Bangladesh, July 26 -- In the shadowy world of financial fraud, the modern scam is no longer the domain of lone tricksters sending poorly written emails or dubious phone calls from obscure locations. Todays scams are multinational operations, staffed by teams of skilled workers operating within an ecosystem of sophisticated service providers. These “scam factories” mimic the operations of legitimate businesses, leveraging cutting-edge technology and corporate infrastructure to exploit victims with brutal efficiency.

At the heart of this machinery lies the call center – not the kind that fields technical support for gadgets or assists in banking inquiries, but one retooled to serve as the epicenter of deceit. These call ...