The government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has warned Kenyans against applying online for some fake job openings.
In a statement released by the ministry on Wednesday, November 16, the Kenyan Embassy in Bangkok warned Kenyans against applying for fake sales and customer care jobs in Thailand advertised online.
According to the Embassy, there was a concern about Kenyans who had already fallen prey to online job scammers.
It stated that many of the advertisers are wanted by the police and that there are no such jobs available.
The Embassy hinted that those who fell prey to the scammers ended up in Myanmar, a country in Asia, where they were used to commit cybercrimes.
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"The Embassy is deeply concerned that despite previous warnings in the media and online platforms, Kenyans continue to fall prey to online job scammers, who are unrelenting in their search for innocent Kenyans.
"Those who fall in the trap end up in Myanmar where they are used to commit cybercrimes under the watchful eye of Chinese networks and those who fail to get the targeted number of clients, mostly Americans are thoroughly beaten and locked up for days without food," read the statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
It further stated that Kenyans who were working in forced labor in the nation ran the risk of losing their body organs and one Kenyan had already lost their life.
"The Kenyans and many other Africans working in the forced labour camps run the great risk of losing their body organs and lives as well. Already one young Kenyan has died as a result of a botched operation by quack doctors operating in the Chinese run factories in Myanmar," the statement further read.
The government, however, said that there have been efforts to rescue the victims, and 76 have already been repatriated.
