Ice Toad
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Planet Money
The secret world behind those scammy text messages
otherwise known as Xiaoshan Pen in Chinese.
Planet Money
The secret world behind those scammy text messages
Because we realized that these scammers were actually, in a lot of instances, they weren't choosing to scam other people. They had been human trafficked into a place where and then basically locked in a compound and forced to scam people.
Planet Money
The secret world behind those scammy text messages
We got a few of them to admit the fact that they couldn't escape. And they would tell you what was actually going on in hopes that you would ring up law enforcement or whoever and get them freed.