Love scam hub targeting foreigners raided in Angeles City

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Authorities raided a building in Angeles, Pampanga from where love scams targeting foreigners were allegedly run, John Consulta reported Thursday on 24 Oras.

Working on a tip, operatives of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) caught about 85 individuals working on computers from which they would allegedly target foreign social media users and draw them into a "love scam" to get them to make a crypto investment.

(We are verifying that information. After we verified that there were illicit activities in the office, we obtained a warrant to search, seize, and examine computer data. What they would do is go to social media dating sites.)

Among those arrested was one of the women allegedly used by the group to make video calls to the victims.

(They are looking for foreign investors, American or European. Usually, they want a retired person who is doing nothing. They know those foreigners have pensions.)

The confiscated cellphones and computers are being examined under a digital warrant to identify the foreign victims.

GMA Integrated News is reaching out to the arrested individuals who are facing charges of violating the Cybercrime Prevention Act and are under NBI Region 3 custody. — Mariel Celine Serquiña/BM, GMA Integrated News

This article Love scam hub targeting foreigners raided in Angeles City was originally published in GMA News Online.

 

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