Sue-Lin Wong
@suelinwong.bsky.social
Host of "Scam Inc", a podcast series about the global rise of online scams & Asia correspondent at The Economist. Before that, I covered China, South-East Asia and hosted "The Prince", a podcast series about China's leader Xi Jinping
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Congrats to @suelinwong.bsky.social for "The Prince" getting named as one of the 100 best podcasts of all time by @time.com
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'The Prince' Is on The 100 Best Podcasts of All Time
Here's why "The Prince" made TIME's list
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July 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Congrats to @suelinwong.bsky.social for "The Prince" getting named as one of the 100 best podcasts of all time by @time.com
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LBJ's Humpday Podcast Picks for July 23rd
This week’s lineup unpacks a global scamming empire, the revival of a forgotten Pennsylvania town, and the fight to keep Indigenous radio alive in rural Alaska.
h/t @economist.com @suelinwong.bsky.social @npr.org
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This week’s lineup unpacks a global scamming empire, the revival of a forgotten Pennsylvania town, and the fight to keep Indigenous radio alive in rural Alaska.
h/t @economist.com @suelinwong.bsky.social @npr.org
medium.com/@lanrickbenn...
July 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
LBJ's Humpday Podcast Picks for July 23rd
This week’s lineup unpacks a global scamming empire, the revival of a forgotten Pennsylvania town, and the fight to keep Indigenous radio alive in rural Alaska.
h/t @economist.com @suelinwong.bsky.social @npr.org
medium.com/@lanrickbenn...
This week’s lineup unpacks a global scamming empire, the revival of a forgotten Pennsylvania town, and the fight to keep Indigenous radio alive in rural Alaska.
h/t @economist.com @suelinwong.bsky.social @npr.org
medium.com/@lanrickbenn...
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En tilsyneladende uskyldig investering blev bankdirektørens fælde. Snart bragte det økonomisk død til den lille by i Kansas. Svindelnummeret er globalt, og Asiens bander fejrer sin succes. »Stol ikke på nogen,« siger @suelinwong.bsky.social. Jeg fortæller: www.berlingske.dk/internationa...
De globale svindlere er rykket op i hierarkiet – er på højde med de værste narkobander. Det fik direktøren at føle
Læs mere her.
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June 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
En tilsyneladende uskyldig investering blev bankdirektørens fælde. Snart bragte det økonomisk død til den lille by i Kansas. Svindelnummeret er globalt, og Asiens bander fejrer sin succes. »Stol ikke på nogen,« siger @suelinwong.bsky.social. Jeg fortæller: www.berlingske.dk/internationa...
Just as Uber upended the taxi industry and Airbnb reshaped the hotel business, the criminal underworld is undergoing its own digital revolution. The latest hacks of M&S, Harrods and Co-op show us how exactly this vast, new criminal marketplace works:
www.economist.com/internationa...
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The Uber of the underworld
Amateur crooks are using plug-and-play hacking kits
www.economist.com
June 2, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Just as Uber upended the taxi industry and Airbnb reshaped the hotel business, the criminal underworld is undergoing its own digital revolution. The latest hacks of M&S, Harrods and Co-op show us how exactly this vast, new criminal marketplace works:
www.economist.com/internationa...
www.economist.com/internationa...
My review of one of the most important books ever published about Xi Jinping in English. Anyone interested in the making of modern China must read "The Party's Interests Come First" by @josephtorigian.bsky.social
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How an agonising relationship with his dad shaped Xi Jinping
The most powerful man on Earth had a grim childhood
www.economist.com
June 2, 2025 at 5:23 AM
My review of one of the most important books ever published about Xi Jinping in English. Anyone interested in the making of modern China must read "The Party's Interests Come First" by @josephtorigian.bsky.social
www.economist.com/culture/2025...
www.economist.com/culture/2025...
You're the real expert—just trying not to mess up my explanation of your masterly work!
I am extremely impressed by how well @economist.com @suelinwong.bsky.social, who created the terrific Prince podcast on Xi Jinping, explained the themes of my new book on XJP's father for The Intelligence podcast (at 16:42). She could give my book talks for me.
