故事开始于一条简单的 “你好” 信息。诗琳雅(化名)，一家制造公司的财务总监，她低头看了看信息，看到一个穿着军装的英俊军官的资料。职业网络平台上的名字是 “阿迪特医生（化名）” “你在哪里呢？”她问。
在接下来的几天里，她了解到阿迪特医生是一名在海外工作的军医。他喜欢帮助别人，所以他热爱他的工作。诗琳雅觉得他是如此的可爱和善良。他们会连续聊上好几个小时，“我想听听你的声音。我可以给你打电话吗？”一天晚上她问道。他回答说：“对不起，出于安全原因，军队基地规定禁止打电话。但如果你愿意，我可以给你发送照片和视频。”
在接下来的几周里，他们来回发送视频和照片。
几个月后，爱情发生了。“我想我已经爱上你了”。诗琳雅心跳加快，虽然她现在已经50岁了，但阿迪特让她觉得自己又像个年轻小女孩一样。诗琳雅回答：“我想我也是”。之后几个月又过去了。
阿迪特医生：“嗨，亲爱的，我父亲去世了。” 他解释说，他想把已故父亲的遗产（价值8500万美元）转移到泰国，为自己和她买一套豪华的房子。通过一段时间的努力，她找到了一套漂亮的房子。然后，阿迪特医生要求她先把钱存入银行，因为他在将钱从瑞士银行账户转出时遇到了困难。同时，他还需要更多的钱，以支付转移巨额遗产到泰国的其他相关费用。
在接下来的三个月里，诗琳雅利用假发票和假账目向17个国家的112个银行账户转账251次。诗琳雅不断从公司账户转移资金四个月后，公司才发现有超过2.5亿美元的欺诈性资金转移。
她因被指控251项盗窃罪而面临502年监禁。
任何人都可能成为受害者! 然而，通过不断学习和识别危险，可以帮助你免受在线诈骗攻击。 了解更多关于东南亚地区的诈骗、网络钓鱼和身份盗窃的信息，请访问联合国毒品和犯罪问题办公室网站。#UNODC #KnowScam #BeAwareOfScams
来源:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-10/how-thailands-biggest-romance-scam-was-pulled-off/101213930
Aati (not real name), a Malaysian, was browsing the internet, feeling discouraged. Due to the pandemic, it had been over a year since he was unemployed, the bill collectors were calling, and he was feeling desperate.
Then he saw it. An advertisement for a high-paying tech job in Cambodia with a monthly wage of up to US$3,300 per month. He met all the requirements and called the number immediately.
After a brief prep talk on the phone, he received instructions on relocating to Cambodia. However, the instructions to enter Cambodia were a bit strange. Instead of a direct flight, Aati had to enter Thailand illegally by boat and cross the border into Cambodia illegally by vehicle.
But Aati felt he had no other options. He had to go!
Upon arrival at the job site, he found a facility resembling a big casino with offices on the higher floors. There were other new recruits from Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand, and Laos. Soon they were greeted by large men wearing suits demanding their passports for immigration.
They were led upstairs to a spacious room laid out like a call centre. Three masked men with taser guns appeared holding a set of handcuffs yelling “Each of you take one and lock your leg to a desk. You work for us now!”
Day and night they worked using the computers to de-fraud innocent people. If they stopped working or didn’t reach a certain goal, they were beaten.
Aati was tasered about three times a week while working tirelessly to defraud people.
Aati suffered for almost a month until he found a way to contact the Malaysian Chinese Association’s (MCA) Public Services and Complaints Department, who came to the rescue with assistance from the embassy and Cambodian authorities.
Thousands of people in Southeast Asia, many with tech skills, have been deceived by similar job scams in Southeast Asia involving the loss of money, personal information, and in worst-case scenarios, human trafficking.
Anyone can be a victim!
However, by practising and spotting red flags you can help prevent online scam attacks.
Source:
https://www.eco-business.com/news/cyber-criminals-hold-asian-tech-workers-captive-in-scam-factories/
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/malaysia-overseas-job-scam-victims-cambodia-myanmar-laos-thailand-tortured-2940326
“I can’t believe it! I am so in love in only three weeks!” Diwa (not real name) was overjoyed when she thought she met her soulmate Phet (not real name), an interior designer living overseas, via social media at the perfect time of her life.
“Break Time.” She checked her phone and listened to an investment opportunity that Phet proposed.
He said, “My love, it’s not big, but you can make some extra money.” She agreed and made the investment. The next day, the bank called her to inform the money was gone.
Her heart sank as she texted Phet. “I don’t know what to do. My heart surgery is in just a few days, and I just lost US$30,000 in a loan scam!”
