Turkey Liberates 33 Trafficked Taiwanese from Telecoms Scam Center
Almost 100 phones were confiscated from a scam call center that looks remarkably similar to others found in East Asia.
Taiwan Police Warns That Cheap Chinese Phones Have Scam Malware Preinstalled
Users are tricked into buying points for a game where fraudsters control the account and demand refunds from the game’s providers.
China Keeps Extraditing Telecoms Fraudsters
The People’s Republic of China extradited scammers from Bangladesh, Cambodia and the Philippines during 2018. Tensions with Taiwan stopped them from extraditing more.
China Phone and Internet Fraud Crackdown Continues
Living in a foreign country will not protect those Chinese suspected of running scams that target their homeland.
Taiwanese Fraudsters in the Spotlight
Taiwanese gangsters face extradition to mainland China, where the penalties for telecoms fraud are severe.