Hey everyone, Sachi here and Sarah. You know those sketchy messages we all get, the job offers that seem too good to be true?

Well, we thought we'd seen every type of scam out there, but this story completely blew our minds.

Those messages? They're actually coming from people trapped inside heavily guarded compounds forced to scam others at gunpoint.

Scam Factory, Wendry's riveting new series, exposes a multi-billion-dollar criminal empire

operating in plain sight.

And this isn't your typical social media scam.

Inside these compounds, armed guards ensure the only way out is to scam your way out.

And trust us, after covering countless scams, this story left even us shocked.

I'm about to play a clip from Scam Factory, where one character, Jella, learns horrifying news while she's trapped inside the Scam Factory.

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Music follow Scam Factory on the Wendry app or wherever you get your podcasts. Jella kept her eye on the clock, counting down the minutes until 1 a.m.

And the end of her shift. She couldn't wait to get to bed. Jella and her teammates began to

gather their things to leave. But their team leader told them, not so fast, everyone needed to go

out to the yard. They just said that it was a meeting with the boss, the team leader, and the translator.

With the boss, the team leader, and the translators.

This was never good news.

Jell and her nine co-workers made their way outside.

The yard was kind of like a quad on a college campus.

Except with the guards around, it gave more prison yard vibes. They lined up, five in each row.

Jella stood at the front of the line.

She looked around.

Two-story concrete buildings all painted in a stark shade of white,

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