The job abroad needs a "visa processing" payment to a personal GCash account. Is that a scam?
Yes. Legitimate agencies collect fees at their office with official receipts, and many costs for overseas jobs are paid by the employer; a "visa processing" fee by GCash to a personal account is the recruiter's own pocket. Once paid, the deployment date keeps moving and new fees appear.
The script: a job in Canada, Poland, Japan or the Middle East, high salary, urgent slots. Fees come in stages: processing, medical, visa, "contract signing", "insurance". Each stage is "the last". The visa never comes.
What to do
- Do not pay. Ask for the agency's DMW license and the job order first.
- Any legitimate fee is paid at the agency office with an official receipt, never to a personal GCash.
- Search the recruiter's name and number with "illegal recruitment".
- If you already paid, save receipts and chats and report to the DMW and the PNP ACG or the NBI.
- Check the recruiter's number and messages: the same script is used on many people.
Frequently asked questions
- The recruiter says the fee is refundable after deployment. Believable?
- No. There will be no deployment. Refund promises from an unlicensed recruiter are part of the script.
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