Scam as a business in Philippines

[lovesmayfamilis]

The scammers move from one office to another. They said they are closing down but move to another office. They earn hundreds of dollars to almost a million of dollars annually through telling victim to send crypto like bitcoin and also through credit card theft.

This is basically what happens when the Labour force of a country have been brainwashed by the present generation into thinking that scamming someone else or stealing from someone else is the only way to me a decent amount of money. This particular stuff isn't only in the Philippines but In a couple of other countries I don't want to mention too.
The funny and crazy thing is that if these guys should put that same effort into some lucrative and legit they would make more than they do trying to steal from the careless or poorly informed masses.

It's easier to ask why these people took up such "work." I don't think you need to be a prophet to find out their standard of living, level of education, and demand for work. Fraudsters manipulate not only those who fall into the clutches of their fraudulent plans but also those who do this "work" for them.
Only poverty will make people go and cheat. It is unlikely that many would sign up for such an occupation, knowing that they face punishment, or if they got a job that would pay for their basic needs.
Such groups exist in many places. In Russia, for example, they call elderly people with intimidation, either from banks or from creditors. What once worked well for some fraudsters is immediately duplicated in other countries, and more sophisticated fraud is invented.
The problem is that not all people have an idea about such fraudsters and succumb to them, and the media spends little time regularly informing the population.

[Ishicryptic]

The scammers move from one office to another. They said they are closing down but move to another office. They earn hundreds of dollars to almost a million of dollars annually through telling victim to send crypto like bitcoin and also through credit card theft.

Newbies can gain from the video about how they can avoid scam.

Im from that Country, and I ashamed of these people who uses their knowledge to scam other Filipinos and foreigners just to earn money. They should have used their knowledge in crypto to a more productive approach. Police should teach those bastards a lesson like rot in jail for so long they wanna forget doing bad things.

It is indeed a big shame that young and talented individuals that are supposed to be using their high intelligence to add innovations to the digital space will be recruited by scam organizations to become criminals. This problem is not limited to Philippines, alone, I believe that it is happening in many countries, this year alone I have seen in the news where some scam hubs where bursted in my country, the sad thing is that their recruits are mainly talented youths. Most of these youths that are being recruited should be rehabilited but the people that are behind their recruitment and the owners of the scam organizations should be punished severely according to the laws of their countries.

[Doan9269]

What a pity that some are even forming a cooperate-like office to scam others and still exist in a physical location like this, they have a full confidence on what they are doing and am not sure if people could easily suspect them of involving in such act because of the way of their setting, being in a more professional and trusted means, which i believe this people have been used to doing related scams like this in disguise for being a well registered organization, but what they are actually doing is total scam and hacks, government agencies need to intensify their regulations on establishments and corporate organizations.

[lizarder]

The scammers move from one office to another. They said they are closing down but move to another office. They earn hundreds of dollars to almost a million of dollars annually through telling victim to send crypto like bitcoin and also through credit card theft.

Newbies can gain from the video about how they can avoid scam.

Every scammer will generally move from place to place to avoid suspicion and this is a form of fraud that occurs in a coordinated manner because they have offices with workers if traced in the picture you share. This is a special note for beginners so that they can avoid fraud based on this method because if not understood they may become victims of other scammers.

If I am not mistaken, this case has been handled by the authorities there and I have read in some previous news. Therefore, it takes caution so that we do not get caught in similar fraud because fraud does not know people but sees opportunities from the stupidity of the victim.

[coyhasmon]

Only poverty will make people go and cheat. It is unlikely that many would sign up for such an occupation, knowing that they face punishment, or if they got a job that would pay for their basic needs.

I don't think we can blame poverty like that. Even rich people cheat a lot. I think poverty is being used as an excuse for bad behavior, when it is not a cause. If you are a honest and good person, being poor won't force you into doing these kinds of things. Maybe if you were starving to death, but just poor not really.

What a pity that some are even forming a cooperate-like office to scam others and still exist in a physical location like this, they have a full confidence on what they are doing and am not sure if people could easily suspect them of involving in such act because of the way of their setting, being in a more professional and trusted means, which i believe this people have been used to doing related scams like this in disguise for being a well registered organization, but what they are actually doing is total scam and hacks, government agencies need to intensify their regulations on establishments and corporate organizations.

