Modus operandi of Australian fruit-picking scammers

The agents involved in the Australian fruit-picking scams appear to favour the social media site Facebook to promote their services, according to a Malaysian living in Sydney.

The Malaysian, who spoke anonymously to Malaysiakini for safety reasons, said he had been working with the Australian Salvation Army on the case of 34 Malaysians being detained at the Villawood Immigration Detention Centre since late August this year.

During this time, he had placed a call from Sydney to a recruiting agent in Malaysia whose contact he found on Facebook.