Grueling life of a scammer in Myanmar

The Star

He was trained to improve his typing speed and to use AI to create profiles or videos.   Gan Jiea Jie, 19, was also taught how to chat with strangers on social media and gain their trust.   In short, he was trained to become a scammer.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A 19-year-old Malaysian has revealed his nightmare ordeal after escaping the clutches of a human

00:09trafficking syndicate in Myanmar. Gan Jiaji was lured by a lucrative job offer but ended up

00:15forced to work in scam call centres for 10 months. He says scammers were trained to cheat victims

00:21using dating apps, artificial intelligence and fake websites, mostly targeting the elderly.

00:30Mereka cakap tentang future, keluarga, anak-anak, relationship. Semua kami cakap.

00:39Lepas tu cakap future. Lepas tu, kalau hubungan suruh rapat, kami cakap dengan dia.

00:44Investment, kami ajar dia orang. Tengok dia orang minat ke tak minat.

00:48Lepas tu, ajar dia orang macam mana invest. Kami beri dia website.

00:55Kami sendiri, company punya website. Kasih dia. Lepas tu, suruh dia download wallet.

01:00Ok. Tentang crypto, kadang sikap Bitcoin, ETH.

01:04Semua. Ok. Lepas tu dia masuk duit. Masuk kami punya company.

01:08Kami tipu dia. Itu website. Official website.

01:12Tapi, itu bukan. Itu kami punya website. So, dia orang masuk duit sudah.

01:16Kami, company dapat duit.

01:18Kami dapat 3 lines. So, first line, pretend to be a bank official.

01:22Ok. We call to the customer. Ok.

01:24They got an automatic call. Like, you got an unauthorized transfer or anything in your bank.

01:33So, we will call to the customer. But, this card is not belongs to customer.

01:37But, we got customer details like his IC or his name.

01:42Where do you get the details?

01:44Our company buy with the seller.

01:46Gan described the scam centers as highly organized, run like corporations by Chinese nationals,

01:52complete with managers, supervisors and translators handling victims worldwide, including Malaysians.

01:59He also revealed that syndicate bosses demanded a huge sum for his release.

02:04They say, firstly, you want to go back, you're going to pay 50,000 US dollars.

02:13I say, I have no money.

02:15So, they say, if you have no money, you're going to stay here for work.

02:20So, at that time, I have no choice.

02:22Gan eventually escaped, but was detained in Thailand before being repatriated to Malaysia.

02:28He described the ordeal as a nightmare and said he was lucky to receive help from many quarters,

02:33including his big sister, Joyce Huang Chihui, who raised 2,000 ringgit to bring him home.

02:39Now back in Johor, Gan says he wants to rebuild his life, complete his studies and help others,

02:45vowing never to return to crime.

02:48Will you ever run away from here? Again? No.

02:51Will you ever scam again? No.

02:53Can, if you want to do 55?

02:57If you want to...

02:58If you want to do...

02:59Someone doesn't make me think, see if you can become a detective driver like nieco,

03:03you're going to do something.

03:05And, that's okay.

03:06But this one is familiar with you.

03:08If you like to do 40 Konservations.

03:09Seriously, I'd like to do it specifically.

03:11That's okay.

03:12Ta- helemaal.

03:13That's all.

03:14To be about justification.

03:15Any questions, please.

03:17I'll do the nutritional.

03:18If you want to do someone I want to ruin the sociology.

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