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Duties bound: a Trump-tariff smackdown
Podcast Episode · The Intelligence from The Economist · 05/29/2025 · 23m
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June 2, 2025 at 5:16 AM
You're the real expert—just trying not to mess up my explanation of your masterly work!
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New @economist.com review of my biography of Xi Zhongxun, the father of Xi Jinping
www.economist.com/culture/2025...
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May 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
New @economist.com review of my biography of Xi Zhongxun, the father of Xi Jinping
www.economist.com/culture/2025...
www.economist.com/culture/2025...
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@economist.com was at The Podcast Show! Shout out to @suelinwong.bsky.social, @johnshields.bsky.social, Andrew Palmer and Rosie Blau for an incredible session (packed room!).
May 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
@economist.com was at The Podcast Show! Shout out to @suelinwong.bsky.social, @johnshields.bsky.social, Andrew Palmer and Rosie Blau for an incredible session (packed room!).
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@suelinwong.bsky.social thank you for continuing the coverage on scam syndicates on the @economist.com podcast. It truly is one of the biggest but most overlooked human rights issues in the world right now.
May 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
@suelinwong.bsky.social thank you for continuing the coverage on scam syndicates on the @economist.com podcast. It truly is one of the biggest but most overlooked human rights issues in the world right now.
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“Across Australia, the cost of living crisis & the lack of affordable housing has dominated the election. As fewer young Australians are able to buy a house, it's likely that this is going to be the issue of many elections into the future.” @suelinwong.bsky.social
www.economist.com/asia/2025/05...
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Aussies are doing a political pivot
Ahead of the vote on May 3rd, politics has flipped
www.economist.com
May 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
“Across Australia, the cost of living crisis & the lack of affordable housing has dominated the election. As fewer young Australians are able to buy a house, it's likely that this is going to be the issue of many elections into the future.” @suelinwong.bsky.social
www.economist.com/asia/2025/05...
www.economist.com/asia/2025/05...
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I knew this podcast was going to be great so I saved it up to listen to it all in one go on holidays.
It is an absolute must listen and well done to @suelinwong.bsky.social @samcolbert.bsky.social and the whole team 👏👏
It is an absolute must listen and well done to @suelinwong.bsky.social @samcolbert.bsky.social and the whole team 👏👏
My year-long investigation into the multibillion dollar world of online scams is out today — on the cover of The Economist and in my new 8-part podcast series, Scam Inc
Read the article: bit.ly/scam-inc
Listen to the podcast: econ.st/3CFzGaL
Read the article: bit.ly/scam-inc
Listen to the podcast: econ.st/3CFzGaL
Online scamming is a vast, sophisticated and fast-growing global enterprise that compares in size and scope to the illegal drug industry. Except that in many ways it is worse. As our investigation finds, nobody is safe from Scam Inc econ.st/4gvEhdm
April 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I knew this podcast was going to be great so I saved it up to listen to it all in one go on holidays.
It is an absolute must listen and well done to @suelinwong.bsky.social @samcolbert.bsky.social and the whole team 👏👏
It is an absolute must listen and well done to @suelinwong.bsky.social @samcolbert.bsky.social and the whole team 👏👏
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I binged this podcast series and you should, too. An incredible, human and revelatory look at the sprawling scam industry. I'm frightened and hyper-vigilant after listening, but also have much more empathy for the victims now.
My year-long investigation into the multibillion dollar world of online scams is out today — on the cover of The Economist and in my new 8-part podcast series, Scam Inc
Read the article: bit.ly/scam-inc
Listen to the podcast: econ.st/3CFzGaL
Read the article: bit.ly/scam-inc
Listen to the podcast: econ.st/3CFzGaL
Online scamming is a vast, sophisticated and fast-growing global enterprise that compares in size and scope to the illegal drug industry. Except that in many ways it is worse. As our investigation finds, nobody is safe from Scam Inc econ.st/4gvEhdm
March 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I binged this podcast series and you should, too. An incredible, human and revelatory look at the sprawling scam industry. I'm frightened and hyper-vigilant after listening, but also have much more empathy for the victims now.
