast Asia, which has become the main gathering place for such criminals. Everyone has different opinions when applying for a job, Cambodia Some cities in the Philippines and ThailandGDPDo you have such a high level of expertise and offer such a high salary? Do you have any idea what you are doing? Don't believe that going to those places can earn a high salary. Be cautious and don't be fooled easily. After all, life is your own, and money is not as easy to earn. Greeting for a high salary will inevitably lead to accidents.

In addition, telecommunications network fraud technology and scripts are constantly "updated and updated". Please keep your eyes open, be vigilant of the scammers' tricks, and do not give them any opportunities to take advantage of them!