Scamlands: From Cambodia to Jamtara, a deep dive into global fraud networks

A sharp, immersive look at phone fraud networks, their victims, and the hidden economies that keep them alive

Scam Lands:  Inside the Asian Empire of Fraud that Preys on the World

by Snighda Poonam

Published by Penguin

284 pages ₹799

  In the prologue of Snigdha Poonam’s second book, four successful Asian-origin American ladies are meeting for lunch at a restaurant in Boston, one winter afternoon in 2023. They are trying to rebuild their devastated lives. All four had fallen prey to cyber scams and lost hefty fortunes. Cindy, Lily, Michelle and Wendy were all victims of scammers who specialised in targeting professionally successful, older women of Asian origin in the United States. The scam had spread like wildfire through