When an online job search becomes a trap for the unwary in Indonesia

Yusuf, a legal aid from Migrant Care in Indonesia, shares that people need to be more cautious while applying for jobs through social media. - Jakarta Post/ANN

JAKARTA, May 27 (Jakarta Post/ANN): "It was all my fault, my stupidity in accepting the job as a scammer since I needed to run away from my life after dealing with some personal issues," says Santoso, an English literature graduate.

He had intended to pursue a higher education degree by applying for a master's in film or a working holiday visa to Melbourne and to pay for it he accepted an "administrative job" offering a monthly salary of Rp 17 million in the Golden Triangle area of Laos.