Listen Now: Scam Factory

现在收听:骗局工厂

Harsh Reality: The Story of Miriam Rivera

社会与文化

2025-02-24

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You know those messages that you get all the time, the ones that pop up out of nowhere? They could be real, but something about them seems fishy. You likely dismiss these texts and emails as mere annoyances, thinking you’ve stopped some random stranger from ripping you off. But the shocking truth is, the person behind that message might be trapped inside a “scam factory” on the other side of the world and forced to scam others against their will. From Wondery, comes a new series about the brutal reality behind these operations, where one family discovers a horrifying truth: the only way out is to scam their way out. Listen Now: Wondery.fm/Scam_Factory  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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  • Imagine this.

  • You help your little brother land a great job abroad, but when he arrives, the job doesn't exist.

  • Instead, he's trapped in a heavily guarded compound,

  • forced to sit at a computer and scam innocent victims,

  • all while armed guards stand by with shoot to kill orders.

  • Scam Factory, the explosive new true crime podcast from Wondery,

  • exposes a multi billion dollar criminal empire operating in plain sight.

  • Every suspicious text you ignore masks a huge network of compounds where thousands are held captive

  • and forced to scam others under the threat of death.

  • Told through one family's harrowing account of sleepless nights, desperate phone calls,

  • and dangerous rescue attempts, Scam Factory reveals a brutal truth.

  • The only way out is to scam their way out.

  • I'm about to play a clip from Scam Factory where one character,

  • Jella, learns horrifying news while she's trapped inside the Scam compound.

  • While you're listening, follow Scam Factory on the Wondery app or wherever you get your podcasts.

  • Jella kept her eye on the clock, counting down the minutes until 1am and the end of her shift.

  • She couldn't wait to get to bed.

  • Jella and her teammates began to gather their things to leave,

  • but their team leader told them not so fast.

  • Everyone needed to go out to the yard.