Guyanese scammed by cruise ship job offers

Apr 13, 2010 News

A number of Guyanese nationals appear to be victims of an apparent scam involving the promise of a so called employment agency in Barbados to get them jobs on cruise liners and freighters.
The Guyana Consulate in Barbados is in touch with Barbadian police about the matter.
Reports are that monies were paid to the agency but no jobs provided for a number of applicants, among whom were Bajans and other nationalities, Guyana’s Honorary Consul to Barbados Norman Faria confirmed.
The Fraud Squad of the Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF) is now involved to the extent that it has brought one person to court.
The man, unnamed in a Barbados media report, is now out on bail and is due to re-appear in court in June.
Faria said that he received first hand reports from aggrieved Guyanese early last year about an agency. The Guyanese first reported they had to wait too long for the jobs and they were worried about losing their application fee money which on average amounted to Bds$900 (US$450)
The aggrieved Guyanese named the head of the so called agency, even bringing into the Consulate alleged company literature which cited salaries such as US$2000 per month for a ship carpenter.
The Consul said that he had a meeting in March last year with a person, a Barbadian national, running a so called agency, then located in a building in Bridgetown. Faria subsequently wrote the person about the firm’s business practices and made some inquiries at the Fraud Squad.
As to the number of Guyanese who had made reports to the mission, he said there were “several”.
Because the case is now before the courts, the Consul declined to go into further details about the matter, except to confirm that the man running the agency is the same person now before the courts.
The justice system in Barbados will have to run its course, he said.
Faria said that he was in ongoing contact with the Fraud Squad and pursuing the possibility of refunds. He is also providing assistance so that passports seized by the police in the ongoing investigations could be returned to the bearers.
The Consulate in Barbados is once again urging Guyanese nationals, both in Barbados and at home, to always check with the Ministries of Labour in Guyana and Barbados, or the Consulate for advice to ascertain the authenticity of employment firms.

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