Charlene AKA Britishdetained.

[Arturo]

true, but how many pinoys have been conned by employment agencies and fake job scams not a week goes by without someone asking if a job offer is a scam

True, and I have helped a friend of my fiance by checking out teh UK side of the offers....

[JimOttley]

I have not followed this story too closely..but it came up just after my return from Manila.

We had looked at my options for working in Phils or starting a business !

That idea was kicked in the head and everything is on hold now until I get back to Manila in January.

However, it strikes me that for a country supposedly wanting overseas investers and start up business to aid employment.... banging up any white guy without bail...is not really going to be a good incentive.

Imagine the CEO of Coke being banged up coz some tow rag accused him of something illegal!

The philippines is very much liek a Rose...looks good but has sharp thorns at times....

It's scale, the big investors are fine it's the small guys that are at risk.

I think you need to be there on the ground managing everything very carefully on a day to day basis, it's hard enough running a business in the UK but trying the same trick in a country where you just look like an open wallet to all and sundry is foolhardy.

There was a chap on here the other day who reported having his entire investment stolen by the father in law! You really need to know any potential business partners really really well.


Jim

[Tawi2]

True, and I have helped a friend of my fiance by checking out teh UK side of the offers....

I have done that exact same thing several times,twice dialled phones that were answered in heavily african accented english which comes as quite a surprise when your phoning a supposed widowed english doctor like Dr James Alexander Smith who sadly can only afford to pay his nanny £20 an hour and cant afford to buy her a top of the range vehicle so would she be able to settle for a small mercedes instead?One letter even partially describes the types of food she would find in the refrigerator

[Arthur Little]

Aye, it's a risky business, right enough ... You can never really be sure of the staff you hire in such enterprises.

Anyway, having only sort of half-followed this sad tale, all I can say is, "hopefully brighter times lie ahead for Charlene, Kevin and the family!"

[bornatbirth]

Aye, it's a risky business, right enough ... You can never really be sure of the staff you hire in such enterprises.

Anyway, having only sort of half-followed this sad tale, all I can say is, "hopefully brighter times lie ahead for Charlene, Kevin and the family!"

quite right,arthur

and if you do,make sure you can afford a good lawyer and to pay everyone off

[Dee31]

I just came across this link which was posted in facebook last July, Charlene asking for help. http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?ui...889&topic=8957