KULIM: Malaysian job scam victims who end up stranded in foreign countries are those easily swayed by advertisements on social media offering job opportunities with attractive salaries and other benefits.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said subsequently, their family members or parents would lodge a missing person’s report or seek help to locate them abroad.
The root cause is the tendency to be easily manipulated into believing the social media campaigns where they are offered lucrative income, comfortable accommodation, paid plane fares and all kinds of things when working abroad.
“And when they get there, things are not as promised. Only a few are able to contact the police,” he told Bernama.
On Saturday, the media reported that the mother of Chong Sum Yee, 22, a Malaysian woman believed to be missing in Chiang Mai, Thailand, did not believe the videos of her daughter claiming she is safe and healthy.
Chee Choy Won, 50, said this was because the videos were uploaded on a new account under the name of “Moe Aye”.
Earlier, Saifuddin, who is also Kedah Development Committee chairman, visited the project site where a bridge in the Kampung Sungai Ular area, near here, would be relocated.
He said the RM9.3mil project is expected to be completed in October 2024.
