{"id":146821,"date":"2018-01-16T22:04:07","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T03:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=146821"},"modified":"2018-01-16T22:04:07","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T03:04:07","slug":"ofws-kin-warned-vs-owwa-benefits-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/16\/ofws-kin-warned-vs-owwa-benefits-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"OFWs, kin warned vs. OWWA benefits scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_143309\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-143309\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/airport-1503332_960_720.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-143309\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/airport-1503332_960_720.jpg\" alt=\"Cacdac said that any OWWA benefits and programs may only be processed directly with the agency. (Pixabay photo)\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/airport-1503332_960_720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/airport-1503332_960_720-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/airport-1503332_960_720-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-143309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cacdac said that any OWWA benefits and programs may only be processed directly with the agency. (Pixabay photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA\u2014<\/strong>\u00a0The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) on Tuesday cautioned overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families to be wary of scammers pretending to be connected with the agency.<\/p>\n<p>OWWA Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac issued the warning after receiving reports of unscrupulous individuals offering services to unsuspecting victims and that they could help them process OWWA benefits quickly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We must avoid scammers and fixers, who are falsely claiming that they can process OWWA benefits for OFWs,&#8221; he said in his Twitter account, @HansLeoCacdac.<\/p>\n<p>The modus operandi of the scammers is that they introduce themselves to potential victims after which they offer their services and ask for a processing fee of PHP6,000.<\/p>\n<p>Cacdac said that any OWWA benefits and programs may only be processed directly with the agency.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For any information regarding our programs or services for our OFWs, let us directly ask our OWWA offices,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>With this, the public is to send their concerns through the agency&#8217;s website and Facebook page or via 0917-TXTOWWA (8986992).<\/p>\n<p>Some of the benefits provided by OWWA to Filipinos working abroad and their relatives are Disability and Dismemberment Benefits; Death Benefit; Education for Development Scholarship Program (EDSP); Skills-for-Employment \u2013Scholarship Program (SESP); Balik-Pinas! Balik-Hanapbuhay! Program; and OFW-Enterprise Development and Loan Program (OFW-EDLP), among others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014\u00a0The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) on Tuesday cautioned overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families to be wary of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":146827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[43564,20979,21357],"class_list":["post-146821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","tag-be-wary-of-scammers","tag-overseas-filipino-workers-ofws","tag-overseas-workers-welfare-administration-owwa","mauthors-ferdinand-patinio","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}