POEA warns public vs. fake Facebook accounts of job offers

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) warned jobseekers to be cautious in checking employment information online, particularly information posted on social media accounts and fake POEA accounts.

POEA Administrator Bernard P. Olalia said there is a proliferation of fake Facebook pages using the agency and its logo to advertise job vacancies abroad, including Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, and the United States.

Olalia said the fake POEA Facebook accounts, the agency has traced, are:

• POEA Job Hirings in New Zealand
• POEA Jobs Online
• OFW POEA Jobs Abroad
• POEA Jobs Abroad
• POEA Job Hiring USA
• POEA Job Hiring Australia
• POEA Job Hiring UK
• POEA Job Agency Hiring
• POEA Trabaho Abroad Hiring
• POEA Jobs in Dubai
• Work Abroad-POEA Licensed Company
• POEA Accredited Licensed Agency

The FB page “POEA Job Hirings in New Zealand” was reported to have posted ads of supposed vacancies of Honda New Zealand that target Filipino workers. But Honda has denied having any active recruitment activity in the Philippines or any country outside New Zealand.

Olalia said facebook.com/poea.gov.ph is the official Facebook account of the POEA that has a blue checkmark, signifying this is a verified by Facebook itself.

Applicants are advised to confirm the POEA the validity of the jobs offered through email and social media through the online verification system at the website poea.gov.ph or by calling telephone hotlines 8722-1144 and 8722-1155. — with JP Soriano/BAP, GMA News