{"id":155004,"date":"2026-07-22T18:36:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155004"},"modified":"2026-07-22T18:36:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:36:05","slug":"chinas-cyberscam-crackdown-pushed-syndicates-to-target-americans-analysts-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155004","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s cyberscam crackdown pushed syndicates to target Americans, analysts say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostCriminal syndicates increasingly turned from targeting Chinese nationals to Americans after Beijing\u2019s 2023 crackdown on online scams in Southeast Asia, analysts said on Wednesday, triggering a global game of \u201cwhack-a-mole\u201d.<br \/>\n\u201cChina has a huge advantage and a head start in terms of trying to protect its own citizens from scams compared to the US,\u201d said Sue-Lin Wong, who hosts the Scam Inc. podcast, adding that it is \u201cterrible for Americans who are losing a lot of money\u201d.<br \/>\nIn recent years, Southeast&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/us\/science-technology\/article\/3361509\/chinas-cyberscam-crackdown-pushed-syndicates-target-americans-analysts-say?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostCriminal syndicates increasingly turned from targeting Chinese nationals to Americans after Beijing\u2019s 2023 crackdown on online scams in Southeast Asia, analysts said on Wednesday,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155004"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=155004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155004\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}