‘Verify job offers’: Govt issues advisory after Myanmar scam | India News

NEW DELHI: Following reports of fake job rackets from Myanmar and Thailand, the government on Saturday issued an advisory asking Indians not to get entrapped in such fake offers being floated through social media sites or other sources.
According to the government, instances of rackets offering lucrative jobs to entice Indian youths for the posts of ‘Digital Sales and Marketing Executives’ in Thailand by dubious IT firms involved in call-centre scam and cryptocurrency fraud had come to notice recently by the Indian missions in Bangkok and Myanmar.
“Before travelling on tourist/visit visa for employment purposes, Indians are advised to verify credentials of foreign employers through the missions abroad, and antecedents of recruiting agents as well as any company before taking up any job offer,” said the advisory.
The target groups are IT-skilled youths who are duped in the name of lucrative data entry jobs in Thailand through social media ads as well as by Dubai and India-based agents. The victims are illegally taken mostly to Myanmar and held captive to work under harsh conditions, said the government.