I saw on youtube that there are plenty of organized offices like this. Most of the ones that I have seen are in asian, but they also exist in other places of the world.

[avp2306]

The scammers move from one office to another. They said they are closing down but move to another office. They earn hundreds of dollars to almost a million of dollars annually through telling victim to send crypto like bitcoin and also through credit card theft.

Newbies can gain from the video about how they can avoid scam.

Every scammer will generally move from place to place to avoid suspicion and this is a form of fraud that occurs in a coordinated manner because they have offices with workers if traced in the picture you share. This is a special note for beginners so that they can avoid fraud based on this method because if not understood they may become victims of other scammers.

If I am not mistaken, this case has been handled by the authorities there and I have read in some previous news. Therefore, it takes caution so that we do not get caught in similar fraud because fraud does not know people but sees opportunities from the stupidity of the victim.

They provably do that since staying on one place may cause harm not only on their employees but also with their operation.

Since this operation has been identified running in that area I guess its better for the government to do necessary action to choose those people involve on that operation since this is the only way on how they could stop those scams operating in their city. I also believe that there are lots of offices out there running the same scheme and police should do verification if the running business on their area is legitimate and not a hub of scammers.

[HajiBagi]

Take a look at this image:



That is not a legit organization but a scam group from the Philippines. This is the YouTube video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lOD9FSaymr8&pp=0gcJCdgAo7VqN5tD

https://youtu.be/lOD9FSaymr8?si=iJmsNJhWfRvStH7s

The scammers move from one office to another. They said they are closing down but move to another office. They earn hundreds of dollars to almost a million of dollars annually through telling victim to send crypto like bitcoin and also through credit card theft.

Newbies can gain from the video about how they can avoid scam.

This is very important for a newbie to know and not only newbies because some of us who are not newbies also make a mistake and fall into scammers' traps I also don’t understand why scammers are more than real people, everyone wants to make money from scammers, hustle and make legal money has become a problem for some people and use the truth and believe that people have for crypto to scam them, the reason why I said everyone needs to be careful is that some of us are very greedy.

Some of us get scammed because we are too greedy and don’t think when we hear about any investment that will bring profit, scammers will do everything just to make sure they scam people especially those who t even have an office, they do things like they are real and with the way they operate if we don’t take care they will always succeed because they look real and many people will fall for their trap.

[dimonstration]

Take a look at this image:



That is not a legit organization but a scam group from the Philippines. This is the YouTube video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lOD9FSaymr8&pp=0gcJCdgAo7VqN5tD

https://youtu.be/lOD9FSaymr8?si=iJmsNJhWfRvStH7s

The scammers move from one office to another. They said they are closing down but move to another office. They earn hundreds of dollars to almost a million of dollars annually through telling victim to send crypto like bitcoin and also through credit card theft.

Newbies can gain from the video about how they can avoid scam.

There’s a lot of this scam scheme on the Philippines and most of them are funded by foreign master mind that invest on the financing while the Filipino partner will handle the scam operation.

Philippines is a popular destination of scammer group because people here is so easy to convince doing an illegal job for money due to poverty.

Most of that worker are just forced to work by this international syndicate. Philippines has a very lousy justice system on dealing cybercrime that’s why they are not afraid to this kind of shit scam here.

[retreat]

The operation of scammer companies in the Philippines and the ASEAN region has been quite massive for now. These companies operate under the guise of investment companies, recruitment agencies, or fake e-commerce, which sometimes makes the authorities fooled by their operations. Even in countries like Cambodia or Myanmar, these companies operate openly and seem to be untouchable by the law. In fact, it is not uncommon for these companies to be so cruel as to electrocute, torture, and even sell body parts of their employees. There have been many incidents like that, you can search on Google and you can find many disgusting things from these scammer companies.

[Zoomic]

Just to be fair, it's not only in the Philippines that this scam is moving, but in India as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CZReZ24-to

And this is the first time that I have heard the Philippines of being involved in this kind of scams. As such, I think it is just developing into a full blow business there, but for sure the authorities will go after them as their country is not known to be a scam hub. Although the proliferation of gambling is already reaching new heights, but there have been arrest and it has been curb as far as I read.

So, this really exists in multiple countries. I have heard this type of story from someone I know that a big company came in their locality, rented a space and started investing for people with a promise of huge returns.
They got many people enrolled. I was wondering why people fell so cheap to the scam. I then realised that what some local people needs to believe a project is genuine is when the project has a physical office.

