The Philippine Embassy has issued a warning to the Filipino community that a certain website (www.ofwtoday.com) has embedded the Embassy's “Passport for Release” search system in its website.

“The aforementioned website has done this without authority from the embassy or the government,” the Philippine Embassy said in a statement issued on Tuesday.

It added that the website had also been publishing misleading information by providing an incorrect telephone number registered under a private individual.

“The ‘Passport for Release’ search is published by the Philippine Embassy only on its website at www.riyadhpe.dfa.gov.ph,” the embassy said.

It reminded the Filipino community to be more vigilant in accessing websites that purport to publish certain services that are otherwise provided by the Philippine Embassy and to access only the embassy website for information, advisories and translations.