Small Q's efforts to escape have landed him in the 'the dark room,' a modern-day torture chamber designed to instill fear in scammers to keep them in line. Q shares how he survived, while some of his friends weren't so lucky.Please help Small Q rebuild his life by donating to his GoFundMe hereThis is a What It Was Like SpecialProduced by SuperrealHosted by Julian Morgans @julianmorgansFind us on TikTok: @whatitwaslikepodcastFind us on YouTube: @whatitwaslikepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Hey, Julian Morgans here. I'm the host of Scammerland, but I'm also the host of a weekly show called What It Was Like. And the basic idea is that every episode I talk to someone who has lived through an extreme event. So think cults, serial killers, ghost stories, Princess Diana's paparazzi, Kurt Cobain's manager. And in all cases, you'll find out what it was like to be there.
In fact, Scammerland actually began as an episode on what it was like. So if you're enjoying this, you're probably going to love our other show. That's what it was like on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube. Just a quick trigger warning on today's episode. It's got some pretty graphic descriptions of torture, so it's probably not suitable for young ears.
Scammerland
So this is episode four, and over the last three apps, we've looked at how online scams are run by people living in modern slavery through Southeast Asia. We're following the stories of two people who have been abducted into this system, Catalaya and SmallQ. And at the end of the last app, we heard how SmallQ has come up with an escape plan.
He's stolen a phone from his boss, which he's managed to smuggle back into his dormitory. So now the first thing he needs to do is to connect to the Wi-Fi.
I had crammed the password for that Wi-Fi, even though the dormitories, it was not a long, long distance. So I was able to log it in.
And the good thing, the phone had battery. Q was able to download WhatsApp and he immediately contacted his family.
You know, first things first, they had to know which situation I was passing through. I told them everything. I prayed with my father on phone and I gave them hope that I'm still alive and one day I'll come back home.
And then his parents contacted the Ugandan government.
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