Scam
Inside Southeast Asia's Cybercrime Compounds
Published on 8. July 2025
208 pages
978-1-80429-691-2 (ISBN)
Description
Running the gamut from the infamous 'pig butchering' romance con to sophisticated online extortion and investment fraud, Southeast Asia has emerged as the global hub for cybercrime. Based on years of field research, Scam takes an in-depth look at the history and inner dynamics of the region's online scam industry. Revealed are the appalling working conditions - akin to modern slavery - in the hundreds of prisonlike compounds that have mushroomed throughout multiple countries. The result is a shocking expos¿ of victims forced to be perpetrators, a tragic modern tale.
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Edition
Ebook UK & RoW
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
8,23 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-80429-691-2 (9781804296912)
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07/2025
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Persons
Ivan Franceschini isa lecturer at the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne. His expertise lies in the field of labour rights, with a specific focus on China and Southeast Asia. He co-founded the Made in China Journal and The People's Map of Global China / Global China Pulse. His latest books include Xinjiang Year Zero (2022), Proletarian China (2022), and Global China as Method (2022). He also co-directed the documentaries Dreamwork China (2011) and Boramey (2021).
Ling Li is a project manager at HumanityResearch Consultancy. She provides support to survivors of scam compounds in Southeast Asia, interacting with local and international civil society organisations to bring them relief and help with repatriation. She is currently pursuing a PhD at Ca' Foscari University of Venice.
Mark Bo is a civil society practitioner who has been based in East and Southeast Asia since 2006. He works globally with local civil society partners to monitor and advocate for improved environmental and social practices in development projects and utilises his background in corporate and financial mapping to investigate stakeholders involved in Asia's online gambling, fraud, and money laundering industries.
Ling Li is a project manager at HumanityResearch Consultancy. She provides support to survivors of scam compounds in Southeast Asia, interacting with local and international civil society organisations to bring them relief and help with repatriation. She is currently pursuing a PhD at Ca' Foscari University of Venice.
Mark Bo is a civil society practitioner who has been based in East and Southeast Asia since 2006. He works globally with local civil society partners to monitor and advocate for improved environmental and social practices in development projects and utilises his background in corporate and financial mapping to investigate stakeholders involved in Asia's online gambling, fraud, and money laundering industries.
