However, it is revealed that presently Canada is one of the most targeted places using the so-called “Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) thus attracting several Gambians.
Candidates are also told that “work permits are currently available because the route is presently open for the summer”.
Additionally, it is also confirmed that fake recruiters targeting Gambians are presently using all kinds of social media platforms through emails, text messages, dating sites and other forms of social media.
Some of them are so brazen that they are personally informing people that “visas may not be required as long as fees are paid directly to us”.
Abdul, a Gambian national who paid hundreds of dollars as “advance payment for processing paperwork” said that his bill later amounted to at least $2,000 … and without any breakthrough …”.
He added that “the recruiters” later disappeared into thin air and vanished with his money.
This correspondent has also been keenly following their conversation and found out that most of the recruiters who are highly educated, fluent and aggressive are also promising young Gambian men and women husbands and wives.
In an email conversation with this correspondent who was acting as a potential applicant, a recruiter asked for sensitive information such as bank and passport details including an upfront payment of $1,000 “as summer jobs are now available”.
Meanwhile, the Canadian government has confirmed that the matter is a “growing problem” in the country and further outlined the various and common tactics the scammers are now applying.
It includes: "fake company websites, cloned legitimate websites and fake employment documents in order to lure unsuspected job seekers into submitting personal and financial information”.
Furthermore, several other European countries have also warned that “unrealistic salaries, minimal requirements and promises of easy money are red flags”.
The authorities also advised that if anyone suspects that he or she is targeted by a scam, the matter should be reported to the Police.
