Four days to make victims fall in love: How global scammers use US tech to fleece people

An investigation by Channel NewsAsia has found that scammers are increasingly using American technology to conduct fraud schemes, particularly in Southeast Asia. According to the report, scammers are leveraging tools including ChatGPT and Starlink to operate more efficiently—managing to manipulate and extract money from victims in a matter of days. The investigation reveals how American tech companies' platforms are inadvertently enabling a new generation of international scam operations.

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