Earlier on Monday, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in New Delhi that the government of India has been making sustained efforts to secure the release and repatriation of Indian nationals lured to various southeast Asian countries, including Myanmar, with fake job offers.“These persons were subsequently made to indulge in cybercrime and engage in other fraudulent activities in scam centres operating in regions along the Myanmar-Thailand border,” MEA said in a statement on Monday.The post by the Indian Embassy at Thailand also advised the Indian nationals to verify credentials of foreign employers and check the antecedents of recruiting agents and companies, before taking up job offers.The MEA statement echoed the sentiment: “The government of India wishes to reiterate its caution, circulated earlier from time to time through advisories and social media posts, about such rackets.“Indian nationals are once again advised to verify credentials of foreign employers through Missions abroad and check the antecedents of recruiting agents and companies before taking up a job offer.”According to media reports, Myawaddy and Tachilek near Thailand-Myanmar border have been known as safe havens for criminal syndicates that have trapped thousands of people from across South Asia forcing them to run online scam centres.These scam centres have duped billions of dollars from victims from across the world through bogus investment promises and illegal gambling schemes.The media report also said that authorities from Thailand and Myanmar jointly carried out an operation to release more than 7,000 people from different countries from these scam centres, after which their respective governments started efforts to repatriate them.
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