Every Year, Sri Lankans Lose Everything Before They Even Leave — Here's How to Protect Yourself

Every year, thousands of Sri Lankans risk it all for a better life abroad — and too many lose everything before they even leave.

Whether it's a job in the Middle East, a nursing role in Europe, or a construction contract in Israel — the promise is the same: better pay, a better future. But so is the trap. Fake agents charge families their life savings for jobs, visas, or contracts that don't exist.

📌 SLBFE has publicly warned the public to be especially cautious with job offers in Israel, South Korea, Japan, Romania, and the Middle East — regions where fraud cases have been repeatedly reported.¹

📌 Scams are increasingly run through social media — fake job ads on Facebook, WhatsApp and Telegram, luring people with offers that were never authorized by SLBFE in the first place.²

📌 In the north of the island alone, courts have handled 95 fraud cases in a single year, with victims defrauded of over Rs. 320 million — families who pawned jewellery, mortgaged land, and sold vehicles to pay agents who never delivered.³

📌 It's not only workers. Unauthorized agents have even impersonated links to the government's own official scholarship programme, targeting students and families who trusted the wrong name.⁴

🚩 Before you pay any agent — for a job or a place to study — ask:

• Are they licensed with SLBFE (for employment) or properly accredited (for education)?
• Are you being pressured to pay large amounts upfront, in cash?
• Do they guarantee outcomes no legitimate agent can guarantee?
• Can you verify them independently — not just take their word for it?

This is exactly why Aacendora exists.

✅ Every agent and institution on our platform is verified and vetted before they're ever listed
✅ Your payment stays in secure escrow — released only once the agreed service is actually completed and confirmed

Your journey abroad should be the start of a better life — not the reason you lose everything before it begins. 💛

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Sources:
¹ Daily Mirror — "Over 500 legal cases filed against foreign employment fraudsters in past 7 months: SLBFE" (31 Jul 2025): https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Over-500-legal-cases-filed-against-foreign-employment-fraudsters-in-past-7-months-SLBFE/108-315650
² SLBFE official notice — "Foreign Employment Scam Using Social Media Platforms": https://www.slbfe.lk/slbfe-news/foreign-employment-scam-using-social-media-platforms-2/
³ The Sunday Times — "Desperate northerners lose millions in overseas visa scams" (13 Oct 2024): https://www.sundaytimes.lk/241013/news/desperate-northerners-lose-millions-in-overseas-visa-scams-574192.html
⁴ Ministry of Education, Higher Education & Vocational Education — official advisory, via TeachMore.lk (6 May 2026): https://www.teachmore.lk/2026/05/urgent-government-warns-against.html