Among the 2,471 Indians, which were lured with fake job proposals to various Southeast Asian countries and to engage in other fraud activities in cyber crime and scam compounds, 273 are from Tamil Nadu, 247 from Uttar Pradesh, 247, 20, 20, and 151 from Jammu and Kashmi and 151.
22,145 Indians traveled on visitor visas to Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar and Vietnam from January 1, 2022 to 31 January 2025, not returned, Indian Express has learned.
According to data compiled by Cybercrime Coordination Center (I4C), a unit under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), more than 20,000 Indians are expected to work in scam compounds located in Southeast Asia, from where they are targeting Indians and citizens of other countries.
Country-wise data of reversed Indians show that 1,089 Lao returned from PDR, 800 from Cambodia and Myanmar from January 2022 to May 2025 from Myanmar.
“Lao PDR has 1,089 preferential Indians, 145 from Tamil Nadu, 129 from Maharashtra, 96 from Jammu and Kashmir, 79 from UP, 79, and 69 from Kerala. Out of 800 Indians from Cambodia, 116 out of 800 Indians, 103 from Kerala, up, 95 to, 95 to, 71.
Of the 582 Indians from Myanmar, the official said that 65 are from UP, 61 from Maharashtra, 57 from Gujarat, 48 from Punjab and 34 from Karnataka. “Cyber fraud analysis this year showed that they are targeting the Indian economy, and the country loses about Rs 1,000 crore every month for such crimes,” the official said.
The data of uncontrolled passengers suggests that 22,145 Indians, who visited visitors in Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam from January 1, 2022 to 31 January, have not returned till March 3 this year.
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“Of 22,145 Indians, 15,828 are in Thailand, 3,566 are in Vietnam, 2,121 are in Cambodia, 387 in Myanmar, and 243 are in Lao PDR. The highest number of them (3,358), from 2,441, 2,441, 2,447 from Kerala, Maharashtra, from Maharashtra, Maharashtra to 1,477, Delhi to 1,477, Delhi to 1,441, Delhi. There are 1,058, 973 from Gujarat, 876 from Karnataka and 740 from Rajasthan, ”said another government official.
Indian Express first reported More than 5,000 Indians were suspected to be trapped in Cambodia after allegedly held against their will and was forced to commit cyber fraud.
“Out of 22,145 out of 22,145, 7,811 in the age group of 7,811 20-29, 6,682 in 30-39, 3,204 in 40-49 category and 1,631 in 50-59 brackets,” the official said.
Following MHA’s instructions, several central agencies and state police have registered 178 FIRs and arrested 224 people on charges of job fraud, cheating and others.
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An investigation revealed that three types of major cyber crime from Southeast Asia are: Stock trading/investment scam, digital arrest, and working and investment-based scams.
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