Posted 2/11/2024, 7:45:50 PM
Malaysian Man Trafficked to Cambodia, Forced into Crypto Scam After Responding to Fake Facebook Job Ad
- Man in Malaysia responds to Facebook job ad, gets trafficked to Cambodia and forced into crypto scam
- Held captive in compound for months, forced to run "pig-butchering" crypto scam targeting Westerners
- Required to entice 15 new scam targets per day or face beatings and electric shocks
- Tries escaping twice, eventually rescued by non-profit after contacting them online
- Ideal target for traffickers savvy with tech/social media, educated, multilingual, desperate for work