The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration yesterday exposed
another e-mail scam targeting Filipino nurses and other medical practitioners for
supposed employment in a hospital in Australia.
Administrator Hans Leo J. Cacdac said the POEA received
another recruitment e-mail, supposedly coming from Sydney Adventist Hospital,
this time charging a fee of PhP3,750.00 for a two-day “British English”
training.
This is similar to the one allegedly sent by Stevenson
Memorial Hospital in Canada which offers "Visa Interview Coaching"
for a fee of Php 3,888.00.
Karen Franchiti, human resource specialist of the real
Stevenson Memorial Hospital wrote the POEA denying having any business relation
with "Stevenson Consultancy" which is supposed to conduct the
training in the Philippines.
Cacdac said the promises are similar: no placement fee, no
processing fee, no salary deduction, no show money, no experience required,
free accommodation and food allowance.
“This is a simple cut and paste job and is probably sent by the same group of swindlers
which uses legitimate companies to lure victims”, Cacdac added.
Sydney Adventist Hospital, located in New South Wales,
Australia, was informed of the scam and has since denied having a part of it.
An alert in Sydney Adventist Hospital’s website said it has
not issued advertisements, emails and other notices encouraging nursing staff
in the Philippines to submit applications for training for employment.
“The information about Sydney Adventist Hospital recruitment
is not accurate and we have not organized
training courses and hospital representatives will not be in the
Philippines on July 21 and 22nd to employ people," the hospital
said in its warning.
Cacdac said nurses from Philippines and other countries
wishing to apply for employment as a nurse in Australia must be registered
first with the Australian Health Practitioners Registration Authority (AHPRA).
“The training program referred to as the Sydney Adventist
British English Training is not associated with Sydney Adventist Hospital.
These notices have been issued without our knowledge or approval. Relevant
authorities have been advised that these notices are inaccurate and are
investigating who has issued them. Please do not pay any fees for the
advertised training in the hope of gaining employment here,” the alert said.
Job applicants who have received such recruitment e-mails
should forward the same to info@poea.gov.ph for investigation by the POEA,
Cacdac said.
Source: POEA
