Scam: Inside Southeast Asia's Cybercrime Compounds

by Ivan Franceschini, Ling Li, Mark Bo

An in-depth investigation into one of the least-known humanitarian crises of the twenty-first century - Southeast Asia's online scam industry - through the voices of its survivors.

Fuelled by the widespread immiseration caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and facilitated by the boom in cryptocurrencies, online frauds have grown exponentially in recent years. From the infamous 'pig butchering' romance scams to sophisticated online extortion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1804296902
• ISBN13: 9781804296905
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Verso
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.