Julian Morgans

These compounds, they're run by Chinese organized crime, and they're like these huge black boxes that absorb money and human lives. And in this show, we're going to take you inside these compounds. Welcome to Scammerland. So about a year ago, we ran a two-part episode on Scammer Farms on our weekly podcast, What It Was Like. And I think they were some of our most impactful episodes yet.

These compounds, they're run by Chinese organized crime, and they're like these huge black boxes that absorb money and human lives. And in this show, we're going to take you inside these compounds. Welcome to Scammerland. So about a year ago, we ran a two-part episode on Scammer Farms on our weekly podcast, What It Was Like. And I think they were some of our most impactful episodes yet.

We got loads of DMs and emails from people being like, what? I didn't know anything about this. Tell me more. So that's what this is. This is a multi-part series to really unpack the topic. But how did I find my way to this story? Where did this all start? Well, it started about a year ago when I got a message on WhatsApp from a number that I didn't know. It started out pretty innocently.

We got loads of DMs and emails from people being like, what? I didn't know anything about this. Tell me more. So that's what this is. This is a multi-part series to really unpack the topic. But how did I find my way to this story? Where did this all start? Well, it started about a year ago when I got a message on WhatsApp from a number that I didn't know. It started out pretty innocently.

Of course, it was a scam. I knew it was a scam. Someone just wrote to me and they said, hey, do I know you? Like I said, I've got this podcast. I've got to feed it content every week. So... I don't know. I kind of thought, all right, look, I'll engage. Maybe there's a story in this. So I was like, hey, what's up? Who are you?

Of course, it was a scam. I knew it was a scam. Someone just wrote to me and they said, hey, do I know you? Like I said, I've got this podcast. I've got to feed it content every week. So... I don't know. I kind of thought, all right, look, I'll engage. Maybe there's a story in this. So I was like, hey, what's up? Who are you?

And this person, whoever they were, they claimed to be this rich Eastern European lady who seemed really keen to tell me how she got rich. And she sent me a photo of herself like hanging out next to a Lamborghini. And I was like, hey, nice Lambo. Okay. tell me how you got rich. And then she's like, crypto, I'll teach you. And then I was like, all right.

And this person, whoever they were, they claimed to be this rich Eastern European lady who seemed really keen to tell me how she got rich. And she sent me a photo of herself like hanging out next to a Lamborghini. And I was like, hey, nice Lambo. Okay. tell me how you got rich. And then she's like, crypto, I'll teach you. And then I was like, all right.

And then honestly, she started telling me about Ethereum and coin wallets. And I, at that point, I got kind of bored and told her to get a real job. All pretty normal, all pretty standard, but then I got a response that stopped me cold. And it was just one word, and it said, help. And I was like, what? And I was looking at this, and I was like, help. That seems off-brand.

And then honestly, she started telling me about Ethereum and coin wallets. And I, at that point, I got kind of bored and told her to get a real job. All pretty normal, all pretty standard, but then I got a response that stopped me cold. And it was just one word, and it said, help. And I was like, what? And I was looking at this, and I was like, help. That seems off-brand.

I was in the middle of texting back, hey, what do you mean, when this person just blocked me, and their half of the conversation just froze. And that single word, help, sent me down a rabbit hole.

I was in the middle of texting back, hey, what do you mean, when this person just blocked me, and their half of the conversation just froze. And that single word, help, sent me down a rabbit hole.

That night, I stayed up for hours reading all these reports from the UN and I discovered that the person that I was talking to, they probably weren't some shady individual from Russia or North Korea or whatever. No, that's all changed. And the new business model, it's vast and it's industrialized and it's powered by slavery.

That night, I stayed up for hours reading all these reports from the UN and I discovered that the person that I was talking to, they probably weren't some shady individual from Russia or North Korea or whatever. No, that's all changed. And the new business model, it's vast and it's industrialized and it's powered by slavery.

i was appalled so we did this episode that i was talking about and and that was almost a year ago and actually in that time in the last 12 months things things have only got worse so these compounds these compounds across southeast asia they've now ballooned into these walled cities and they're sucking in tens of billions of dollars every year so we knew we had to do more and this show is the result of that over the next few episodes we're exploring the world of scammer farms that's what they're called like factory farms except for human beings

i was appalled so we did this episode that i was talking about and and that was almost a year ago and actually in that time in the last 12 months things things have only got worse so these compounds these compounds across southeast asia they've now ballooned into these walled cities and they're sucking in tens of billions of dollars every year so we knew we had to do more and this show is the result of that over the next few episodes we're exploring the world of scammer farms that's what they're called like factory farms except for human beings

We'll hear from a guy who thought that he landed his dream job in Thailand, only to end up enslaved and tortured. We'll also hear from an Australian guy who now lives next door to one of Asia's biggest scammer farms, and he's rescued about a thousand people. And I'll talk to an American guy in Ohio who got scammed and now spends all of his time trying to get even.

We'll hear from a guy who thought that he landed his dream job in Thailand, only to end up enslaved and tortured. We'll also hear from an Australian guy who now lives next door to one of Asia's biggest scammer farms, and he's rescued about a thousand people. And I'll talk to an American guy in Ohio who got scammed and now spends all of his time trying to get even.

This is a story about humanity at its absolute worst. But it's also a story about humanity at its best. But it's also quite a familiar story. We all know scams. They're on our apps, they're in our emails, and they're all over Facebook Marketplace. And yet, most people know nothing about them. But there's this whole secret world of human suffering behind scamming.

This is a story about humanity at its absolute worst. But it's also a story about humanity at its best. But it's also quite a familiar story. We all know scams. They're on our apps, they're in our emails, and they're all over Facebook Marketplace. And yet, most people know nothing about them. But there's this whole secret world of human suffering behind scamming.