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re: FBI Takes Down Massive Online Scam Operation

Posted on 7/31/26 at 5:20 am to
Posted by Barneyrb
NELA
Member since May 2016
7508 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 5:20 am to
Now go get the guy trying to sell me a used car warranty
Posted by trinidadtiger
Member since Jun 2017
21336 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 5:35 am to
Here is where they were and who was involved:

Cambodia: Targeted the network linked to Chen Zhi and the Prince Holding Group (Operation Zephyr Exodus).

Myanmar: Raided compounds including the Tai Chang scam compound in Kyaukhat (Operation Haochen) tied to local militias and criminal networks, where thousands of satellite internet terminals were also disabled.

Thailand: Conducted joint task force raids and hosted international enforcement coordination.

United Arab Emirates: Dismantled nine scam centers operating in Dubai in cooperation with local police (Operation Sand Dollar).
Posted by trinidadtiger
Member since Jun 2017
21336 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 5:36 am to
By the way, the "8,000" satellite terminals taken down?

That was your boy Musk via Starlink, the man is certainly a gift.
Posted by texas tortilla
houston
Member since Dec 2015
5066 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 7:10 am to
does this takedown include senator elizabeth warren for telling people that if they wanted to help the victims of the palisades fires, they should give to Act Blue?
Posted by stout
Porte du Lafitte
Member since Sep 2006
185549 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 7:59 am to
quote:

Who is down playing what?

Human trafficking in third world shitholes? I think we all know that happens.



I think he is referring to how SFP often says human trafficking is overblown
Posted by stout
Porte du Lafitte
Member since Sep 2006
185549 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 8:02 am to
A friend of mine was just telling me this week how a subcontractor who works for him lost his life savings. His wife thought she met Kid Rock online and was sending money to him. The man and his wife are in their late 50s and have nothing left.

Of course, she blamed him by saying he is never home due to work, and she was lonely.
Posted by Diamondawg
Mississippi
Member since Oct 2006
39974 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 8:03 am to
quote:

And netting 15B to boot
Who gets it? Does the FBI seize it as in the zero tolerance laws?
Posted by Bunk Moreland
Member since Dec 2010
70961 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 8:07 am to
That poor guy.

Some lady near San Francisco gave a guy online $160k because she thought she was talking to Keanu Reeves.
LINK
Posted by Lsut81
Member since Jun 2005
86226 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 8:08 am to
Sounds like a worthwhile effort... Scammers are the worst.

I absolutely love the videos of people scamming the scammers and backdooring into their systems and fricking them. Hilarious watching them lose their shite.

The Feds should put a number of those people on payroll and make it their job to frick with them.
Posted by tigerskin
Member since Nov 2004
47481 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 8:14 am to
I like this. Stay after them

Posted by dafif
Member since Jan 2019
8683 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 8:41 am to
Isn't that the plot of the Jason Statham movie
Posted by cajunangelle
Member since Oct 2012
172508 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 8:58 am to
Were these the scammers that have a large air message appear on your screen saying contact Microsoft at 1-800-stealyourmoney?

Or a scam like beekeeper, the great movie?

The worst are the phone calls old people will answer on their landlines ...saying their grandson/son is in jail in Mexico on spring break-send bail money.

At times getting a recording of the kids voice saying hello or AI.
This post was edited on 7/31/26 at 8:59 am
Posted by Mushroom1968
Shreveport
Member since Jun 2023
7021 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 9:04 am to
Posted by Ailsa
Member since May 2020
12764 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 9:23 am to
quote:

Who gets it? Does the FBI seize it as in the zero tolerance laws?


quote:

When the FBI seizes money from scams, the funds are often returned to the victims of the fraud through a victim compensation program. Since 2000, this program has returned more than $12 billion in forfeited assets to victims.


https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/white-collar-crime/asset-forfeiture
Posted by Ailsa
Member since May 2020
12764 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 10:31 am to
Posted by Diamondawg
Mississippi
Member since Oct 2006
39974 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 11:56 am to
Thanks.
Posted by Stinger_1066
On a golf course
Member since Jul 2021
3984 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 12:28 pm to
quote:

Operation Blackout took down 4 of the largest scam compounds on earth.

$15.2 BILLION seized.

Thousands of trafficked workers freed.

8,000 internet terminals shut off.

10,000 Americans already saved from losing their life savings.


This is what I voted for.
Posted by Hale Lipari
Member since Jul 2025
280 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 12:34 pm to
Hell yes - these scammers are scum
Posted by Ailsa
Member since May 2020
12764 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 1:31 pm to
quote:

Thanks.


It's nice to know that it's returned to the victims.
Posted by dgnx6
Member since Feb 2006
92301 posts
Posted on 7/31/26 at 2:41 pm to
Impossible. I was told the fbi does nothing.



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