The government is warning citizens about fake jobs in Luxembourg, which are being advertised by scammers and are seeking money from desperate job seekers.
In its statement issued on Monday, February 16, the State Department for Diaspora Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that their investigation has revealed that some individuals and groups are posing as recruitment agencies for jobs in Luxembourg.
According to the department, these scammers are charging job seekers recruitment and processing fees for jobs that do not even exist in the country.
It is also important to note that the official employment agency in Luxembourg, ADEM (Agence pour le Développement de l’Emploi), does not allow employment agencies to act as intermediaries in the employment process.
“Any employment process involving Luxembourg must follow the government’s official and regulated procedures. No person or private entity is authorized to collect fees on their behalf,” read the statement in part.
Speaking in the statement, Roseline Njogu, the Principal Secretary for Diaspora Affairs, advised Kenyans to ignore these scammers who are demanding money from job seekers in the country and abroad.
She also advised citizens against giving their personal details to strangers via WhatsApp and Telegram, as many scammers are using these platforms to lure victims.
Citizens are advised to contact the government via the official government hotline and Kazi Majuu email in case they encounter such scammers.
This is not the first case in which the government is issuing such an alert, as the Kenyan embassy in Moscow issued a similar alert days ago, cautioning citizens against traveling to Russia for jobs and advising that those who do so will not get government support in case they get stuck in Russia for pursuing jobs illegally.
Many youths in the country are also looking for jobs abroad, and the government is advising them to first look for jobs and then pay nothing, and also to avoid smooth-talking scammers.