Operation Shamrock

Operation Shamrock exists to educate the public, equip first responders, and mobilize institutional action to disrupt the scam industry. Transnational organized crime syndicates are stealing hundreds of billions of dollars, household by household, using human trafficking and psychological exploitation.

Scams include romance scams, investment fraud, banking and law enforcement impersonation, toll fraud, purchase scams, technical support fraud, and many more schemes. In some of the most financially devastating incidents, scammers develop relationships of trust with victims and then coerce them into deceptive and fictitious cryptocurrency investment schemes.

• $442 Billion has been lost to scams worldwide in the last 12 months. (GASA, 2025)
• 57% of adults globally claim to have had a scam experience in the last 12 months. (GASA, 2025)
• 60% of targeted individuals met the scammer on a social platform. (BBB, 2024)
• People under 30 are more likely to report being victims of extortion scams. (FBI, 2024)
• People over 30 are more likely to have been victims of personal data breaches, extortion, and investment fraud. (FBI, 2024)

The scams use human trafficking victims as their labor force. These people are led to believe they are traveling to a lucrative job abroad, only to have their passports and phones seized, and are then forced to commit scams under threat of violence. Let’s stop the scammers.