MEA Issues Advisory Over Job Racket, Suggests Skilled Youths To Remain Cautious

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Bhubaneswar: In view of the rising job rackets that spread its tentacles across the nation, the Ministry of External Affairs has issued advisory for the Indian youths not to entrapped in such fake job offers.

The ministry stated, through its advisory, that it observed fake job rackets offering lucrative jobs to entice Indian youths for the posts of ‘Digital Sales and Marketing Executives’ in Thailand. Some dubious IT firms involved in call-centre scam and crypto-currency fraud have come to notice of the government.

The target groups are IT skilled youth who are duped in the name of lucrative data entry jobs in Thailand through social media advertisements as well as by Dubai and India based agents.

The victims are reportedly taken across the border illegally mostly into Myanmar and held captive to work under harsh conditions.

The government advised the youths to check/verify credentials of foreign employers through concerned Missions abroad before traveling on tourist/visit visa for employment purposes.

They should also verify the antecedents of recruiting agents as well as any company before taking up any job offer, it stated through the advisory.

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