You’ve probably seen those warnings about online romance scams and can’t-lose-investment schemes. Well, these days a lot of those hustles are coming out of Southeast Asia. And some of them are being committed by people who are forced to scam at gunpoint. Dina Temple-Raston from the “Click Here” podcast has the story of one man who was captured and forced into the business.
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