Anatomy of a telephone scam that cost student half-million dollars

‘Xiao Chen’ gave $500,000 to the scammers

Source: SBS

Another elaborate telephone scam targeting Mandarin speakers has netted millions of dollars for the crime syndicates behind it. An investigation by SBS's The Feed has looked at the anatomy of the scam and spoken to an Australian victim, who tells of the “mind-control” tactics used by the syndicates that led her to lose a fortune.



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