184. Escape from Bamban: One man’s scam farm nightmare in the Philippines - podcast episode cover

184. Escape from Bamban: One man’s scam farm nightmare in the Philippines

Nov 19, 202429 min
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Episode description

Back in February, Dylan went to the Philippines for what he thought would be a great Chinese Lunar New Year vacation. Then he found himself held hostage in a gang-run scamming compound. We tell one man’s story about getting out and what the Philippines is doing to shut these operations down.

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