Video: As Internet Use Surges, Thousands Of Poor Families Are Being Scammed; A New Bill Will Help But Police Warn They Still Have Few Options To Stop It
As internet access grows across Liberia, thousands of poor families are falling victim to increasingly sophisticated online scams promising fake jobs, travel programs and scholarships, draining life-savings and deepening economic hardship while police warn they still have few tools to stop the fraud even as lawmakers push a new bill to strengthen protections and enforcement….