Purpose and situation prompting issuance
- The advisory responds to a reported high-profile incident involving Filipino workers in Macau.
- The case involves an alleged HK$300,000 online credit card scam.
- The Philippine Consulate General in Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) reports that Filipinos were implicated in the scam.
- The arrested Filipinos claim innocence and allege they had lent their computer laptops to friends and acquaintances.
- The advisory highlights that the laptops were used in illegal activity even though the accused professed they were not participating.
Core warning on lending laptops
- Filipinos who wish to work overseas, particularly in Macau, are strongly advised to refrain from lending computer laptops to friends and acquaintances.
- Filipinos who lend computer laptops must take extra precaution to avoid being associated with illegal activities that use the laptops.
- The advisory emphasizes that persons may be implicated when their devices are used to commit wrongdoing.
- The advisory specifically links the scam allegation to the use of lent computer laptops for internet access and contacting families in the Philippines.
Factual details referenced for context
- The alleged scam is described as an online credit card scam.
- The amount involved in the alleged scam is HK$300,000.
- The advisory describes that the laptops were used for internet access and to contact families in the Philippines.
- The advisory describes that the accused were arrested in connection with the incident.
- The advisory frames the reported case as one involving Filipinos in Macau.
Guidance and intended audience
- The advisory is issued for the information and guidance of all concerned.
- The advisory is specifically aimed at Filipinos planning to work overseas.
- The advisory is particularly directed to those intending to work in Macau.
- The advisory is meant to inform prospective workers about conduct that can lead to association with illegal activities.