Scamlands

Scamlands: Inside the Asian Empire of Fraud That Preys on the World is a nonfiction book by Snigdha Poonam published by India Viking/Penguin Random House India in 2025. The book traces the transnational ecosystems of fraud and deception across Asia, beginning in eastern India and moving through other regions linked by rapidly evolving criminal networks. According to publisher and retailer listings, it is a hardback edition of 344 pages with ISBN 9780670095544. The narrative is described as a wide-ranging investigation into how scams flourish through inequality, technological change, and the erosion of trust, and how these forces connect people and places across borders. Secondary listings identify the work as a first edition and confirm Snigdha Poonam as the author. The book is positioned as an account of the people and structures behind large-scale fraud operations, rather than a fictional thriller, and it focuses on the social and economic conditions that allow such networks to expand. The title appears under Penguin Random House India’s Penguin imprint family, and retailer descriptions consistently match the same title, author, language, and ISBN, confirming the book’s identity.