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dan · Joined: 20 Mar 2003 Posts: 247 Location: shanghai

Have any of you heard of this organization? I saw a job post that sounded a little too good to be true. they promise 2,300USD/month, free housing, great insurance, on-site exercise facilities (yes!) and other great stuff.

small_human · Joined: 07 May 2004 Posts: 24 Location: World

I came across some of their job postings the other day.

One posting in North Korea! Now that's adventerous. Salary was $4,000USD a month.

Also one for Tokyo (and other major cities around the world) that sounded, as you said, too good to be true. Perks included air fare paid, "recently renovated" accomodation (completely free) with satellite TV, free scooters to "use as your own", "driver on demand" in some cases and a VERY comprehensive list of other items covered.

Hmmm.. too bad I don't have a master's degree (and don't want to work in the countries they mention).

Interesting though... wow... North Korea...

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Stephen Jones · Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 4124

Are you sure you have got the name right? A Google search returns nothing.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

I have not seen this but I would wager that they are :
1. Crooks
or
2. Some weird cult
or
3. Extraterrrestrials bent on abducting humans for experiments

If you follow through at some stage they will ask you for money. That is when you know for sure that they are #1 in the list above.

basiltherat · Joined: 04 Oct 2003 Posts: 952

http://www.AfricaAsia.Org

basil

Tiger Beer · Joined: 08 Feb 2003 Posts: 778 Location: Hong Kong

This is perfect. I�m in Spain studying a masters degree in international development. Now if I can just find the jobs offered page.. looks pretty good though!!

basiltherat · Joined: 04 Oct 2003 Posts: 952

not at all.
basil

Stephen Jones · Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 4124

The web site makes it clear it is an obvious scam, or at the very least the product of a Walter Mitty type.

It was registered in january 2004 and all addresses of the owner are confidential, but his email address is [email protected] Continuing this laudable parsimony that really does a "diplomatically accredited NGO" proud, his site is hosted in San Franciso by Tech Organization:123CheapDomains.com - $13.95/yr Domain Registrations

The guy also has a site called www.seoulsearching.com that has been registered since 2002. A fairly amateurish job, but probably a genuine but failed attempt to make money out of a web site. He hosts his classified ads on another board ezboard.com and has a total of two classifieds, though for the emotionally starved there are ten ppsts itn the dating section, not necessarily from the same person.

Tiger Beer · Joined: 08 Feb 2003 Posts: 778 Location: Hong Kong

Nice detective work!

small_human · Joined: 07 May 2004 Posts: 24 Location: World

A scam you say?!

Damn it!

My dreams of experiencing the North Korea nightlife are shattered...

kimo · Joined: 16 Feb 2003 Posts: 668

But the ads keep popping up. Bhutan, Laos and Russia are the most recent.

Ludwig · Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 12:51 am Post subject:

Well, 'Dan', if it seems too good to be true then it most likely is simply too good to be true.

Stephen Jones · Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 4124

Where are the ads?

kimo · Joined: 16 Feb 2003 Posts: 668

The ads were on marks esl page. I don't have the address handy. I'm a little fuzzy but thought I had seen some for China and other places too, but didn't see them last time around. Maybe they were deleted.

Stephen Jones · Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 4124

What's Mark's ESL page?