Dhaka: The Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare has warned Bangladeshi citizens about going to Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia.
Some unscrupulous individuals and several scam organizations established in these countries are advertising and distributing recruitment notices through various online channels (fake websites, emails, Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, etc.) to recruit people for various positions including computer operators, typists, call center operators, etc., with attractive salaries.
In these cases, scam centers are skillfully taking citizens of different countries, as well as Bangladeshis, into the scam centers and forcibly taking them hostage at gunpoint and engaging them in scam activities.
The Bangladesh Embassy in Bangkok has already been able to send back several Bangladeshis who were released and escaped from scam centers established in Myanmar and Cambodia.
The governments concerned have been requested to take necessary measures in this regard. In addition, the Bangladesh Embassy in Thailand and Myanmar is in constant contact with NGOs and related organizations working on cyber scams in these countries.
Bangladeshis who want to go abroad for employment have been advised to be more careful if they receive job offers related to computer operation in these countries. If necessary, they are requested to verify the detailed information of the employing organization in cooperation with the relevant branches of the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment or the relevant branches of the Manpower, Workplace and Training Bureau in Bangladesh embassies abroad.
In addition, citizens of different countries, including Bangladeshis living in different countries and abroad, are being targeted through Facebook and WhatsApp IDs from scam centers. When Bangladeshis living in the country and abroad invest in the accounts of the fraudsters through crypto currency, the fraudsters immediately embezzle the money by closing the accounts of these transactions. In this regard, Bangladeshis living at home and abroad have been advised to be more careful when using social media.