MANILA, Aug. 29 -- Filipinos seeking overseas employment are reminded not to accept suspicious job offers in Myanmar, as a deployment ban is currently in place in the Southeast Asian state.

The Philippine Embassy in Myanmar made the reiteration on Friday after reporting a rise in the number of Filipinos entering the country supposedly to work as "customer service representatives."

"Madalas kinukunan ng mga ito ng 70-day business visa. Muli pong pinapaalalahanan ang lahat na nananatili ang pagpapairal ng deployment ban sa Myanmar (Often, they would be getting a 70-day business visa. We again remind everyone that the deployment ban in Myanmar remains in effect)," it said in an advisory.

The embassy did not provide a specific number but s...