According to an NGO that supports Indonesian migrant workers, the number of victims of illegal job postings increased considerably during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Yusuf, a legal aid from Migrant Care in Indonesia, shares that people need to be more cautious while applying for jobs through social media. - Jakarta Post/ANN
After a few months he was sickened by his job but was forced to pay a ransom amounting to Rp 80 million to his employers to escape. Yusuf confirms that most people are unaware they are likely to work for a bogus company or become con artists but they are often desperate to find a job. According to the research, the majority of victims who were trafficked in countries such as Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and the Philippines were male .
The scam is also known as"pig-butchering", whereby con artists win their victims' faith by making grand promises of love and financial prosperity. Yusuf warns that the current social media job postings can trap the unwary, especially since many fraudulent businesses are carbon copies of legitimate ones. He says that the fraudulent firms' recruitment practices are identical to legitimate enterprises.
"Do not apply for the job if they tell you to apply under a tourist visa. You need to check the company on the internet, whether it is real or not," Santoso says.
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