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BI intercepts scammed worker
Immigration agents at NAIA Terminal 3 intercepted a 35-year-old Filipino man bound for Cambodia on January 8, who admitted he was recruited via Facebook for a potential job scam.
The traveler initially claimed he was going to Vietnam for a spontaneous trip, but his inconsistent answers during questioning led to secondary inspection.
He eventually confessed that he was instructed through Telegram to go to Cambodia for a job opportunity at a BPO company, with the recruiter sending him travel documents via the app.
The Bureau of Immigration noted that such BPO companies are often fronts for scams, and the recruiters instructed him to pass through Vietnam first.
BI stated that this is a typical tactic used by criminal syndicates.
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