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Interpol warns online fraud linked to Southeast Asian scam syndicates costs world US$442 billion a year
Summary by The Singapore Editorial Desk Merzsam Singkee , as published by The Independent Singapore
· September 29, 2026
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Interpol has warned that online financial and romance fraud linked to Southeast Asian scam syndicates is costing the world US$442 billion annually, with losses so severe that victims are dying by suicide daily and businesses are closing
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