The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) urged overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to be wary of websites pretending to be affiliated with the official website of the government of Canada.
In a statement, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said : “We want our OFWs to be vigilant against illegal and predatory overseas employment operations. They themselves should become their own lookout during their job hunting to avoid falling victims.”
Baldoz said fraudulent website operators are using the Canada woodmark or Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) logo to target individuals aiming to work or live in Canada.
Baldoz urged OFWs intending to go to Canada to go through the proper processes of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).
Baldoz said fraudulent website operators are using the Canada woodmark or Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) logo to target individuals aiming to work or live in Canada.
Baldoz urged OFWs intending to go to Canada to go through the proper processes of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).
“As recruitment scams proliferate, jobseekers should be watchful and should guard themselves against too-good-to-be-true offers that might merely lead them to the path of those who have victimized by scammers,” Baldoz said.
A report of the DFA said unscrupulous websites are allegedly charging fees in exchange for supposedly high-paying but actually non-existent jobs in Canada.
Baldoz said immigration consultants, lawyers, Quebec notaries, and paralegals regulated by a law society are the only entities authorized to charge fees.
Baldoz noted that based on the 2011 report of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), the Philippines deployed 15,658 documented OFWs to Canada in 2011 compared to only 13,885 workers in 2010. - VVP, GMA News
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