• 3 days ago
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Transcript
00:00Some Filipinos who are in GIF have returned to the Philippines after becoming scammers in Myanmar.
00:05One of them told us how they became victims of human trafficking and were expelled out of the country.
00:11This is the news brought to you by BAMalegre.
00:1630 Filipinos who became victims of human trafficking in Myanmar have returned to the Philippines.
00:21They were saved from the scam hubs in Miawadi.
00:24One of the Filipinos who repatriated was rich and he shared his experience of being caught by scammers.
00:30Usually, it's really hard there.
00:33They promise you a high salary.
00:37When you get there, your salary won't be enough.
00:42If you don't reach the quota, they will fire you in a day.
00:48There are times when you don't have a morning break.
00:51We work there for almost 17 hours.
00:54They use different names to scam.
00:57These are just a few of the scams done to victims, including cryptocurrency and love scam.
01:02It's literally scamming.
01:04Our job is to pretend that we are rich guys or rich women.
01:10Then, we will get the client's trust.
01:14Once you get the client's trust, you will force them to invest in your platform.
01:18Victims who recruited them from the Philippines to Myanmar were recognized on social media.
01:23They had a lot of stopovers.
01:25They went to Hong Kong and Thailand before arriving in Myanmar.
01:29The soldiers of the military government of Myanmar had a chance to raid their office.
01:34That's why they had a chance to escape.
01:37According to our government, it's too good to be true for children to be on social media.
01:42You will receive a message on social media.
01:44Once you receive the message, you will be able to talk to someone.
01:48They won't tell you their real name.
01:50Then, you will meet them in a certain place.
01:52Then, they will arrange your documents so that you can travel.
01:56You won't go to the back door regularly.
01:59You won't go to the Bureau of Immigration.
02:01You will go to Sambuanga or Palawan.
02:06Then, you will ride a boat.
02:08You will walk for a few days.
02:09It's a long journey.
02:11The government helped the repatriated Filipinos to start a new life.
02:16They will receive financial assistance from the DMW and OWA.
02:20There are 50,000 from the DMW and 10,000 from the OWA.
02:24Aside from that, we will provide legal assistance which is very important.
02:28We also have a reintegration program.
02:30If they are looking for a good job here in our country, we can refer them.
02:36Tomorrow, there will be more than 100 Filipinos who joined the repatriation from Myanmar.
02:41The government will continue to investigate the possible connections in the Philippines
02:45of the syndicates that are running scamhugs.
02:48Bam Alagran reporting for GMA Integrated News.

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