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| Sue-Lin Wong of the Economist |
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| A poster for sale on Amazon |
Karina's story
I understood it because I thought he might be an introvert like myself. Then I thought, well, maybe he has a language barrier. So I didn't push it for probably a few more weeks. Even when there were times that I would question him why we hadn't talked yet or met in person, he always had a great way of re-solidifying my confidence in him and what we were doing in this relationship. Just by feeding me the information I wanted to hear, things that he valued about me or things that he liked about me and how he was planning for our future together. And he had told me, probably at three and a half weeks, that he loved me. That was crazy. We hadn't met yet. And I said that, again, for me to question him and to say something like, You don't know me, he would turn it around and say, he's like, But I do know you. And again, how can you question us in this?
Karina took out $30,000 to trade with. It was a lot of money, and perhaps should have been another red flag. But her Tether balance was growing. Then, Evan suggested she take it to the next level by registering for a special investment event. He neglected to mention, though, that to take part, she'd need to invest a huge amount by the end of the month.
Once I realized I needed 150,000, I freaked out because I told Evan, I don't have this money. Why did you tell me to register for 150,000? I didn't know what I was doing. I was just blindly following his instructions.
If she didn't come up with the money in time, she have to pay a massive penalty. She panicked. Evan told her not to think so negatively. He said that she had options.
I called various loan providers, and I was able to get a $38,000 loan, and I was really proud of myself for getting this. The interest rate was 26%.
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| Story (CNBC) |
Jalil (Ugandan victim) They had these slogans they would always chant before we start to work every day. And it was something like "crypto, the US and the European economy". And then I don’t know if it is what he said or it’s just the translator who I did it, but then he said, "This is World War Three."
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| The issue has also spilled over into Thailand, after a high-profile case involving 22-year-old Chinese actor Wang Xing, who vanished in Tak Province, near the Myanmar border. Reports suggest he was abducted and trafficked into a scam center, sparking an outcry on Chinese social media. He was found and released in early January about a week after he went missing. |
I’ve seen satellite images of these compounds. You look at an image from a few years ago and there’s almost nothing. A couple of shacks in some fields. Now there are neat clusters of hundreds of warehouses, offices and apartment blocks--Sue-Lin Wong (the Economist)
So, on the first day, I had nothing to do. They just gave you a computer and there were four little documents, and I had to read and go through those four word documents. I had to read them carefully again and again and again when I was reading it. What I understood is like it’s like it’s just a normal chat between two people. They had gotten to know each other online. Hi, how are you? I saw your photo. I like that colour. How is the with these initial conversations which is moving on to flirting and the love stage? Okay. You are my this one. You are my sunshine. You are my love. (Victim statement) Rita: We are not allowed to speak in black America. Sue-Lin Wong: Not allowed to speak to black Americans. Rita: Yes, we were not I don’t know why. Sue-Lin Wong: It’s not hard to guess why this is racism. An assumption that black Americans will have less money. Racial profiling was part of the playbook. Only white Americans. Jalil: My productivity went low. That is when the punishment started coming in. There was a parking lot outside and places. It’s really hot there. So they would make you run around the parking lot with the scorching sun. There was lots of punishments in there, like you don’t hit your targets. They electrocute you. They had tasers that would come and electrocute you.
If people fall for the trick in spite of the Thai Police warning at the Myanmar border, it must be because the Thai Police are using the Yahoo's feeble attempt at a chatGPT clone to generate the copy. Some cool new words here : "Cituttities at risk include China, India, Kenya,..." "Easy work, good income, accontmadistion and foodl, with a solicitation announcement through online media forced to labor or sold to new employers in chainse abused in some cases, blood transfusions or organs for sale." Who can take this seriously when it sounds so comical?
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