Try borderland food. Discuss S E Asia safety, scam compounds, online scams

Join us to try food from the borders of Thailand, Burma, Lao and discuss travel safety for this region.

We will also explore the evolution of the online scamming industry and learn how to keep yourself and your family safe from scammers.

Topics for Discussion:

Part 1: Traveling in Cambodia, Lao and Burma

1. Is it safe traveling to Cambodia and Lao (and Burma), what to look out for? What regions to avoid?

Part 2: Online scams

1. Safeguarding your data and minimising your publicly available information (data scrubbing).
2. Establishing identity code phrases for family members (to protect against spoofed voice calls).
3. Conducting Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) checks on job offers and overseas companies.
4. How scammers exploit loneliness in society, particularly among older family members.

Links:
Inside a multi-million dollar online scam compound (16 min, YouTube by Channel 4 News, 2 Dec 2025)

Age of the ‘scam state’: how an illicit, multibillion-dollar industry has taken root in south-east Asia (Guardian, 2 Dec 2025)