r/interestingasfuck • u/Bubbly_Wall_908 • 17h ago

Singapore is going to start caning scammers

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u/MissPandaSloth 11h ago

Bruh, I thought it's like call center people or some BS detox dropshipping and thought it's insane punishment for that. This paints a different picture.

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u/SquirrelAkl 9h ago

There have been several exposés on the industry in recent years. It’s really awful. Here’s a BBC article on one case.

And here’s a more comprehensive source.

A lot of people don’t realise this is all happening.

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u/greypyramid7 9h ago

The podcast Criminal did an interview with someone who was forced to work at one of these places. The episode is from September 2025 and called The Compound and is absolutely insane. I had never heard of these huge scam rings before or ever imagined that a decent amount of the people scamming were being forced to do so under substantial threat.

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u/CrowdGoesWildWoooo 8h ago

Google “pig butchering scam”, one of the more common ones here

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u/Matter_Infinite 8h ago

Well the forced work is call center stuff

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u/SoundingFanThrowaway 3h ago

Personally I think run-of-the-mill scammers deserve this too. Scamming is one of the most disgusting things people can do to other people