Scam hub sa Parañaque, ni-raid ng mga awtoridad; Love scam, kabilang sa modus ng naturang hub
Scam hub sa Parañaque, ni-raid ng mga awtoridad; Love scam, kabilang sa modus ng naturang hub
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00:00Scam Hub in Paranaque City was raided by the authorities.
00:03Some of the workers in the so-called Scam Hub
00:05believed that an encoding or call center job will be sent in.
00:09Vel Custodio in the Detail, live. Vel?
00:14Joshua, the Scam Hub was raided by the authorities
00:17in a rented house here in Paranaque City around 2 a.m. earlier.
00:22Some computer-related frauds were found by the authorities in the operation here.
00:28The National Capital Region Police Office, Anti-Cybercrime Group,
00:33Paranaque City Police, and Kawaninampag Corps
00:37led the raid of the Scam Hub, an AIA company.
00:40According to the authorities,
00:42they received information that the company was involved in fraudulent activities.
00:47The company was involved in the fraud of some foreign nationals
00:50through Love Scam and Trading Scam,
00:53a target in the search warrant issued by the Manila Regional Trial Court
00:57to the Chinese national with the generic name of Nan Shan,
01:00who is said to be the boss of the Scam Hub.
01:02The authorities conducted a case build-up for a month.
01:05The investigation concluded that there were no relevant documents
01:09and that the company did not comply with compliance,
01:12but their operation was still ongoing.
01:14The authorities only targeted Room 901,
01:18but they were able to reach seven more rooms
01:20where computer-related fraud was committed.
01:23One of the frauds committed by the employees is Love Scam.
01:27Here, you can see the scam through chat,
01:29and the other targets of Love Scam are in the inbox.
01:33This is the setup here, but let's go inside this room.
01:40Wow, it looks like a house.
01:42There is also a sofa bed set up here
01:45where scammers use to trick their victims through video calls.
01:51This is where they trick the victim to invest.
01:54Let's go to that part.
01:59Here, the setup is like a fashion designer's office
02:03and this is where the narrative of the suspects is played.
02:06There is also a crypto scam
02:08where they will take the victim's inside
02:10to trick them to invest in them using crypto.
02:14This 24-year-old man is one of them.
02:18He was recruited by a Filipino employer,
02:20but the data encoder told him the job description.
02:24What he didn't know is that the scam will be done to him.
02:28If they invest, they will just get money,
02:34and they won't be able to withdraw it.
02:36They target foreigners.
02:38Some of them are from the US and Spain.
02:40He uses a female imposter account for fraud.
02:43Employees of illegal companies work 12 hours a day.
02:47How much do you earn here?
02:4930.
02:5130?
02:52Yes.
02:53Per month?
02:54Per month.
02:55We just need to bring what we need.
02:57The recruiter said he is a call center
02:59of a 20-year-old trainee of ScamHub.
03:02He was offered 20,000 pesos.
03:04A recruiter explained to us
03:11that we will get a big salary,
03:15but if we do something wrong,
03:18we will be penalized.
03:20They will deduct our salary.
03:22The management is giving them a number
03:25and they will get the information
03:27through a text message that looks like a survey.
03:31There are more than 40 clients,
03:33but we can't get all of them.
03:35They said they will deduct our salary.
03:38Phones and computers were confiscated.
03:41According to the NCR,
03:44less than 400 employees were arrested
03:47in the 8th room of the house.
03:51Some of them are Filipinos,
03:53Chinese and Indonesians.
03:55Three Chinese were arrested,
03:57including the manager and team leader
03:59of the so-called Foreign National.
04:01Joshua, the authorities are still inside
04:04for the inventory of the confiscated items.
04:07We are still waiting for the official statement
04:10of the NCRPO.
04:12Back to you, Joshua.
04:14Thank you very much, Vel Custodio.