Those trapped were forced to send “sweet nothings” to their victims, peppering them with questions about their day and meals, until they could be convinced to part with money.
Hundreds of “good-looking men and women” forced to work in a sprawling “love scam” centre have been rescued during a police raid in the Philippines.
“Good looking” people were lured by the promise of jobs, only to be forced to sell fraudulent investments after establishing romantic relationships with targets.Those trapped in the centre were forced to send “sweet nothings” to their victims, peppering them with questions about their day and what they were eating, according to Winston Casio, spokesman for the presidential commission against organised crime.
Police found the compound after a Vietnamese man climbed the wall to escape and raised the alarm. In his 30s, he arrived in the Philippines in January after landing a role as a chef. Such scam centres have proliferated across South-East Asia since the coronavirus pandemic, with the United Nations estimating last August that hundreds of thousands of people from around the world have been tricked into the compounds.
The industry is also proving incredibly profitable, raking in unprecedented sums equivalent to billions of dollars, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.
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