Andy Greenberg
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 28 May
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Apple News Today · He said yes to an IT job. He ended up enslaved in a scam compound. · 4 Apr 2026
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We're paying for your room and board, so you owe us.
Of course, none of this was his choice.
And this idea that he would be able to pay off that sum through enough scamming was also a kind of illusion.
Everybody there was held in absolute poverty.
to the degree that they completely depended on the cafeteria even for subsistence.
And even the food in the cafeteria, which Red Bull described to me as often tasting like strange chemicals, even that would be withheld if you broke any rules as simple as showing up late for a work shift or not going to sleep at lights out at exactly the right time in the dormitory.
Well, some of the materials that Red Bull shared with me were dozens of scripts and guides to scamming.
They would spend almost all of their time just spamming out these initial contact messages to people on Facebook or Instagram.
They spent a lot of time as well
kind of polishing and honing the fake profiles that they would create for these fake wealthy female personas.
And then once they did hook someone, they had these very detailed scripts of like how to continue the conversation, how to build trust, how to make people feel close to you, how to share your own personal stories.
kind of like lists of like a hundred topics of conversation, a hundred anecdotes that you can share from your life or your day, you know, how to like build from kind of trivial conversation to deeper and more intimate subjects.
And then finally, you know, how to actually, you know, slaughter the pig in this pig butchering scam.
Well, there, of course, is this kind of moment when you want to get them onto a fake trading platform.
But before you even do that, these guides, for instance, will recommend that you mention, I tried to make a transaction from my bank account to a crypto platform.
And you know what?
My bank actually warned me that it was a scam and they froze the transaction.
And by mentioning that, by kind of like preparing the victim in this way.
The idea is that when they get that warning, they'll have been trained to ignore it and be ready to actually send that money.
It's a kind of very careful preparation of the victim over long periods of time.
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