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Caution Required: Female College Students Fall Victim to Job Scams

Caution Required: Female College Students Fall Victim to Job Scams

The Nanshin Police have taken to the streets to raise awareness about fraud prevention, urging job seekers to stay vigilant. With graduation season approaching for various colleges, two female college students recently fell victim to online job advertisements, leading to their recruitment in Cambodia as 'pigs,' sparking significant discussion on social media.

The Nanshin Police remind fresh graduates to be alert while job hunting online and to visit the Tainan City Police Department’s official website for the latest fraud prevention information. According to the police, fraud groups often attract job seekers through recruitment ads, then request bank passbooks and ATM cards under the pretense of salary transfers, turning their accounts into fronts for deception, and forcing them into delivery roles. A severe case involved tricking seekers into Southeast Asia.

For instance, a graduate named Xiao Jiang (a pseudonym) sought to gain work experience during summer before formal job hunting. One day, they saw an ad on a Facebook group claiming they could earn tens of thousands in a day with light work, but had to travel north for an interview. Xiaojing went alone to the specified location, only to find out that the fraud group was pretending to be helpful by offering a ride to set up a work-related bank account, but instead took him to a remote lodge, confiscated his phone and bankbook, and held him captive. The group even forced him to become a delivery driver, but fortunately Xiaojing managed to slip a note to the bank counter asking for help, thus escaping the situation.

To prevent students from falling into fraud traps, the city's Criminal Prevention Division has been educating students about the types and tactics of job scams, emphasizing the need for college students to exercise caution while job searching.