Many scam centers are run from Laos, Cambodia, and Burma along the border with Thailand, across several industrial-scale compounds.

DoJ disrupted 1.4M accounts and froze $3.8M in crypto as scam losses hit $7.2B in 2025, weakening fraud networks.

Tech firms and global law enforcement have disrupted scam networks in Southeast Asia, frozen millions in crypto and targeted over 1.4 million fraudulent accounts.