The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said the 12 victims, who were recruited illegally to work in Myanmar, arrived in the Philippines on Wednesday.

MANILA — Twelve Filipinos have been rescued by Philippine authorities from Myanmar, where they allegedly experienced abuse and exploitation from their employers.

The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said the 12 victims, who were recruited illegally to work in Myanmar, arrived in the Philippines on Wednesday.

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The victims were recruited through Facebook by another Filipino who offered jobs as customer sales representatives in Myanmar, only to be exploited to work as online scammers there supposedly without pay or rest days.

They were also physically abused, beaten, subjected to electric shocks, and sometimes forced to duck walk, frog walk, jump, and squat for hours.

In an earlier report by the Agence France-Presse, a Filipina worker said that they had just days to romance strangers online and trick them into investing in a fake business, and failing to do so would result to being beaten or tortured with electric shocks.

When the Filipino workers sought permission to leave, their employers demanded $15,000, prompting them to run away and seek the help of authorities.

The DMW reiterated its warning to Filipinos to be "more cautious" against dubious job offers on social media and verify their legitimacy through the DMW website.

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The Bureau of Immigration had also warned that illegal gambling syndicates are now luring Filipinos to work in scam hubs overseas, citing intelligence reports that showed POGOs funding some call center agents to act as "brand ambassadors" to promote the illegal jobs.

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