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Police bust suspected scam centres in Almaty. Scam Inc has reached #Kazakhstan - highly recommend listening to a podcast series on The Economist about this by @suelinwong.bsky.social - the scale is mind-blowing tengrinews.kz/crime/spetso...
Спецоперация в Алматы: обнаружены тайные офисы, 29 человек под следствием
В Алматы проведена успешная спецоперация по ликвидации двух офисов, занимавшихся крупномасштабным интернет-мошенничеством, передает Tengrinews.kz со ссылкой на Polisia.kz.
tengrinews.kz
March 11, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Police bust suspected scam centres in Almaty. Scam Inc has reached #Kazakhstan - highly recommend listening to a podcast series on The Economist about this by @suelinwong.bsky.social - the scale is mind-blowing tengrinews.kz/crime/spetso...
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Recommend this for those interested in my work or how I think about it: oxfordpoliticalreview.com/2025/02/28/t...
Turning Numbers into News: the Economist’s Sondre Solstad on Data Journalism and Mapping the Ukraine War | Oxford Political Review
February 28, 2025 | OPR sits down with Dr Sondre Ulvund Solstad, a senior data journalist at the Economist.
oxfordpoliticalreview.com
March 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Recommend this for those interested in my work or how I think about it: oxfordpoliticalreview.com/2025/02/28/t...
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Explore a vast, predatory industry rivaling the drug trade. Follow �€ª@suelinwong.bsky.social as she uncovers a global scam economy fueled by trafficking, corruption, and money laundering, starting with a bank collapse in Kansas. Can this hidden world be dismantled?
February 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Explore a vast, predatory industry rivaling the drug trade. Follow �€ª@suelinwong.bsky.social as she uncovers a global scam economy fueled by trafficking, corruption, and money laundering, starting with a bank collapse in Kansas. Can this hidden world be dismantled?
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This is the best podcast I have heard in a long long time.
It's so good to be addicted to a series again... even though it also leaves me also shocked and horrified.
It's so good to be addicted to a series again... even though it also leaves me also shocked and horrified.
My year-long investigation into the multibillion dollar world of online scams is out today — on the cover of The Economist and in my new 8-part podcast series, Scam Inc
Read the article: bit.ly/scam-inc
Listen to the podcast: econ.st/3CFzGaL
Read the article: bit.ly/scam-inc
Listen to the podcast: econ.st/3CFzGaL
Online scamming is a vast, sophisticated and fast-growing global enterprise that compares in size and scope to the illegal drug industry. Except that in many ways it is worse. As our investigation finds, nobody is safe from Scam Inc econ.st/4gvEhdm
February 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This is the best podcast I have heard in a long long time.
It's so good to be addicted to a series again... even though it also leaves me also shocked and horrified.
It's so good to be addicted to a series again... even though it also leaves me also shocked and horrified.
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This is so good and gripping! Talked to a lot of people about this since listening to it. Nearly no one has an idea about how sophisticated, dangerous and widespread targeted online scams have become. A true must-listen IMO ☺️👌🏻
My year-long investigation into the multibillion dollar world of online scams is out today — on the cover of The Economist and in my new 8-part podcast series, Scam Inc
Read the article: bit.ly/scam-inc
Listen to the podcast: econ.st/3CFzGaL
Read the article: bit.ly/scam-inc
Listen to the podcast: econ.st/3CFzGaL
Online scamming is a vast, sophisticated and fast-growing global enterprise that compares in size and scope to the illegal drug industry. Except that in many ways it is worse. As our investigation finds, nobody is safe from Scam Inc econ.st/4gvEhdm
February 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This is so good and gripping! Talked to a lot of people about this since listening to it. Nearly no one has an idea about how sophisticated, dangerous and widespread targeted online scams have become. A true must-listen IMO ☺️👌🏻
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Essential reading, especially for the non-techie people in your life. Share widely!
My year-long investigation into the multibillion dollar world of online scams is out today — on the cover of The Economist and in my new 8-part podcast series, Scam Inc
Read the article: bit.ly/scam-inc
Listen to the podcast: econ.st/3CFzGaL
Read the article: bit.ly/scam-inc
Listen to the podcast: econ.st/3CFzGaL
Online scamming is a vast, sophisticated and fast-growing global enterprise that compares in size and scope to the illegal drug industry. Except that in many ways it is worse. As our investigation finds, nobody is safe from Scam Inc econ.st/4gvEhdm
February 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Essential reading, especially for the non-techie people in your life. Share widely!
