病毒曝光迫使菲律賓當局調查指控騙局中心

菲律賓的網絡犯罪調查和協調中心（CICC）已經對可疑騙局進行了正式調查

The Philippines’ Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) has launched an official probe into a suspected scam hub operating in Cebu following a viral exposé by YouTube content creator mrwn.

菲律賓的網絡犯罪調查和協調中心（CICC）在YouTube內容創建者MRWN的病毒式曝光之後，對在宿霧運行的可疑騙局中心進行了正式調查。

In a 23-minute video that has clocked up 2.7 million views on YouTube and is spreading rapidly across social media, mrwn hacked into the scam center’s computers and CCTV system to expose what appears to be a fraud ring operating out of a call center-style office.

在一個23分鐘的視頻中，它在YouTube上的觀看次數增長了270萬次，並且正在跨社交媒體迅速傳播，MRWN入侵了騙局中心的計算機和CCTV系統，以揭露在呼叫中心式辦公室中運行的欺詐環。

According to mrwn, the operation is estimated to earn $800,000 annually, with agents defrauding victims overseas through various methods, including stealing credit card data and coercing victims to transfer cryptocurrency via Bitcoin ATMs.

根據MRWN的說法，據估計，該行動每年賺取80萬美元，特工通過各種方法欺騙受害者，包括竊取信用卡數據和脅迫受害者通過比特幣ATMS轉移加密貨幣。

To confront the scammers, mrwn posed as the operation’s financier, calling an agent’s computer through a messaging platform.

為了面對詐騙者，MRWN擺姿勢為行動的金融家，通過消息平台撥打了代理商的計算機。

The office descended into chaos, with agents seen panicking and ignoring the call before contacting their floor manager, who then phoned the alleged boss using his mobile. Upon confirming the caller wasn’t legitimate, the manager blocked the account.

辦公室陷入混亂，在與他們的地板經理聯繫之前，特工看到恐慌和忽略了電話，後者隨後用他的手機給涉嫌的老闆打電話。在確認呼叫者不是合法的情況下，經理阻止了該帳戶。

Mrwn then sent live CCTV images of the office to the agents, prompting them to evacuate. The floor manager retreated to his private office, where mrwn used the built-in microphone of the manager’s laptop to speak to him directly.

然後，MRWN將辦公室的現場閉路電視圖像發送給代理商，促使他們撤離。地板經理撤退到他的私人辦公室，MRWN使用經理筆記本電腦的內置麥克風直接與他交談。

Local crypto news outlet BitPinas pointed out that the manager’s screen had email notifications of maintenance and login alerts from crypto exchanges Binance, Netcoin and local platform Coins.ph, raising further suspicion of cryptocurrency’s role in the operation.

當地加密新聞媒體Bitpinas指出，經理的屏幕收到了來自加密交易所Binance，Netcoin和Local Platform Coins.ph的維護和登錄警報的電子郵件通知。

Mrwn shared screenshots of his attempts to contact various Philippine government agencies. Most went unanswered, except for the Department of Justice, which advised filing a local police report. This was not feasible for mrwn as he is not based in the Philippines. One viewer emailed mrwn expressing frustration over the prevalence of scammers in the Southeast Asian country and the lack of government action.

MRWN分享了他試圖聯繫各種菲律賓政府機構的屏幕截圖。除司法部外，大多數人沒有得到答复，該部門建議提交當地警察報告。對於MRWN而言，這是不可行的，因為他不在菲律賓。一位觀眾通過電子郵件發送了MRWN對東南亞國家騙子的流行以及缺乏政府行動的流行表示沮喪。

However, the video’s virality appears to have finally sparked a response.

但是，視頻的病毒性似乎終於引發了回應。

“We want to reject the notion that the Philippine government does not act in the face of adversity,” DICT Assistant Secretary Renato Paraiso said in a virtual press conference, directly addressing mrwn while vowing to launch an official investigation.

“我們想拒絕菲律賓政府面對逆境行事的觀念，”塞特助理秘書雷納托·帕拉伊索（Renato Paraiso）在虛擬新聞發布會上說，他在誓言宣布官方調查時直接解決了MRWN。

“The investigation of mrwn has provided good leads, and in fact, we have several persons of interest already that we would pursue our investigation and hopefully we can attribute certain crimes with them and we would get their locations and apprehend them.”

“對MRWN的調查提供了良好的潛在客戶，實際上，我們已經有幾個感興趣的人，我們將進行調查，並希望我們可以將某些罪行歸因於他們，我們將獲得他們的位置並逮捕他們。”

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