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Maids saddled with crippling debts after falling prey to phone scams by fellow maids
Victims face huge bills after being lured with cash to sign up for plans
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A go-between (right) with a maid after handing money over to her outside a telco shop at AMK Hub, with instructions on which mobile subscription plan to sign up for.
ST PHOTO: SHINTARO TAY
Calvin Yang
Dozens of Filipino maids are being saddled with crippling debts after being lured into a mobile phone racket organised by unscrupulous moneylenders who use other maids to run the scam.
The fraud starts with a maid being shown a list of smartphones by a woman standing outside a telco shop. She hands the maid some cash and tells her what mobile subscription plan to sign up for - usually the most expensive one.
