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scot47
Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:14 am Post subject: |
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Dear Fat Chris
I am willing to share in my good fortune with you but need certain information. Bla Bla Bla
Does anyone get taken in ? I suppose they do. The world is a strange place ! |
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fat_chris
Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 3198 Location: Beijing
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 10:40 am Post subject: |
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scot47 wrote: |
Dear Fat Chris
I am willing to share in my good fortune with you but need certain information. Bla Bla Bla
Does anyone get taken in ? I suppose they do. The world is a strange place ! |
Does anyone get taken in? (I have been wondering this as well.) Surely not, but on second thought...
Warm regards,
fat_chris |
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litterascriptor
Joined: 17 Jan 2013 Posts: 360
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 11:42 am Post subject: |
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I've always wondered about those emails I've gotten that claim I can make 3000 a month teaching English to an exec's children from the inside of a luxury compound in the Swat Valley of Pakistan where I'll have to wear a kevlar vest and a hockey jersey with a large Canadian flag to dispel my Americaness.
Can the possibly be real? |
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scot47
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 1:44 pm Post subject: |
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Of course not. They are produced by one of the countless Scam Factories in West Africa. |
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ISSAKAB
Joined: 12 Feb 2013 Posts: 40
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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 5:17 pm Post subject: ESL teaching in West Africa |
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On a more serious note... there are ESL opportunities here, especially in the French speaking countries. I've found work very quickly and easily. However, I'm not sure that a native English speaker of African, Caribbean or Asian background would find it so easy. There's an attitude in Africa that education is something that can only be conferred by Europeans. Image is also all important - having one or two white faces at your school gets you a lot of cachet.
BTW, West Africans are scamming or attempting to scam, each other, not only newbie teachers. I know of one case where a parent was cheated out of several hundred dollars. |
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phonologist
Joined: 10 Nov 2012 Posts: 17 Location: Banjul, Gambia
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Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 8:23 pm Post subject: B.U.S.T. |
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I am not so sure that the new offers these days are scams. I am still trying to determine this. What I find problematic with B.U.S.T. is that I answered an ad for The University of Ghana, and a very legitimate-sounding reply came from a alleged personnel officer in B.U.S.T. There is also another problem with Cameroonian Universities. Visa regulations appear to require upfront payment of accommodations, which the university will not do until a few months probation period. I experienced this with what turned out to be a legitimate offer from the University of Bamenda a few years back. |
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wilco
Joined: 22 Jan 2009 Posts: 39
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Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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This scam is still going, now advertising in the Philippines!
Their standard of English is still poor, still offering $8500 per month, etc., all you need is to send bank details for payment of your initial flight........, lol! |
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phonologist
Joined: 10 Nov 2012 Posts: 17 Location: Banjul, Gambia
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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2018 3:53 pm Post subject: Legit university, SCAM offer |
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It is a real university, but the offer is a scam. |
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