15 Filipinas in HK Duped by Farm Jobs That Don’t Exist in Canada

Apparently Filipinas are willing to give up domestic helper work in Hong Kong for worm picking jobs in Canada.

At least 15 Filipinas are believed to have been duped into paying nearly HK$180,000 for inexistent farm jobs in Canada.

Documents obtained by The Sun showed the Filipinas were asked to pay a placement fee of 1,500 Canadian dollars each to work as “worm pickers” at a farm in Toronto.
The jobs were offered through advertisements placed in community newspapers by Honey Bee Employment and Trading Services, a recruitment company registered with the Employment Agencies Administration of the HK Labour Department.

In response to queries from The Sun, Honey Bee proprietor Maria Fe Albano said she herself had been victimized by a man who claimed that his company in Canada, Helping Hands Services Incorporated, was recruiting up to 50 farm workers from overseas.

She said she remitted all the money paid by the applicants to her Canadian contact she identified as a Mr. Vicente M. Macalipay, with office address in Main Street, Vancouver.

But after sending the money, she said she could no longer contact Macalipay.

According to one of the complainants who identified herself as Jonie, she paid Honey Bee a deposit of CAD$500 on Feb. 28 this year, and was interviewed the next month.

She completed the payment afterward, on the assurance that the labor market opinion (LMO) that certifies that the job is available would be issued in May. She was reportedly told that the processing of her work papers would be completed within four to six months.

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