Immediately after their arrival in the Thai capital, they found themselves on an eight-hour journey, escorted by “armed men in military uniforms”. Shuttled between three vehicles before finally crossing a river on boat, they arrived at their new workplace—a ‘scam farm’ with towers named from K1 to K10, at Myawaddy, on the Myanmar side of the Thailand-Myanmar border. Lugging suitcases filled with dreams of working in an IT park overlooking Bangkok’s shimmering skyline, they eagerly boarded their flights. But the landing didn’t stick. New Delhi: A high-paying data entry job in Thailand, with a salary in US dollars, and visa...