{
  "id": 2155087,
  "title": "Turkey arrests 90 in $3 million phone scam targeting hundreds with fake modems",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/turkey-arrests-90-in-3-million-phone-scam-targeting-hundreds-with",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T13:57:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/turkey-arrests-90-in-3-million-phone-scam-targeting-hundreds-with-fake-modems-1.500647028"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Dubai: Turkish authorities have detained 90 suspects in raids targeting a large fraud network accused of swindling 801 people out of about 116 million lira ($3 million) through a telephone scam involving fake or low-value internet modems, according to Turkish media reports. The operation, centred in the northwestern province of Eskişehir, was carried out simultaneously across 19 provinces…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}