00:00In the middle of the raging fire in the country,
00:03it seems that a large scam hub in Paranaque has successfully operated.
00:08More than 400 people were arrested in the act,
00:11as well as some evidence, such as scripts for love scams and investment scams.
00:16Some tried to escape, but none of them was caught.
00:21John Consulta has the story.
00:22In the absence of a mission order,
00:28the people of the Bureau of Immigration and National Bureau of Investigation
00:33entered the 15th and 16th floors of a house in Paranaque City.
00:37Don't go inside, sir.
00:39Wait. Wait.
00:42More than 400 Chinese, Vietnamese, Indonesian, and Myanmar nationals
00:48were arrested by their computers.
00:52Some tried to escape and go through the fire exit,
00:55but they were also caught outside the building.
00:58According to the authorities, this is a large phogo scam hub
01:02based on scripts seen on computers.
01:05Love scams and investment scams are what foreigners are doing.
01:09Many of them are still victims.
01:13That's what the remnants are doing now.
01:20Those who still don't want to open their minds
01:24and are still staying here in the Philippines to victimize other people.
01:27Despite the phogo ban being in effect this year,
01:30the authorities have shown evidence
01:33that their group was caught without a good plan.
01:39They were caught here.
01:41They were caught here.
01:43And according to the Bureau of Immigration,
01:46these people are here for training.
01:50They are new to doing phogo activities.
01:56As of last count, 450 of different nationalities.
02:00They're mostly Chinese.
02:02Their operations have been the subject of surveillance proceedings for quite some time.
02:09We are waiting for the reaction of those who were caught.
02:12They were put under the BI's processing
02:14while the NBI is examining the computers and cell phones
02:19that were raided by the phogo scam hub.
02:21As far as I know, they haven't gotten a business permit yet.
02:26So they haven't inspected that place yet.
02:28What they did there, it was an old operation.
02:31It was closed, but they reopened it.
02:34For GMA Integrated News,
02:36John Consulta, Nagatutok, 24 Hours.
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