DFA warns vs recruitment scam in Spain

Philippine officials in Spain warned prospective jobseekers against a recruitment scam using Spain as a destination for Filipino workers. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) cited a report from the Philippine Embassy in Spain identifying the dubious firm as Previsto Ferrocariel Guiscoanagin. “The syndicate is using the email address espanolconsulate@europe.com to communicate with Filipino workers and lead them to believe that this is the email address of the Philippine Embassy in Madrid," the DFA said in article on its website Tuesday. It said the firm gave its address at Calle Placentinos 18B, 32005, Barcelona, Spain, but the Philippine Consulate General in Barcelona verified that there is no such address in Barcelona. “There is a Calle de los Placentinos in the province of Salamanca, while the zip code 32005 corresponds to the province of Ourense, not Catalonia," the DFA said. The DFA advised the public to be wary of job offers from this company and to first check the veracity of any job offer and company with the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in the country concerned, the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency, or the Department of Labor and Employment.—Jerrie M. Abella/JV, GMANews.TV