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<br>BEIJING, July 4 (Reuters) - A Chinese national who went missing in Thailand after accepting a photoshoot job has been rescued, according to China's embassy in Bangkok, which cautioned Chinese citizens against simply accepting job offers.<br><br>The embassy said in a statement that the rescue of a person with the surname Zhong was a joint effort of various parties but did not release details. The embassy did not give the person's full name or reveal their gender.<br><br>China's state-backed local media reported on Friday that a 23-year-old Chinese man by the surname Zhong had been tricked and trafficked into Myanmar after arriving in Thailand for a magazine cover photoshoot in early June.<br><br>His sister, who received a suspicious call from him weeks ago when he was in an unidentified location in Myanmar, had reported him missing to police in Guangzhou and Bangkok, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said.<br><br>The embassy in Bangkok warned Chinese citizens to be vigilant against dubious "high-paying jobs" overseas, clarifying that Thailand requires foreign nationals to obtain appropriate permits to work there.<br><br>The warning comes as concerns about human trafficking and fraudulent employment schemes targeting Chinese nationals abroad grow.<br><br>Criminal networks have trafficked hundreds of thousands of people to scam compounds across Southeast Asia, many along the Thai-Myanmar border, where victims are forced to work in illegal online schemes, according to the United Nations.<br><br>The latest incident echoes a similar case that caught national interest in January, when a 31-year-old Chinese actor was duped into a film job in Thailand only to be kidnapped and taken to an online scam compound in Myanmar to work. He was [https://healthtian.com/?s=eventually%20freed eventually freed] by Thai police.<br><br>After that case, China and Thailand agreed to set up a coordination centre in Bangkok to investigate and combat the scam complexes.<br><br>The Chinese embassy in Myanmar published a long notice on its WeChat account on Friday addressing the "emergence of new telecommunication network fraud methods".<br><br>It listed tips and 20 key phrases to look out for, aimed at educating the public in identifying frauds.<br><br>(Reporting by Liz Lee and  [https://babakan-ciparay.desa.id/babakan.id/?ezee=TOTO100 adult video] Shi Bu; Editing by Jacqueline Wong and Michael Perry)<br><br>