10 March 2025
Leaked documents from the ScamEmpire shows that affiliates were rewarded in just one year with no less than 11 million USD from the scam call centers in Israel, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Ukraine for bringing victims to the scammers. The affiliates call it “traffic generation” – a legit marketing service.
Without the affiliates black marketing strategies that includes the impersonation of famous media outlets and the use celebrities to market the investment scams, the scam call centers would not have any victims to call. The affiliates play a central role in the scam empire and their services are crucial and very well paid.
To avoid any undesired linkages between the affiliates and the call centers, payments are mostly made via crypto currency.
Thanks to the analysis of the internal finance documents, leaked from the finance department at the Sapphire Tower in Tel Aviv, we have been able to trace its beneficiaries.
Qurium’s third report in the Scam Empire investigation exposes some of the affiliates that work for the scam call centers.
Welcome to a Big bash!
Previous reports
- The Scam Empire – Introduction to the investigation and Qurium’s findings (project page)
- Explainer: Scam Empire FAQ
- Report 1: The Hunt – From potential victim to “depositor” in 20 min
- Report 2: The Milking
- Scam Empire Consortium: All published reports
Future reports
- The Washing (coming soon)
- The service providers (coming soon)
All reports from Qurium and the consortium will be available from the project page.
Contacts
Digital forensic: Tord Lundström <t at virtualroad.org> Technical Director
Media: Clara Zid <info at virtualroad.org> Media and Outreach Manager