Inside the scam complex’s detailed playbook


Some of the thousands of cellphones left behind by the scammers who abandoned a compound in the Shunda Park complex in Min Let Pan, a village in Karen State, Myanmar, Dec. 5, 2025. — JES AZNAR/The New York Times

MIN LET PAN, Myanmar: Like any transnational criminal enterprise, the global scamming industry is swathed in secrecy.

But last month, The New York Times gained access to Shunda Park, an office complex in the middle of war-torn Myanmar that was built for a single purpose: stealing money from people around the world.

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