THE Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has blocked over 70,000 illegal online job postings on Facebook and TikTok.
A total of 71,653 fake job postings and accounts were removed, including 50,220 “suspicious” posts on Facebook and 21,433 on TikTok. These bogus job offers abroad needed to be taken down to protect Filipinos aspiring to work overseas.
“As we find them, we take them down. Every illegal recruitment post we see online, we immediately report and coordinate with Facebook and TikTok for the deactivation of those accounts,” said Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac in a statement.
He explained that fraudulent companies were posing as legitimate recruitment agencies, mimicking the official Facebook pages of DMW-licensed agencies to deceive applicants.
“We had a meeting with these agencies, and Facebook agreed to take down all these copycat sites,” said Cacdac.
“Filipino overseas jobseekers are encouraged to be more cautious against dubious job offers on social media and always verify the legitimacy of their preferred agencies to avoid falling victim to internet-related modus operandi of these illegal recruiters,” added the DMW.
Applicants can check the legitimacy of an agency by visiting the department’s website.
