00:00How Cambodia's scam industry rips the world off.
00:03There are centers for large-scale fraud throughout the country.
00:07Countless workers keep the fraud-based business running.
00:10Using fake identities, people around the world are lured into relationships.
00:15I use a woman's face for the man loves me.
00:19And then that will earn money from men.
00:23Victims are emotionally manipulated and pushed to invest money.
00:27This is how billions of dollars are lost to Cambodian scam centers.
00:31Most of the scammers are recruited from abroad, like Indonesia.
00:35Many of them say they're not perpetrators, but victims themselves.
00:39When we didn't reach our task, they can't make a physical punishment for us.
00:46And they put me in a bank or...
00:48and tied my hand.
00:50Many now live in this rescue shelter for former scam workers.
00:54After a nationwide crackdown, shut down the huge scam facilities.
00:59Cambodia is trying to protect its image as a tourist destination.
01:03But insiders doubt the scam industry will disappear anytime soon.
01:07When the crackdown, the boss gets a call from the officer, maybe from police or from the army.
01:16They call, they will have an operation.
01:19Observers say new recruits still arrive at the capital's airport and that targeting low-level workers alone won't solve the
01:27problem.
01:28Despite government crackdowns and raids that have freed some workers and shut down some scam centers,
01:33experts agree that the real criminals behind these operations remain largely untouched.
01:39And hence, scam centers continue to surface across Southeast Asia and beyond.
01:44This business is just too lucrative.
01:49Your ABC smoke
01:49Why do you wanna die?
01:49I don't know the Âm honey?
01:51So....
01:51But then listen...
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