So with the arrangements in the picture above, it is already looking so real and the gullible would be easily deceived. After they have collected their money, they will just take their laptops and leave the locality overnight and leave the people crying for losses.

[PX-Z]

Just to be fair, it's not only in the Philippines that this scam is moving, but in India as well....

And this is the first time that I have heard the Philippines of being involved in this kind of scams. As such, I think it is just developing into a full blow business there, but for sure the authorities will go after them as their country is not known to be a scam hub....

There are actually many countries where the BPO industry is thriving, like Pakistan, Cambodia and many other SEA countries.
Unfortunately, many of the scams are run by Chinese criminal groups operating within these countries. Yet, the Chinese government often refuses to take responsibility, instead claiming that it's a coordinated attack targeting their citizens.

[uchegod-21]

The POGO stuff has really been going on for a long time, and I really thought the government had successfully shut down these criminal operations. But since it is taking a while for the government to fish them all out, and due to the relocation and spreading of these scammers, the general public should instead be educated on the mode of operation of these scammers.

It is not so hard to locate these scammers, there is probably just little interest in doing so with a little bit of hush money on the side.  What likely is happening is that they are paying a local ignore me tax to the police.

Are you saying the government or its agencies are just being reluctant to shut down the operations of these scammers since they are also benefiting from the taxes raised by those scammers? There is some extent to what can be acceptable, except you would want to prove that the government of the Philippines is highly corrupt that the police will help criminals escape just for some bribes. I don't doubt the possibility of that happening, but I am not convinced that nothing has been done about it. Scammers can be tricky and difficult to crack down on, especially big scam companies that keep multiplying and advancing. The government has tried already, but it is just not enough. Reason I said focus should now be on creating awareness.

[Patikno]

That is not a legit organization but a scam group from the Philippines. This is the YouTube video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lOD9FSaymr8&pp=0gcJCdgAo7VqN5tD

https://youtu.be/lOD9FSaymr8?si=iJmsNJhWfRvStH7s

The scammers move from one office to another. They said they are closing down but move to another office. They earn hundreds of dollars to almost a million of dollars annually through telling victim to send crypto like bitcoin and also through credit card theft.

Newbies can gain from the video about how they can avoid scam.

Although this business is in one area, I am sure their reach is very wide to the world, and this must be realized by anyone, especially beginners, because scammers are ready at any time to lurk and lock you. Common characteristics that usually occur are such as offers that seem very profitable and very attractive, so that they can usually attract the attention of potential victims until they finally fall into their trap. Therefore, as I often say in every discussion like this, I advise everyone including me, to remain careful every step, you need to be skeptical every time you get information or offers that look like "Too Good to be True", and if you are curious, you should verify its truth, and ask about it if you haven't received it. However, I still recommend avoiding it so that nothing unwanted happens.

[LogitechMouse]

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https://youtu.be/lOD9FSaymr8?si=iJmsNJhWfRvStH7s

The scammers move from one office to another. They said they are closing down but move to another office. They earn hundreds of dollars to almost a million of dollars annually through telling victim to send crypto like bitcoin and also through credit card theft.

Newbies can gain from the video about how they can avoid scam.

First of all, it's a shame that our fellow countrymen are doing this kind of thing, but on the other hand, when you're living on a developing country where you're struggling to make ends meet, I can't blame them if they resorted to this kind of thing. In the end, it's still bad to see it.

Anyway, I only have a rule when it comes to these kind of scammers. "If they're the one that approached you, there's a huge chance that it's a scam." Legit owners will not approach you to invest in their project... or at least that's the case for most of the projects and companies out there. Also, if you feel that they're pressuring you when they approached you, that can be considered as a red flag as well because as scammers, they're desperate to scam money as they have a "quota".

If you're a newbie in the field, please watch the whole video, and most of his videos as well because that will be very helpful especially for newbies out there. Anyway, what's the title of the song that the female call center is singing? I haven't heard a song that has that kind of lyrics.

[Justbillywitt]

It is indeed a big shame that young and talented individuals that are supposed to be using their high intelligence to add innovations to the digital space will be recruited by scam organizations to become criminals. This problem is not limited to Philippines, alone, I believe that it is happening in many countries, this year alone I have seen in the news where some scam hubs where bursted in my country, the sad thing is that their recruits are mainly talented youths. Most of these youths that are being recruited should be rehabilited but the people that are behind their recruitment and the owners of the scam organizations should be punished severely according to the laws of their countries.

