How a deadly scam is costing lives in India
Scammers are using instant loan apps to entrap and humiliate people.
It starts with downloading an app but pretty soon some scammers are going through your data, messaging your contacts, threatening you with violence and destroying your life. Poonam Agarwal from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Eye Investigation team tells us about the blackmailers and the string of at least sixty suicides they’re connected to.
Plus: How do young women in Afghanistan get an education when they’re banned from going to secondary school by the Taliban? We hear about Dars, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ programme that offers lessons online and through TV and radio. Mariam Aman, one of the show’s producers, and Shazia Haya, a Pashto-language co-host, tell us more.
If you’ve been affected by issues discussed in this episode, details of organisations offering information and support are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline.
Email: whatintheworld@bbc.co.uk
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Presenter: Hannah Gelbart
Producers: William Lee Adams and Alex Rhodes
Editors: Verity Wilde and Simon Peeks
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