MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Foreign Affairs is warning the public against a scam circulating by e-mail that offers Filipino nurses non-existent jobs in Toronto-based hospitals.
Citing a report from the Philippine consulate general in Canada, the DFA said the e-mail offers work with Shouldice and other hospitals in Toronto. It invites nurses to “coaching interviews” conducted by staff of these hospitals in Makati to prepare them for interviews by the Canadian embassy in Manila.
Participants are made to pay a fee of P3,888 for the “coaching interview,” which is a prelude to a two-day seminar at the completion of the initial consultation, the consulate said.
According to Shouldice Hospital, it has been represented illegitimately and falsely by an “unidentified” agency in the Philippines in conducting interviews of nurses, who have been sent e-mails supposedly from Shouldice Hospital.
In the past few days, Shouldice Hospital has been receiving at least 100 e-mails and telephone inquiries about these “coaching interviews” for potential employment in its hospital in Thornhill, Ontario.
These would-be participants are asked to send money via Western Union, specifically to somebody using Shouldice Hospital’s officers, including its chief executive officer.
The consulate general thus “advises recipients to be wary of such invitations, especially those that demand money from potential applicants.”
source: interaksyon.com
