Malaysian teenager forced to become a scammer after falling for job ad

When Malaysian teenager Ah Heng (not his real name) saw a Facebook post in February advertising a job for a customer service position in Cambodia, he was intrigued.

The job promised him RM4,000 (S$1,250), which was more than what Ah Heng, 19, earned monthly as a phone shop assistant back home.

But it was the beginning of a three-month ordeal during which he would be forced to work for a transnational scam syndicate, which allegedly stole millions of dollars from victims.

In full: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/malaysian-teenager-forced-to-become-a-scammer-after-falling-for-job-ad-0

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