In a news release, POEA Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac said: “When you post your resume to a job search site, you are opening your personal data to potential employers, and even scammers, so be careful,” POEA Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac.
He advised jobseekers to think twice before replying to e-mails with the subject "You are selected!" especially if it claims to come from “international companies” never heard of before.
Cacdac said the emails promise employment in hospitals and caregiving establishments in Canada and the United States, at almost no cost to the applicant.
However, the applicants were asked to pay for medical tests and interview coaching in the Philippines.
Cacdac urges job applicants who received such recruitment emails to forward these to info@poea.gov.ph for verification and proper action by the POEA and police.
'Fraser Health'
Cacdac cited the case of a certain Fraser Health company which recruits nurses and caregivers for supposed employment in Canada.
Upon verification, the real Fraser Health in Canada denied the e-mail came from them.
The POEA said the fake company uses free e-mail accounts at hushmail.com whereas the true Fraser Health uses their domain name fraserhealth.ca.
Cacdac said the come-ons offered by the fake company could be hard to refuse for some Filipino workers looking for overseas jobs.
The e-mail claimed that applicants would not be charged any placement or processing fee, and the cost of airfare and work visa would be paid by the employer.
However, the catch is they would have to pay P3,750.00 for “Canadian Embassy Interview Coaching” and medical tests costing up to P5,000.00, the POEA said.
“Because the company is not real, the victims are unnecessarily spending hard-earned money in pursuit of non-existent jobs,” Cacdac said.
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