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How to Identify Overseas Job Scams
Oct 31, 2011 |
| People who are looking for overseas job opportunities should be extra careful as they are the targets of many illegal schemes and scams. Many falls into the trap of job scams because they are lured by the attractive promises and sweet tongues of swindlers. |
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Filipinos Warned of Fake Jobs in Italy
May 6, 2011 |
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Philippine officials in Rome issued an advisory to warn aspiring overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) against fake email offers for various jobs in Italy. Apparently, the bogus email promises various employment opportunities supposedly for the reconstruction project of L'Aquila in Italy. |
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New Email Scam Targets OFWs
Apr 26, 2011 |
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The email message is informing the OFW recipients that they had won a bonanza of 500,000 pounds (Php 35.596 million). To claim this prize, the letter sender is requesting for the personal information of the OFW recipients. |
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Don’t Fall for the English Language Scam
Mar 29, 2011 |
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Nurses who aspire to work abroad are reminded by Migrante-Aotearoa, a group of migrant workers not to be lured by supposedly job offers in New Zealand that would require them to undergo English language proficiency programs. The illegal recruiters charge exorbitant fees for tuition and recruitment and to comply with them, the applicants and their families are usually led to huge debts. |
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Be Wise: Don't Fall For The Job Offer Scam
Aug 9, 2010 |
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The job advertisement usually has a phone number that one can contact for more details about the offer. Or an office address that one can go to apply. A new technique for this scammer is to attend events where many jobseekers gather such as job fairs. They send out their flyers in job fairs and attendees get the impression that they are an official participant to the event.
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Don't Be A Victim: The Balikbayan Box Scam
Jul 16, 2010 |
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However despite the high cost of their services, there can be cases when a cargo company will not be able to deliver the package on time or there will be missing or broken items. In fact there are cases of balikbayan boxes not being delivered at all. So it pays to be choosy when it comes to balikbayan box companies. There may be a lot of cargo forwarders that an OFW can choose from, but the question is -- can you trust them?
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Beware Of Franchising Scam
May 31, 2010 |
| Since many OFWs are attracted to the idea of starting a business by franchising, the scammers are quick to use it to devise schemes that will victimize OFWs. Bogus franchisors specifically targets OFWs because they had the fund and resources. In fact a number of OFWs have already been victimized causing government agencies such as the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Department of Trade and Industry to be alarmed. |
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Be Wary Of An Email From Info@WorkAbroad.com
Apr 20, 2010 |
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In connection with this, the website issued an announcement that the email from info@WORKABROAD.com with a subject line Your European Placement Team IS NOT from www.WorkAbroad.ph. WorkAbroad.ph is different from WorkAbroad.com and it is not in any way connected to this website. WorkAbroad.ph is using email@workabroad.ph in corresponding to its applicants.
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Do Not Be A Victim of Identity Theft
Mar 1, 2010 |
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Identity theft happened when an individual rob someone’s identity by using his or her name, address, bank account, picture, etc. to conduct unlawful activities.
The consequence of being a victim of an identity theft is serious because it is your name and reputation at stake. You may find yourself in deep debt, be blacklisted in a foreign country or simply be involved in a scandal or scam you are totally unaware of.
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Beware of the SMS Scam: New Roaming Number
Jan 24, 2010 |
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Have you ever received a text message from an unknown number but contains a casual greeting, followed with the information that it is their new roaming number and a reminder to please send future messages to them there? If you happen to do have a loved one abroad, it is easy to assume that the person who sent the message is really the person you have in mind. |
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DFA Warns OFWs Against Text Scams
Oct 5, 2009 |
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The Department of Foreign Affairs is calling the attention of all Filipinos especially in Austria about the text scam circulating in the country using public institutions such as the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the Bureau of Internal Revenues (BIR).
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Fake Jobs in Nigeria: The 419 Scam
Jul 27, 2009 |
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The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) issued an advisory regarding a new email scam that victimizes people by sending tempting and seemingly too good to be true offers such as employment or a way to earn huge amounts of money.
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