Pacific flight on Christmas day at the Clark international airport .
The victims confessed they were actually bound for Cambodia to work as encoders in a POGO-like company after being recruited by an Indonesian woman. Their escort also admitted that she was instructed by the recruiter to assist the victims in entering Singapore and eventually crossing over to Cambodia.BI Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado said that victims of syndicates that illegally recruit Filipinos to work in call centers abroad usually end up in scam hubs as catfishers.
Apart from the Christmas interception, the BI also interdicted numerous cases of suspected recruitment for scam and catfishing operations overseas..
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