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OFWs beware! The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration received reports of Filipino workers victimized by the following employment scams in the internet:
Reserve Petroleum Nederland BV (www.reservpetroleum-ol.com)
- Copied the website of a legitimate maritime contracting company, and posts fake offers for jobs in dredging and marine projects in Europe
- Asks applicants to pay fees for visa or work/residence permit, additional fees to cover registration of documents
- Targets OFWs in the Middle East
Western Nursing & Day Care Services Ltd. (wns.ltd.tripod.com/index.html)
- Offers caregiving jobs in Canada
- Applicants to pay visa fee and medical insurance
- Uses free e]mail and website hosting services
First Global Manpower (firstglobal.manpowerrecruitment@yahoo.fr)
- Offers jobs as fish packers, garden workers and office cleaners in Ecuador, USA,
- Canada and Turkey
- Lists office address in Ivory Coast
- Uses e-mail in recruitment (The POEA Administrator actually received such e-mail)
- Charges service fees for processing of visa
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