Thousands of Indians are powering global scam hubs. It’s not out of choice

Tales of young people trafficked and forced to work in scam farms across Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar are surfacing daily. From recruitment to rescue, Sunday Times tracks the acamdemic

With a flank of computers, it looked like a multinational call centre where trained-in-Dubai freshers would get in touch with clients, collect information on them and pass them on to customer service agents who would then take the business to the next stage.

“In my office, the team leaders included ‘Thor’, ‘Loki’ and ‘Robin’ from Kerala, ‘David’ from Bangladesh, and ‘Rolex’ from Tamil Nadu,” says Rajiv (name changed) from Telangana’s Jagtial district, who worked in one such office in Sihanoukville, Cambodia.

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