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Raced through this over the weekend. It's a gripping, eye-popping and hugely important story. Give it a listen, and share...
My year-long investigation into the multibillion dollar world of online scams is out today — on the cover of The Economist and in my new 8-part podcast series, Scam Inc
Read the article: bit.ly/scam-inc
Listen to the podcast: econ.st/3CFzGaL
Read the article: bit.ly/scam-inc
Listen to the podcast: econ.st/3CFzGaL
Online scamming is a vast, sophisticated and fast-growing global enterprise that compares in size and scope to the illegal drug industry. Except that in many ways it is worse. As our investigation finds, nobody is safe from Scam Inc econ.st/4gvEhdm
February 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Raced through this over the weekend. It's a gripping, eye-popping and hugely important story. Give it a listen, and share...
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This is very good:
My year-long investigation into the multibillion dollar world of online scams is out today — on the cover of The Economist and in my new 8-part podcast series, Scam Inc
Read the article: bit.ly/scam-inc
Listen to the podcast: econ.st/3CFzGaL
Read the article: bit.ly/scam-inc
Listen to the podcast: econ.st/3CFzGaL
Online scamming is a vast, sophisticated and fast-growing global enterprise that compares in size and scope to the illegal drug industry. Except that in many ways it is worse. As our investigation finds, nobody is safe from Scam Inc econ.st/4gvEhdm
February 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This is very good:
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Truly an insightful, important — & even at times beautiful — short podcast series: Scam, Inc by @economist.com — TY @suelinwong.bsky.social
“We are all the same”
“We are all the same”
February 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Truly an insightful, important — & even at times beautiful — short podcast series: Scam, Inc by @economist.com — TY @suelinwong.bsky.social
“We are all the same”
“We are all the same”
Thank you for having me @andypeaps.bsky.social - it was great to chat about the rise of this terrifying, new industry, how it connects to China and even AI Sue-Lin!
It was very nice to talk with @suelinwong.bsky.social for @thewirechina.bsky.social about her new podcast series Scam Inc - even if the subject matter is pretty terrifying. www.thewirechina.com/2025/02/13/s...
Sue-Lin Wong on the Rise of Scam Inc. - The Wire China
Sue-Lin Wong talks about her new podcast series in which she relates how online fraud first became prevalent in China, and has gone on to become an increasingly sophisticated, multi-billion dollar glo...
www.thewirechina.com
February 18, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Thank you for having me @andypeaps.bsky.social - it was great to chat about the rise of this terrifying, new industry, how it connects to China and even AI Sue-Lin!
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Amazing investigative reporting by @suelinwong.bsky.social of @economist.com on the criminal network that is "Scam Inc." First three podcast episodes done ✔ , can't wait for the rest!
My year-long investigation into the multibillion dollar world of online scams is out today — on the cover of The Economist and in my new 8-part podcast series, Scam Inc
Read the article: bit.ly/scam-inc
Listen to the podcast: econ.st/3CFzGaL
Read the article: bit.ly/scam-inc
Listen to the podcast: econ.st/3CFzGaL
Online scamming is a vast, sophisticated and fast-growing global enterprise that compares in size and scope to the illegal drug industry. Except that in many ways it is worse. As our investigation finds, nobody is safe from Scam Inc econ.st/4gvEhdm
February 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Amazing investigative reporting by @suelinwong.bsky.social of @economist.com on the criminal network that is "Scam Inc." First three podcast episodes done ✔ , can't wait for the rest!
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@suelinwong.bsky.social this series is amazing and heartbreaking. Just walking Hanoi crying… cool cool..
February 13, 2025 at 2:26 AM
@suelinwong.bsky.social this series is amazing and heartbreaking. Just walking Hanoi crying… cool cool..
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Extraordinary investigative reporting. Read the article and listened to the pod series. Chilling
February 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Extraordinary investigative reporting. Read the article and listened to the pod series. Chilling