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'Industrial-Scale' Asian Scam Centers Expand Globally

ID: 391c5c79-76bd-5320-bcef-c0682a020dd2

STIX ID: report--391c5c79-76bd-5320-bcef-c0682a020dd2

Feed Name: Dark Reading

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2025-04-24

Date Updated: 2026-04-21

Author: Nate Nelson, Contributing Writer

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The UNODC-based report describes transnational, industrial-scale Southeast Asian crime syndicates operating scam centers that perform pig-butchering, romance scams, PhaaS operations, and related fraud while laundering proceeds through casinos and shell businesses; groups like Vault Viper and Vigorish Viper (linked to Suncity) traffic victims, expand geographically across the Mekong, Pacific Islands, South Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe, and cause tens of billions in annual losses.

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