Kenyan Man Lured to Myanmar with Teaching Job Says He Was Coerced Into Online Scamming
- Hundreds of Kenyans excitedly travelled to Thailand thinking they had landed lucrative jobs, only for them to end up in Myanmar, where they were coerced into online scamming gigs
- The victims shared shocking tales of being allegedly beaten or struck with electricity when they failed to deliver or con unsuspecting individuals
- A middle-aged man moved many when he shared that he was duped into travelling to Thailand for a teaching job, only to become an online scammer
Nairobi, Kenya: A middle-aged man has shared how he was duped into travelling to Thailand for a teaching job, only to end up in Myanmar, where his job was conning people on the internet.
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How did Kenyan teacher travel to Myanmar?
The man, who opted to hide his face, shared that he is an English teacher, and he travelled to the country on a tourist visa instead of a work one.
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"I just passed here at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and thought I was going to Canaan. When I arrived, I was picked by a very expensive car which was driven very fast for nine hours and when I asked the driver where we were going they didn't even know English," he said.
"I knew it was over for me when we crossed the river," he told Citizen TV.
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How was it working in Myanmar?
According to the teacher, who was relieved to be back home, when he arrived in Myanmar, he was forced to start being an online scammer, and they were tortured heavily whenever they failed to meet the expectations of their employers.
"If you have not been successful in stealing, you are beaten. If you look at my eyes, they are red because I never used to sleep day and night. Here you sleep eight hours, but there it is only for one and a half hours," he said.
"We may seem fine but we are actually very sick," he said.
Reactions to the video:
@bettymukami:
"We thank God for bringing you back alive, even after the massive earthquake at Mynmar."
@phoebeadikinyi344
"Mungu ni mwema mmerudi salama aki,mungu awape amani moyoni."
@JaneThuranira-s8k:
"Veery sorry for the victims ,may GOD comfort you wacha tuwe tunahusisha Mungu Kwa Kila jambo yaani stuongoze."
esthermaina1639:
"I feel pain when that man said wachunguzwe mili yao inaweza kuwa na maunjojwa hope no one was abused😢😢 binadamu wakosa huruma kabisa."
@BenjaminKimanzi-t8l:
"Kasongo anajua hao agent wanapeana hao watu na badu amenyamaza juu wakenya sio kitu kwake,lakini nisawa tu."
@emilywangui:
"Hawa watu tumeishi kuabia agent ni wakora Facebook na TikTok, walikuwa wanatutusi aki ...mara tuko na wivu but tunasema tukimya tuu ...I hope Kenya will learn with this."
@lydianamusia4380:
"God is great for returning you a live Wacha tunishi kwetu Kenya ata maisha ukuwe ngumu."
@LoveHumansAsGodLovesYou:
"Let the agents who sent them there be exposed and charged in court for human."
80 Kenyans stuck in Myanmar
In another story, it emerged that hundreds of Kenyans were conned into travelling to Thailand for jobs, only to end up in Myanmar, where they still failed to get the jobs.
The jobs were offered by fake recruitment agencies that made the job seekers sign up for jobs in Thailand, only to keep them on the border of the two countries.
In an interview with TUKO.co.ke, Kenya’s government spokesman, Isaac Mwaura, asked citizens to always verify any job on offer through official channels before considering employment abroad.
Illegal recruitment agencies lure Kenyans with lucrative jobs abroad and also charge them visas and placement fees.
Proofreading by Mercy Nyambura, copy editor at TUKO.co.ke.
Source: TUKO.co.ke
