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Investigating the Online Scam Epidemic | Scammed | Frontline | PBS
Millions of Americans have fallen victim to a growing epidemic of online scams — from sextortion schemes aimed at teens, to crypto investment scams targeting seniors. What’s behind the rise?
FRONTLINE and The Associated Press have spent more than a year investigating the shadowy world of online scams and how this global criminal industry is stealing billions of dollars each year. The 90-minute documentary “Scammed” goes inside the explosive growth of an industry powered in many cases by organized crime, trafficked labor, American technology and, increasingly, AI — and how governments and law enforcement have tried to keep pace.
Drawing on interviews with perpetrators, victims and officials, as well as thousands of never-before-seen documents, “Scammed” pieces together a look inside the global scam industry — from sextortion scams run from Nigeria, to massive scam compounds in Southeast Asia that rely on human trafficking for labor — and the underlying technologies and platforms being used to scam victims in the U.S. and worldwide. The documentary also examines why so few people ever get their money back.
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8I2b1TK2EY
#timeline #history #pbs
Millions of Americans have fallen victim to a growing epidemic of online scams — from sextortion schemes aimed at teens, to crypto investment scams targeting seniors. What’s behind the rise?
FRONTLINE and The Associated Press have spent more than a year investigating the shadowy world of online scams and how this global criminal industry is stealing billions of dollars each year. The 90-minute documentary “Scammed” goes inside the explosive growth of an industry powered in many cases by organized crime, trafficked labor, American technology and, increasingly, AI — and how governments and law enforcement have tried to keep pace.
Drawing on interviews with perpetrators, victims and officials, as well as thousands of never-before-seen documents, “Scammed” pieces together a look inside the global scam industry — from sextortion scams run from Nigeria, to massive scam compounds in Southeast Asia that rely on human trafficking for labor — and the underlying technologies and platforms being used to scam victims in the U.S. and worldwide. The documentary also examines why so few people ever get their money back.
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8I2b1TK2EY
#timeline #history #pbs
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