Scam losses in Asian regions up to $114 billion in 2025 – UN

BANGKOK — Victims of transnational online scams in East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand lost up to $114.1 billion last year, a UN report said Tuesday, with estimated losses at least tripling from 2023. Southeast Asia, especially Cambodia and Myanmar, has emerged as a regional hub for crime syndicates running fake romance and cryptocurrency investment schemes in which scammers — some willing, others trafficked — defraud internet users around the world, often from fortified compounds. But under pressure from several countries including the United States, Britain and China, authorities in the region say they are cracking down on […]...

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