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Inside the ‘modern slavery’ where cyber scammers are victims themselves

πŸ“Ί Fresh Air πŸ• September 22, 2026 at 11:19 AM
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Keeps playing with the screen off. The episode is played from Fresh Air’s own podcast host.

WIRED’s Andy Greenberg explains how a cybercrime operation in Southeast Asia trapped computer engineers into defrauding victims of billions of dollars. Plus he discusses the scam involving Fresh Air.

Also, jazz historian Kevin Whitehead reflects on John Coltrane for the centennial of his birth.Β 

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