Don’t fall for it! Fake pages are tricking people with offers to package pencils and pens, claiming good income from working at home. They impersonate real locations and deceive victims into transferring money, but never deliver any goods.
Thai PBS Verify has found Facebook pages advertising pencil and pen packaging jobs, claiming high income from remote work. Upon investigation, it was discovered that these pages falsely use images of real locations to trick people. The public is warned not to believe such claims, as many victims have reported being blocked after transferring money.
Source: Facebook
Verification Process
The investigation found that a Facebook page named “B.A. Stationery Transport Company Limited” posted advertisements on Facebook with the following message:
Apply for jobs here ✍️✍️ A great opportunity has arrived! B.A. Stationery Manufacturing Company Limited is now hiring.
We are looking for product distributors and packaging staff. You can apply directly through the company’s Facebook page (if a walk-in application is not convenient).
Qualifications:
- No gender restriction
- Age 20 and above
- Good health condition
If you’re interested in applying, please contact us via the company page’s inbox
In the About section of the page, it states that it is a stationery manufacturing factory that produces and sells pencils, pens, educational materials, and office supplies, located in Nong Phrong Subdistrict, Si Maha Phot District, Prachinburi Province.
However, when checking the page’s transparency information, it was found that the page was created on August 11, 2021, and surprisingly, it lists page managers from multiple countries, including Cambodia, Thailand, Bangladesh, Austria, Pakistan, and Vietnam.
And when we used Google Lens to verify the cover photo posted on the page, we found that the cover image was actually taken from Google Maps (saved link provided).
We investigated further by contacting the owner of the warehouse shown in the image and found that victims began showing up at the company around January 2025 to make inquiries. Each person who came had been deceived into transferring money, with the scammers claiming it was a required fee to open an account before receiving products to pack.
As more and more victims continued to show up with inquiries, the owner of the warehouse filed an official daily report as evidence, stating that the factory space for rent is not leased by any company named B.A. Stationery Transport Company Limited.
In addition, we found that some victims had previously posted reviews on Google Maps, confirming that the page had scammed them into transferring money for “system connection fees” three times, with the following charges: (saved link provided).
The first payment was 200 baht,
the second payment was 500 baht,
and the third payment was 1,500 baht.
Once victims transferred the money, they were no longer able to contact the page.
One of the victims told Thai PBS Verify that she had indeed lost money and the people in the LINE group she was added to were believed to be fake accounts designed to deceive victims into believing they w she realized it was a scam. ere receiving rewards for working with this fake company. She transferred money to sign up for the system system access, but when she realized there were additional fees of thousands of baht,
What are the consequences of this false information?
The advertisement offering work-from-home opportunities has led many people to send inquiries. The page is still running the ads on Facebook, which continues to attract new inquiries. The ad has been viewed over 150,000 times, which may result in more victims being deceived into making advance payments or having their personal information misused. (saved link provided)
Recommendations when encountering false information
If you come across such advertisements or posts:
✅ Always be cautious, as these individuals are scammers.
✅ Look for the blue checkmark (Blue Tick) next to the page name; it indicates an official page.
✅ Verify suspicious images using Google Lens.
If the public is looking for legitimate job opportunities, you can get information through the following channels:
✅ Department of Employment, Ministry of Labor, available on their website: www.doe.go.th
✅ Call the Department of Employment Hotline: 1506 press 2
✅ Website: “ไทยมีงานทำ.doe.go.th”
✅ Mobile Application: “ไทยมีงานทำ”
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