The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) warned on Friday aspiring overseas Filipino workers against conspicuous messages on electronic mails inviting them for employment to the United Kingdom as this may be the newest Internet scam operating in the country.
According to a statement from the DFA, the Philippine embassy in London reported that criminal syndicates behind the modus operandi pose as officials of the British Border and Immigration Agency (BIA), a unit of the British Home Office that oversees the management of migration to the United Kingdom.
Philippine Ambassador to London Edgardo Espiritu said the e-mail message carries the official address of the BIA in its internal communications “but use email addresses obtained from commercial Internet and e-mail service providers."
Other syndicates employ the name of other British or Filipino agencies, Espiritu reported.
Victims of the scam are then made to pay in legitimate commercial money remittance service providers easily accessible throughout the Philippines.
“If payment is being required before deployment, the public is advised to consider the transaction as suspicious and discontinue dealing with the recruiter," the DFA warned, adding that one should verify the legitimacy of the overseas employment offer with the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency first before making any payment.
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