Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 6) — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Monday said former employees of illegal online gambling companies are the likely targets of scams that promise to take their names off immigration blacklists.
“Tingin namin ang target nito (online scam) yung mga dating nagtatrabaho sa mga illegal online gambling companies na na-blacklist ng Bureau of Immigration,” BI Spokesperson Dana Sandoval told CNN Philippines Newsroom Ngayon.
[Translation: We think the targets of the online scam are the former employees of illegal online gambling companies that were blacklisted by the Bureau of Immigrations.]
Sandoval also said Filipinos and foreigners alike may be behind the online “pseudo services.”
“They [foreigners] translate it to their own language para mas makapanghikayat ng mga foreign nationals to avail their pseudo services,” Sandoval said.
[Translation: Foreigners translate it to their own language so as to encourage more foreign nationals to avail of their pseudo services.]
She added that those involved in online scams promising to lift names from the immigration blacklist may face immigration cases or they themselves may be blacklisted.
Earlier, BI warned the public against online scams, including those that offer to clear their names from the immigration blacklist for a payment of ₱1 million to ₱5 million.
READ: BI says scammers offer to lift immigration blacklists for up to ₱5M
