The Department of Labor and Employment warned jobseekers against fake social media pages and accounts offering local and overseas job vacancies.
The department issued the warning after a jobseeker was victimized by a certain “Arthur Villena” who claimed to be allegedly working at the labor department.
The victim, a certain “Mary” said she got the details from a supposed ‘DOLE Job Assistance-Local and Abroad’ Facebook page bearing various posts for interested applicants for deployment in Canada, Australia, Singapore, London, and local jobs for Calabarzon and Mimaropa as nurses, caregiver, managers, restaurant staff, and others,”: The DOLE said.
The page also uses the official logo of DOLE, posting pictures of trainings, and a photo of former Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz.
“Mary called the certain number ‘0935-743-0054’ posted on the page and was instructed to send a P1,000 for the reservation fee through a mobile money transfer ‘Smart padala,: the DOLE said in a statement.
After sending the payment, the alleged Arthur said he will meet with Mary at the DOLE Central Office in Intramuros, Manila to assist her for the job application. However, upon arriving at the DOLE, no one showed up and the scammer no longer answers the phone.