Inside the world’s scam capital, where enslaved workers are forced to defraud Americans online

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Inside the world’s scam capital, where enslaved workers are forced to defraud Americans online

Lured by the promise of well-paying jobs, hundreds of thousands of people are getting caught up in one of the world’s most sophisticated fraud networks.

Cambodia is cracking down on cybercrime rings that are mostly run by Chinese gangs and have flourished since taking off during the pandemic.Dmitrii Marchenko / Getty Images file

June 7, 2026, 2:57 PM GMT+2

By Mithil Aggarwal, Tavleen Tarrant, Marin Scott and Colin Sheeley:https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/worlds-scam-capital-enslaved-workers-forced-defraud-americans-rcna250436

Five young men thought they were going to Cambodia to intern at a casino. Instead they say they became enslaved in one of the world’s most sophisticated fraud networks, an industry that has swindled billions of dollars from Americans and turned Southeast Asia into the online scam capital of the world.