Higit 600 empleyado ng hinihinalang Cyberscam hub sa Pasay nadiskubre

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Nasa higit 600 empleyado ang nadiskubre  sa isinagawang raid ng mga awtoridad sa isang hinihinalang Cyberscam hub sa Pasay City.   Narito ang ulat ni Crissy Dimatulac.  Visit our website for more #NewsYouCanTrust: https://www.cnnphilippines.com/  Follow our social media pages:  • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CNNPhilippines • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cnnphilippines/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/cnnphilippines

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00:00 At first glance, you'd think that this is just a normal room.

00:05 But this is the background for the video calls to the target victims of the so-called "love scam."

00:11 There's a model who sits in bed and talks to the victim.

00:16 Once the victim has the trust of the victim,

00:19 they will be encouraged to invest in other modes, like the cryptocurrency scam.

00:25 Scammers, sometimes men and sometimes women,

00:30 will pretend to be a beautiful woman looking for a boyfriend.

00:35 Their target is usually white women, maybe around 50 and above.

00:41 Once they have been seduced, they will be thrown into another division.

00:46 In another part of the house, hundreds of cell phones, computers, and SIM cards are installed.

00:54 One of these cell phones will only receive money via e-wallet.

01:00 There are only a few love scam and cryptocurrency scams in the possible areas of this house.

01:07 On Tuesday night, the authorities visited the Rivendell Gaming Corporation in Pasay City.

01:14 The raiding team is formed by various agencies,

01:17 including the Department of Justice Interagency Council Against Trafficking or DOJ-IACAT,

01:23 National Bureau of Investigation, and Philippine National Police.

01:28 The Rivendell Corporation is licensed by the PAG Corps as a Philippine offshore gaming operator.

01:33 But according to the authorities, it is only a front for scam operations.

01:38 More than 600 employees were also discovered in the raid.

01:42 More than 400 of them are Filipinos, and the others are Chinese and Indian.

01:48 It is not considered that the employees are trafficking victims,

01:51 like those who were raided by other pogo hubs.

01:55 It is not a trafficking operation. It is not a rescue operation.

01:59 We have no indication that there is human trafficking that is happening here.

02:03 This appears to be a pure scam operation.

02:09 And if that's the case, everyone here could be liable for, could be criminally liable.

02:14 DOJ-IACAT suspects that the raiders are the ones who are running this.

02:19 We suspect that the big bosses are Chinese nationals.

02:22 The authorities are not yet sure if the SIM cards that were confiscated are registered under the SIM registration law.

02:29 They are already consulting the National Telecommunications Commission for this.

02:34 The inquest proceedings were also scheduled for tomorrow.

02:38 The employees who are not yet able to find evidence will be sent home first.

02:43 Chrissy Dimatulak, CNN Philippines.

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