Phet replied, “Don’t worry, I have a way for you to get it back. I’ll even give you US$10,000 to start. I’ll fly over to visit you for the surgery and take care of you. But for now, I just need your account information and follow my instructions.”
His instructions were for Diwa to invest money into his platform. He would help purchase and sell shares to make money for her.
This was easy enough for her, after all, he was doing all the work. Soon she opened the website and found a profit of US$30,000.
She was so excited and wanted to sell her profits, to which Phet replied, “If you do that, you will destroy any future we have. And without a future with you, I will kill myself!”
Phet continued to persuade Diwa into investing in the platform by directing her to go to money lenders, sell her car, borrow from friends and family, and eventually use her house as mortgage in Malaysia.
Fortunately, Diwa’s father caught the attention of this and warned her with an article on pig-butchering scams, where a woman lost US$500,000.
In the article, Diwa recognized the photos of Phet, the same man she was speaking to for the last four months; she too was a victim of this scam.
Due to the incident, Diwa had to declare bankruptcy with a debt of US$270,000.
By practising and spotting red flags you can help prevent online scam attacks.
Source:
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/she-lost-240000-in-pig-butchering-cryptocurrency-scam-after-fraudster-courted-her-for-months
There is a growing relationship between human psychology and technology when it comes to scams, phishing, and identity theft. Technologies can be controlled and protected, but the biology and brain can respond emotionally to specific events.
Cybercriminals identify and exploit these ‘emotional responses’ to exploit victims both financially and emotionally.
When someone is a victim, many people might be thinking ‘how irresponsible, how can anyone fall for something so obvious?’
But ‘scam shaming’ is part of the problem of why awareness of cybersecurity is lagging despite the rapid success rates of cybercriminals.
Scam shaming is extremely unhelpful in responding to these incidents. It discourages people to share the most current updates on the techniques and strategies used by cybercriminals.
As cyber security threats evolve, there is an urgent need for information sharing. In 2009, scam shaming was showcased at a governmental committee meeting on the topic of information security.
The legislator questioned a cyber security panellist on how could it not be possible to develop technology that prevents security risks. To which the panellist respectfully replied that no technology in the world could prevent an individual's finger from pressing the enter key on the keyboard.
As the rate of internet adoption is increasing globally, online scamming incidents happen now more than ever. In this regard, it is unreasonable to expect everyone to be 100% alert and 24/7. Rather, there is a need to understand how people fall victim to these incidents to better learn, respond, and prevent them from happening in the future.
There should be no place for ‘scam shaming’ to foster a cybersecure world. If we truly hope to protect ourselves and the people we know, we must share our experiences.
Source:
https://www.itweb.co.za/content/8OKdWMDYwrGqbznQ
https://www.aarp.org/money/scams-fraud/info-2022/victim-blaming.html
慈善骗局利用了那些希望为有需要的人捐款的人，在这种情况下，骗子利用受害者的慷慨和同情心，通过冒充真正的慈善机构来窃取钱财。这些钓鱼邮件不仅影响受害者的积蓄，而且还将急需的款项从真正的慈善机构和事项中转移走。
虚假的慈善骗局一年四季都在发生，并且经常声称会支援真正的灾难或紧急情况，如洪水和地震。这些骗局可能包括（声称会）进行医学研究或支持患病病人及其家庭的慈善机构，犯罪分子也可能将自己伪装成因健康问题或其他需求需要接受捐款的个人。
在新加坡，公众对一个受欢迎的慈善平台，因发送网络钓鱼邮件而被反复标注感到震惊。政府官员警告公众不要将任何信用卡信息和个人资料交给冒充者。这一事件对数百家使用该慈善平台筹集资金的慈善机构来说是一个很大的打击，也令捐赠者和慷慨解囊者心存疑虑。诈骗警报是在该平台前一年收到创纪录的捐款之后发出的。
虚假慈善机构以几种不同的方式运作。骗子可能会建一个看起来像真慈善机构的假网站，而一些骗子会打电话或发电子邮件给受害者要求其捐款。如果目标人群不想捐款，这些犯罪分子会给他们施加压力，他们还可能通过声称帮助生病的儿童来玩弄你的感情。 你的处境安全吗？
任何人都可能成为受害者! 然而，通过不断学习和识别危险，可以帮助你免受在线诈骗攻击。 了解更多关于东南亚地区的诈骗、网络钓鱼和身份盗窃的信息，请访问联合国毒品和犯罪问题办公室网站。#UNODC #KnowScam #BeAwareOfScams
来源:
https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/types-of-scams/fake-charities
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/charity-platform-givingsg-alerts-public-to-phishing-emails
