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==== A big reason these scams work is they’re often industrialized operations, not a lone scammer: ====
* Scam compounds / “fraud factories”: Many major networks operate out of hubs (notably in parts of Southeast Asia) that run scams at scale, and multiple governments and the UN have described links to coercion/forced labor in some of these operations. Reuters<ref>{{cite web|title=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/what-are-southeast-asias-scam-centres-why-are-they-being-dismantled-2025-03-04/|publisher=reuters.com|access-date=2025-12-15}}</ref>
* Division of labor: lead generators, “relationship” chatters, “investment mentors,” tech teams running fake platforms, and finance teams laundering proceeds.
* Commodity infrastructure: authorities have specifically called out services that help host/rotate scam websites and infrastructure at scale. U.S. Department of the Treasury<ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. Department of the Treasury|url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0149|publisher=U.S. Department of the Treasury|access-date=2025-12-15}}</ref>