2 PINAYS ILLEGALLY RECRUITED FOR CALL CENTER JOBS IN LAOS STOPPED AT NAIA

OFFICERS of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport rescued two Filipinas who were illegally recruited to work as call center agents in Laos.

The two, who pretended to be officemates on vacation, were stopped by BI officers at the NAIA Terminal 3 in Pasay City.

The BI said the women, aged 25 and 31, were traveling for vacation to Bangkok, Thailand.

However, upon presenting their documents, BI officers noted inconsistencies in the statements of the two women.

Both later admitted that they were not really officemates, but were actually recruited to work in Laos, where they would take up customer service representative (CSR) positions and promised a monthly salary of P50,000.

The duo added that they paid P3,000 to a fixer they met on social media to produce documents to make it appear that they were officemates.

BI Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado warned the public about scam hubs in Asian countries, targeting Filipinos to work as CSRs.

“We strongly advise Filipinos to be cautious when accepting job offers abroad, especially those that seem too good to be true,” he said.

Viado said many of the call center jobs turn out to be fronts for large-scale scam operations.

The rescued women were turned over to the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking for further investigation.