Thailand cuts power and internet to areas of Myanmar to disrupt scam gangs - Cyber Security News

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Well, this is a different approach to the scam problem…

The government of Thailand has cut the power supply to areas near its border with Myanmar that are known to host brutal scam compounds. These heavily-guarded fraud factories house armies of people, coerced into defrauding innocent people through bogus investment and romance-baiting scams.

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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