MGA PINOY PINAG-IINGAT: ‘TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE’ JOBS ALOK ONLINE 

BINALAAN ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) ang mga Pilipino na naghahanap ng overseas employment laban sa mga trabaho na inaalok online. 

Ang babala ay ipinalabas ng DOLE makaraang makatanggap ang Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) sa Madrid, Spain ng request para beripikahin ang isang online job offer para sa fruit farm cashier position na may sahod na 3,000 hanggang 6,000 euros, o katumbas ng P175,000 hanggang P350,000. 

Pinayuhan ni POLO Madrid Labor Attaché Joan Lourdes Lavilla ang mga job seeker na maging maingat sa pag-entertain ng  “too good to be true” job opportunities sa ibang bansa. 

“We advise jobseekers to be very cautious. Scammers use names of legitimate companies and when you look at the job offer, it is usually too good to be true. They also give mobile numbers only. One tip is to check their given address using Google maps because sometimes there is no actual structure or company,” sabi ni Lavilla. 

Ang isa pa aniyang indikasyon ng scam ay kapag inatasan ang isang applicant na magpadala ng pera sa pamamagitan ng remittance center. 

“What our kababayan (compatriot) did was right. She checked with us first before grabbing the job opportunity,” ani Lavilla. 

Maaaring bisitahin ng overseas jobseekers ang Philippine Overseas Employment Administration’s website poea.gov.ph para iberipika ang pagiging lehitimo ng alok na trabaho.