POEA reveals another job scam
The Philippine
Overseas Employment Administration yesterday warned jobseekers of another job
scam through e-mail.
Administrator Hans
Leo J. Cacdac said that other than nurses and other medical professionals,
swindlers are also targeting unsuspecting applicants offering them job as Nanny
in the United States of America.
Cacdac said he
received last week a memorandum from Labor Attache Luzviminda Padilla of the
Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Washington DC endorsing the case of
a Filipino national who requested assistance from the POLO to verify a job
offer from Barrister Martin Bishop, as Nanny for Mrs. Julie Adams of 206
Springfield Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 007114 USA.
In the job offer, a
certain Martin Bishop represented himself as a Barrister associated with
Macroberts Solicitors based in New Jersey.
Cacdac said the
victim has remitted US$276.99 via Western Union to a certain Qunesha Clewis of
1520 Sepulveda Ave., Apt. G, San Bernardino, California in connection with the
job offer.
Upon verification,
the Washington POLO found out that Martin Bishop, Julie Adams, and Qunesha
Clewis were all fictitious names invented by the scammer.
Labatt
Padilla cited another case of a Filipina who was also offered a job as Nanny by
a certain Dr. Mark Balek of New York Hospital. She was likewise directed to
send $300.00 via Western Union to a person in Malaysia. When POLO contacted the
office of Dr. Balek, her secretary said it was all a scam and denied that he is
hiring a Nanny and claimed that this scam has been going on for some time.
Padilla reported that
she has already sought the assistance of the Philippine Embassy’s Police
Attache to request the FBI to investigate this cyber crime
