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goobatroobalast Monday at 1:43 PM0 repliesview on HN

Unfortunately you are wrong. Most scam centres are Chinese owned, though they are usually based in other countries, e.g. Myanmar or Cambodia.

There were various in depth investigations by media and law enforcement across countries, here is a US source

https://www.uscc.gov/research/chinas-exploitation-scam-cente... https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/world/asia/scam-centers-m... https://apnews.com/article/asian-scam-operations-cybercime-f...

German source https://www.dw.com/en/why-is-china-clamping-down-on-scammers...

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