The Anti-Scam Education and Research Programme team would like to draw your attention to recent scam cases related to overseas job recruitment.

You may read from recent news report that the Under Secretary for Security, Mr Michael Cheuk, led members of the dedicated task force from the Hong Kong Police Force and the Immigration Department to begin their itinerary in Thailand to meet with different parties and further follow up on cases that Hong Kong residents being lured to Southeast Asian countries and detained to engage in illegal work. 

Related news article [in Chinese]: 香港政府新聞公報 – 保安局專責小組在泰國跟進被禁錮從事非法工作的港人個案

We would like to remind you to stay alert of any potential scams related to overseas job recruitment! The Police has also warned about potential scams related to overseas job recruitment! If you are in any doubt, please call the Police’s anti-deception hotline: 18222, or inform your RC warden or your teacher immediately.

Related warning by the Police [in Chinese]: 

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