Six months after 17-year-old Chinese student Kai Zhuang arrived in the United States, he disappeared. His family in China received a series of ransom demands, alongside a photo of him in distress.
Four months prior, a 22-year-old Chinese female student was reported missing in Australia. Kidnappers sent photos of her bound and bloodied, with threats made against her life via social media platforms. She was found within 24 hours in a hotel room, alone and unharmed.
Across the globe, a disturbing trend has emerged in cyber scams – cyber kidnapping. Unlike traditional kidnappings where physical abduction occurs, cyber kidnapping leverage digital means to extort financial gains. Unravelling the trail of digital extortion, we uncover why Chinese students have become easy targets and how cyber criminals employ sophisticated tactics to coerce people to stage their own kidnaps.
0:00 Introduction
1:17 The disappearance of a Chinese student in Utah
4:45 Surveillance shows Kai left on his own
8:39 Another victim found in Australia
11:58 How a pharmacist warned students about scams
14:15 How cyber kidnapping scams work
18:50 Forced to fake a kidnapping: Lucy’s story
23:11 How scammers lure victims before making contact
26:46 Why Chinese students are prime targets
30:42 Technology fuels global cyber kidnapping
32:45 Police find proof Kai is safe, but where?
36:02 Tracking Kai: A mountain search begins
39:53 The aftermath of cyber kidnapping
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About Undercover Asia: CNA's award-winning investigative series Undercover Asia uncovers the hard truths in the underbelly of Asia, and exposes the unintended fallout of change in the fast-moving continent.
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