The Anti-Scam Education and Research Programme team would like to draw your attention to recent scam cases related to overseas job recruitment.
Below you may find the interview video of a victim who is a student from the Mainland and has been lured to Southeast Asian countries and detained to engage in illegal work. The victim saw an advertisement on Telegram recruiting actors. After interview, he “got the job” and went to Southeast Asia and was detained until he was recently rescued.
Interview video [in Chinese] 被騙到東南亞園區，內地留港生心路歷程
- in Facebook
- in Weibo
- in Xiaohongshu
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.
More scam alerts by the Police: https://www.adcc.gov.hk/zh-hk/subscribe.html
