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Hello. A scam common across India involves Hollywood-level production that mimics the machinery of the state, tricking people with video of fake police stations and courtrooms.
Victims are told they are under “digital arrest” for crimes such as money laundering or drug trafficking, and ordered to remain on camera for days or weeks while investigators supposedly verify their assets.
Stage sets modeled after the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Royal Canadian Mounted Police and law enforcement agencies in the U.K. and Australia have been found inside scam centers in Cambodia. Read the full WSJ story.
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