Fraud recruiter in London uses fake government job orders - DFA

MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) was alerted by the Philippine embassy in London on the use of fake government stamps and papers of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) to advertise job vacancies in the United Kingdom.

In an advisory to the DFA, the embassy in London said a certain job recruitment agency identified as JP Recruitment Agency, with address at 290 Queens Road, Bootle, Liverpool, UK, was using forged Job Order Verification Stamps and signatures of authorized POLO officials in the UK.

“It has come to the embassy’s attention that a certain JP Recruitment Agency with address at 290 Queens Road, Bootle, Liverpool, United Kingdom and contact number 00-44701114753 has presented a Manpower Request/Job Order bearing a fake POLO-UK verification stamp and the forged signature of the Labor Attaché based in London to a Philippine recruitment agency,” the embassy said.

“The public is advised not to entertain any transactions for recruitment and employment from the said entity which allegedly bear the stamp and signature of POLO without first verifying this with the POLO-UK Office at the Embassy,” the embassy further advised.

The embassy reiterated those looking at jobs at the UK should verify the authenticity of any employment opportunities there, particularly those secured online, with the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency at its website (www.poea.gov.ph) or the POLO-UK at [email protected] or [email protected].