No holiday in Scambodia.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/14/inside-abandoned-scam-centre-cambodia-thai-border

' Within the six-floor building, in the #Cambodian border town of O’Smach, there are rooms designed to look like offices for police forces from Australia, Singapore and China. There are even fake uniforms, badges and scripts to be read over the phone to victims. '

Reminds of my encounter with a #scam IT helpdesk caller. I just snarled ”go fuck yourself” in his mid-sentence. He sounded genuinely shocked.

I felt as the _actual_ bad guy then…

Fake rooms, props and a script to lure victims: inside an abandoned Cambodia scam centre

Sprawling compound, including mock-up banks and police offices, uncovered by Thai military during border clashes

The Guardian