When Sam (not his real name), a migrant worker, accepted a job offer on June 20 last year, all he wanted was to earn more money quickly, so that he could build a bigger and more comfortable home for his family in Bangladesh.
Two days later, Sam, 45, who works as a production coordinator in a warehouse here, lost more than S$11,000 (RM34,644), which is almost equivalent to his salary for a year, to a job scam.
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