European job ads on Facebook? Beware, they might be scams
Summary
Date Reported: 8 Sep 2024
Location: Philippines
Companies
Meta (formerly Facebook) - Other Value Chain EntityAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( Number unknown - Philippines - Sector unknown , Women , Documented migrants ) , Migrant & immigrant workers: ( Number unknown - Philippines - Sector unknown , Men , Documented migrants )Issues
Recruitment Fees , Contract Substitution , Access to Information , Human Trafficking , Sexual harassmentResponse
Response sought: Yes, by The Resource Centre
Story containing response: (Find out more)
Action taken: In October 2024, the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited Meta to respond to the article, and to outline how it monitors and removes content illegally advertising jobs to migrant workers in the Philippines, including job scams that lead to human trafficking. Meta’s response can be read in full on tour website.
Source type: News outlet
The Office of the Police Attaché (OPA) and the Philippine Embassy in Thailand warned Filipinos to avoid becoming victims of illegal job recruitment schemes, especially those advertised on social media platforms like Facebook. Police Colonel Dominador Matalang and the Assistance to Nationals (ATN) section of the Philippine Embassy assisted three Filipino nationals who were denied boarding at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok on September 1, due to fake visas and other fraudulent work documents.
The recruitment process and the backdoor routes are similar to the Myanmar scam…
Olivia, a former OFW looking for a job in Europe, met a certain “Lelian Liban Linsag,” the contact person of Facebook page Job for You International (JFYI). This page claims to help job seekers find positions as warehouse personnel, factory workers, farm workers, and construction workers across Europe. It claimed to have an office in Dubai. Linsag asked for P150,000 processing fees to work in either Poland or the Czech Republic…
According to the data of OPA and the Philippine Embassy, since January 2024, there are 81 human trafficking victims (HTVs) from Myanmar, and 150 HTVs from Laos have received assistance and been repatriated to the Philippines…