Report: Inside a 'modern slavery situation' where cyber scammers are victims themselves
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The available account reports that wired 's Andy Greenberg explains how a cybercrime operation in Southeast Asia trapped computer engineers into defrauding victims of billions of dollars. The report also notes that Plus, he discusses the scam involving Fresh Air.
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