The reason why the scams keeps multiplying is that most of the scammers recruited and the owners of these scam organisations are not usually punished adequately by the law enforcement agencies of their countries, because majority of the law enforcement officers are corrupt, and not well paid. You only read the punishment of scammers on papers but in reality nothing severe is being done to them. When the people that are supposed to punish these scammers are corrupt and taking their own slice of the cake what do you expect?

That's why you keep seeing these scamming organisations increasing on yearly basis, and operate freely. Had the law enforcement agencies set a strict death penalty for any scammers caught, and publicly execute anyone caught in scamming for others to see, I bet you that scamming won't be rising rapidly as we are seeing it today.
But when you give a scammer one or two months jail sentence with an option of bail, and the bail amount is what they can afford easily why won't scamming increase?

[Rockstarguy]

While this case is being resolved it is not as if the whole scam groups are being busted, to be careful for beginners this could be 1/20 scam groups only caught and forced to give up their act.

Not just Philippines but it's all over countries with digital knowledge, the easiest way to fall victim is remaining ignorant of what is developing within as scammers are much prevailing to how how they upgrade their scam activities.

One thing about scams is that we can't completely eliminate them, both online and in physical settings. The scams that are ongoing right now are nothing new. There could be other scams just like this one, but this serves as an example for people to learn from and to prevent themselves from being scammed.

 Ignorance is the main reason why people fall for scams; they don't recognize the signs and decide to engage with them, leading to their victimization. Scammers are everywhere, not just in this country. People just need to be very careful and make thorough inquiries about the matters they are involved in.

[rachael9385]

I think people who do this kind of jobs are actually from a country whereby the economy isn't favourable to them. But however, this is not a good thing to do before it's a theft. Stealing from other people to fill their pocket is not a legit source of money making. Actually, if this kind of scam organization should have Anything to do with someone, I am sure that they will make sure to wreck everything the person have. As long as we are using the interest, we should just becareful because there are many more unknown scammers all over the interest.

[Wiwo]

What a pity that some are even forming a cooperate-like office to scam others and still exist in a physical location like this, they have a full confidence on what they are doing and am not sure if people could easily suspect them of involving in such act because of the way of their setting, being in a more professional and trusted means, which i believe this people have been used to doing related scams like this in disguise for being a well registered organization, but what they are actually doing is total scam and hacks, government agencies need to intensify their regulations on establishments and corporate organizations.

Scam is becoming a business lately most especially in poor countries with highbratebof hunger and deprivation of several social amenities, this hard life made many to dive into crime branding it as hustle or scheme as ponzi like, this shoes that we lack security and financial crimes fighters, so instead of facing  the negative impact by citizens the government should have been aheedè

[Asiska02]

There are actually many countries where the BPO industry is thriving, like Pakistan, Cambodia and many other SEA countries.
Unfortunately, many of the scams are run by Chinese criminal groups operating within these countries. Yet, the Chinese government often refuses to take responsibility, instead claiming that it's a coordinated attack targeting their citizens.

Not just the Chinese people have been involved in this lately but some countries from Asia have also taken this path and this is not a good thing to let by. Some of them may have situated a place of work like in the OP’s pictorial representation, and still have their ways of scamming people from underdeveloped countries using this offices to show that they’re legit platforms which in real sense they’re not. Scams have upgraded beyond how we use to know them, there is need to be sure before patronizing such schemes.

I think people who do this kind of jobs are actually from a country whereby the economy isn't favourable to them. But however, this is not a good thing to do before it's a theft.

I have come across news from my country that foreigners from developed countries are engaging in this illegal practices. So it is not about this people coming from underdeveloped countries but something they come from developed countries and take advantage of the poor system of underdeveloped countries to syndicate their crimes there.

[BenCodie]

I've seen a few of these images and videos over the last decade. While from face view the focus is on the employees, and it may seem like everyone in the building is sinister, the people would be getting paid a small fraction of the proceeds. The real criminals are the ones who are in the shadows, the ones operating these operations remotely - at the top, the managers and organisers (who are generally not Filipino) make the real money from the operations, less so the Filipinos carrying out the deeds.