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Support organizations like the Global Anti-Scam Organisation are stepping up to combat these rampant scams. A personal connection to them unveiled strategies to gather information on the scammers' locations, theoretically confirming ties to criminal operations based in China and Southeast Asia.
Through custom links designed to expose computer settings, the inquiry gleaned hints that many scam operators were situated outside the United States while masquerading as American entities. The intertwining of technology and human vulnerabilities epitomizes the complexity of tackling such scams.