Scammers are targeting migrants from Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti who want to apply to President Biden's humanitarian parole program.
to accept a limited amount of migrants from Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti, an underground industry has been brewing that is ripe for fraud.
A resident of Cuba, a young doctor whose name is being withheld for safety reasons, told NBC News she was scammed by a Facebook user. She thought she had found someone reliable who could be her ticket to the U.S. The Cuban doctor said she knows people who paid “sponsors” and received travel documents — only to find out the travel documents were false.
In another post catering to Venezuelans, a person advertises their services with “combo” package deals. There are three options, the most expensive consisting of sponsorship, airport pickup and a month's stay at the supporter's home for $8,200. The post states “tax” included. “When they approved the humanitarian parole program for Venezuelans I was receiving about 10 calls a day from people in Venezuela asking for us to sponsor them,” saidShe said her organization does not have the capacity to sponsor people.
Dimatteo said she has contacted churches, organizations and individuals in the U.S. — and the ones who were willing to be sponsors asked for money. She said she called one church in Utah and the person she spoke to asked for $1,500 in advance and $1,500 after arriving. Other people she contacted requested her to pay between $8,000 and $10,0000.
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