A. High school. FISCAL EVANGELIO: Please read the content of this receipt for the record. WITNESS: 'Received the amount of P4,000.00 from Ma. Da[h]lia Acol, for partial payment for the processing for her paper. Rhodeline Castillon. Recruiter.'xii[12] (Emphasis supplied.) The above-quoted testimonies unequivocally prove that appellant promised to the three complainants jobs in Malaysia, provided they would each pay P4,000 initially and, upon confirmation of their flight, an additional P4,000. The fact that each of them paid the initial amount of P4,000 is evidenced by the receipts issued and signed by the appellant. Although the latter questioned the genuineness of the said documents, she admitted during the trial that she received the amount.xiii[13] In her defense, appellant avers that she was merely helping the complainants find jobs abroad for humanitarian reasons. Because she had been abroad before, she was allegedly begged by the complainants to help them find overseas employment. Furthermore, she could not have been a recruiter, because she herself was an applicant for an overseas job, for which she had been recruited by an agency in Manila. Appellants arguments are not convincing. First, recruitment includes any act of canvassing, x x x contracting, x x x promising or advertising for employment abroad, for profit or not. Second, it is clear that she demanded money from persons seeking employment abroad. In committing the challenged acts, she was working not with a recruitment agency, but with her aunt Maricor Acosta. This is clearly proven by a letter, signed by the latter, informing the complainants that their papers were indeed being processed. Contradicting appellants claim that her acts were motivated by humanitarian reasons, the handwritten letter reads:xiv[14] December 31, 1994 Dear Inday, Happy New Year! Im sure that youre very eager to come here and go abroad already. Supposedly, I understand you and your plan in life but kung pwede ang schedule mo ay sa March or April na. Please lang day, understand us naman ikaw lang and inaasahan namin diyan sa Mindanao at dagdagan mo pa and mga applicants mo. Regarding your applicants, their schedule are as follows and they must know this so that hindi sila mag-alanganin sa atin. 1) Clemencia Bula-ag is on February 18 tentative pa iyan ill just send telegram para hindi na siya mag-stay ng matagal, she must arrive here on before her flight to Singapore. 2) Dahlia Acol is same as Bula-ag 3) Emily