JAKARTA - On May 22, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a warning to US citizens and individuals living or traveling abroad regarding advertisements for fake jobs related to labor trafficking.
According to the ad, the victims were "forcedly detained, intimidated, and forced to engage in an international cryptocurrency investment scam scheme."
"The FBI warns of a false job advertisement related to labor trafficking in Southeast Asian-based fraud complexes where victims were forcibly detained, intimidated, and forced to engage in international cryptocurrency investment scam schemes." This tweeted the FBI Twitter account (@FBILasVegas) on May 22.
The warning also states that the main victims are people in Asia and they are offered various opportunities, including technical support, call center customer service, and beauty salon technicians. However, upon arrival in a foreign country, job seekers were "forced" to engage in cryptocurrency investment schemes.
The FBI has asked victims of such schemes to step forward and report these activities through online portals. The FBI has been involved in many cases of cryptocurrency fraud and crypto-related incidents in recent years.
Recently, on May 1, the FBI office in Detroit and the Ukrainian National Police "conducted activities carried out in coordination and based on court authorization," which ended with the confiscation and closure of nine digital currency exchange services.
These domains are suspected of helping cybercriminals and include 24xbtc.com, 100btc.pro, pridechange.com, trust-exchange.org, and bitcoin24.exchange, among others.
On April 30, crypto security and audit firm CertiK released a summary of crypto exploitation and fraud in April, which revealed a loss of US$103.7 million (Rp1.5 trillion). The amount lost in April was equivalent to half of all crypto losses in 2023.
At almost the same time, the famous YouTube channel DidYouKnowGaming became a victim of a hack attack that promoted XRP cryptocurrency scams.
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