Two-thirds of Laos' entire economy consists of cyber scams
eigenrobot · x · 2026-09-20
Jonatan Pallesen highlighted data showing that cyber scams now account for two-thirds of Laos' entire economy, a striking measure of the scale of Southeast Asia's scam industry. eigenrobot reacted with disbelief.
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