The first hint Soe Thun* had that his online sales job might not be exactly as advertised was that the hiring process lasted just a few minutes and took place over a voice messaging app. His recruiter, who gave her name as Lisa, told Soe Thun to send her a paragraph of biographical information. Once that was done, she offered him the job. “So what time can you come to the office?” she asked, her voice almost inaudible amid a call center din, via a voice message shared with Radio Free Asia. “I am sending the address.” That address was MMB Tower, a prominent office building located in the heart of Yangon. And the job, Soe Thun learned when he showed up to work the following day, was to join scores of others from Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, China and Thailand in helping hack into the bank accounts of unsuspecting lonely hearts. Cyber scam operations have proliferated across Southeast Asia, with hundreds of thousands people believed to be involved ...
Festivities have been muted this December in Nigeria as a cost of living crisis reaches new heights.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/12/29/economic-downturn-punctures-joy-of-festive-season-in-nigeria?traffic_source=rss&feed_id=18828&_unique_id=658ec99380276
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