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00:00Two women were barred from going on vacation in Thailand.
00:05The Bureau of Immigration said that the two women were possibly involved in being scammers in another country.
00:11Jonathan Andal is a witness.
00:13The Bureau of Immigration
00:17The two women worked at a call center company and were on vacation leave to travel to Thailand.
00:24But when asked, the two women's answers did not match the immigration officer in IA.
00:31When they were asked about the basic details about each other and their trip,
00:37their answers were a bit vague.
00:40The truth is that their vacation in Thailand was not really a vacation, but a connecting flight to Laos.
00:47They were only accompanied by a recruiter and were given a pecking document.
00:51They were promised a salary of P50,000 per month as a customer service representative.
00:57The fixer they met online was paid P3,000 to make the documents.
01:02The two women were turned over to the Interagency Council Against Trafficking.
01:07The Immigration said that the two women were possibly involved in being scammers in Laos,
01:11just like what happened to the other Filipinos who were rescued there.
01:14They target call center agents or those who have experience in call centers
01:21because that is their job there.
01:24Seemingly like a BPO, but it's actually a scam hub, scam operations.
01:31If they do not achieve the quota, they are physically tortured,
01:36they are not fed and their salary is not paid properly.
01:39This August, more than 70 Filipinos were arrested in almost 800 cyber scam networks
01:47on the border of Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar.
01:50This is different from the case of other Filipinos who were rescued from illegal recruitment in 2024,
01:55like the two Filipinos who were prevented last March.
01:58For example, Telco employees who are on vacation in Thailand,
02:01but the truth is that when they arrive in Bangkok, they will be taken to Laos.
02:05There, they were also promised a job as a call center agent.
02:08In a company that was involved in a crypto investment scam.
02:12The salary is also more than Php 50,000 if it is regular.
02:16The salary of a Filipino who was recruited to be a customer service representative
02:22but was made an online love scammer in Laos is almost the same.
02:25But in the end, he did not receive a salary.
02:27He was repatriated in May 2024.
02:30Immigration reminds those who want to work abroad to go through the process
02:34in the Department of Migrant Workers and don't just believe the rumors on social media.
02:39It really looks like a big syndicate is involved in this.
02:42For GMA Integrated News, I am Jonathan Andal, your witness.
02:47My dear friends, be the first to witness.
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