(abs-cbn news) - Filipinos in the United Kingdom and Philippine-based workers eyeing a job overseas were warned Sunday of a spurious hotel ostensibly operating in the UK allegedly offering jobs as receptionists, cashiers, waiters and waitresses in London.
"We strongly forewarn unwary [overseas Filipino workers] and would-be OFWs, as well as the legitimate OFW recruitment industry in the Philippines against being enticed and victimized by this and similar scams currently proliferating in the World Wide Web," the Department of Labor and Employment said Sunday.
DOLE Secretary Arturo Brion cited a report of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in London identifying the spurious hotel as one "Crystal Spring Hotel UK," which had earlier sent an e-mail to a licensed recruitment agency in the Philippines on its offer to become a "prospective employer" of OFWs.
Labor attaché Jainal Rasul, Jr., however, said that upon examination by the POLO, the scanned documents of the "hotel," including its certificate of registration, special power of attorney and demand letter, indicated a "patent scam" to dupe OFWs and the legitimate recruitment industry.
Rasul based the conclusion on the following evidence:
- The stamps appearing on the documents purportedly bearing the seals of the POLO and the Philippine embassy in London are all fake, including the scanned signature of the Ambassador, who does not authenticate verification documents at all;
- The "hotel," in its demand letter, requires positions such as receptionists, cashiers, waiters and waitresses, which are not open to non-European Union workers;
- The purported certificate of registration of Crystal Springs Hotel appears like a World War II Veterans' Certificate bearing the superimposed logos of Scotland, Kirkwall, and the UK.
"We strongly forewarn unwary [overseas Filipino workers] and would-be OFWs, as well as the legitimate OFW recruitment industry in the Philippines against being enticed and victimized by this and similar scams currently proliferating in the World Wide Web," the Department of Labor and Employment said Sunday.
DOLE Secretary Arturo Brion cited a report of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in London identifying the spurious hotel as one "Crystal Spring Hotel UK," which had earlier sent an e-mail to a licensed recruitment agency in the Philippines on its offer to become a "prospective employer" of OFWs.
Labor attaché Jainal Rasul, Jr., however, said that upon examination by the POLO, the scanned documents of the "hotel," including its certificate of registration, special power of attorney and demand letter, indicated a "patent scam" to dupe OFWs and the legitimate recruitment industry.
Rasul based the conclusion on the following evidence:
- The stamps appearing on the documents purportedly bearing the seals of the POLO and the Philippine embassy in London are all fake, including the scanned signature of the Ambassador, who does not authenticate verification documents at all;
- The "hotel," in its demand letter, requires positions such as receptionists, cashiers, waiters and waitresses, which are not open to non-European Union workers;
- The purported certificate of registration of Crystal Springs Hotel appears like a World War II Veterans' Certificate bearing the superimposed logos of Scotland, Kirkwall, and the UK.
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