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It has come to our attention that scam gangs have started using the 1955@E-LINE logo. If you believe you have encountered such a situation there are three steps to follow: remain calm, verify and call the police or the 1955 hotline.

The Workforce Development Agency’s (WDA) Consultation & Complaint Hotline recently received information that unscrupulous persons are fraudulently using the name of the WDA’s 1955 hotline and the 1955@E-LINE logo to trick foreign workers into signing up to a bogus LINE account. They then claim to be able to help find new employers or offer other assistance and ask the workers to make money transfers to a designated account. The WDA has nothing to do with this bogus account and will file a lawsuit against these criminals at the district prosecutors’ office once they are identified. If any foreign workers suspect they have encountered such scam gangs they should “remain calm, verify and call the police.”

The real 1955 hotline is in Chinese, English, Vietnamese, Indonesian and Thai, offering labor rights consultations and complaints services to employers and foreign workers, while also helping foreign workers identify and avoid scams. In addition, the 1955@E-LINE official account established by the WDA is used to disseminate information on related policies and laws. Under no circumstances will this account proactively contact foreign workers and privately offer to help them find a new employer or job, and WILL NEVER ask workers to transfer payments to a designated account. Foreign workers using social media platforms such as Facebookor LINE groups should not believe offers made by unknown individuals to help them find new work.

The WDA calls on employers and labor brokerages to remind foreign workers if they are sent unknown links or encouraged to join a private account falsely using the 1955@E-LINE name and receive a private message asking them to provide personal information or remit payments, to remain calm and call the 1955 hotline or the 165 anti-fraud hotline. They can then ask for further evidence to protect their own rights and avoid being scammed. If you already remitted money to a designated account, remember to save a screenshot of any communications and record the account details, before reporting the matter to a nearby police station or calling the 1955 hotline, which will call the authorities on your behalf.