Ba Ria - Vung Tau: Many people were tricked into going to Cambodia to do 'easy work with high salary'

On November 4th, the Chau Duc District Police announced that recently, there have been numerous cases in the area where workers, especially teenagers, have been lured by strangers to Cambodia to work in "easy jobs with high pay."

"Essentially, this is an activity of exploiting labor, extorting property, and even threatening lives to force victims' families to pay huge ransoms for their release. Because of their naivety and gullibility, many victims have fallen into the trap," a leader of the Chau Duc District Police said.

The family of a victim in Chau Duc District provided Thanh Nien newspaper reporters with information about their relative who was tricked into going to Cambodia.

According to the Chau Duc District Police, the modus operandi of the fraud group was to form an organized criminal network operating in Vietnam and Cambodia, with each step of the process divided into smaller parts. The fraud group used social media platforms like Facebook, Zalo, and Telegram to post advertisements recruiting workers, promising "easy work with high pay."

The victims targeted by the scam group were aged between 18 and 35. When the victims applied for jobs, the group would lure and entice them, guiding them to meet people, assisting with paperwork, and then taking them to the Cambodian border for exit procedures or through other unofficial routes.

Upon arriving in Cambodia, the victims were taken to facilities and organizations involved in fraudulent activities such as online gambling and cryptocurrency trading. During their time there, the victims were closely guarded, prevented from moving around or contacting the outside world, and forced to work 12-16 hours a day.

"If victims don't comply with the scam group's demands, they will be beaten, starved, locked up, or forced to call their families to pay a ransom of $3,000 to $20,000 before being allowed to return home. Many cases involve victims escaping before the ransom is paid, and when caught, they are beaten or sold to other companies," said a leader of the Chau Duc District Police.

The police in Chau Duc District are warning people not to believe job postings on websites promising "easy work with high pay." Those interested in working abroad should go to legitimate employment agencies for guidance.

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