FBI launches ‘Operation Blackout’ to dismantle global scam compounds — Details

The U.S Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has announced "Operation Blackout" as a coordinated crackdown on international scam compounds that target American citizens through online fraud. Instead of waiting for victims to lose money and then investigating individual cases, the operation aims to dismantle the criminal networks, physical facilities, and digital infrastructure used to run these scams. The scammers' spiderweb According to a statement given by the FBI, these compounds operate across Southeast Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, functioning like entire towns with housing and other facilities. They are allegedly controlled by criminal syndicates that use these operations to defraud people through fake investment platforms, online impersonation, and other digital schemes.

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