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Brentt & Co ED Joiners - SCAM ALERT

 
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yassoun



Joined: 08 Sep 2011
Posts: 17

PostPosted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 3:47 pm    Post subject: Brentt & Co ED Joiners - SCAM ALERT Reply with quote

I have received a phone call from the following number 1-877-215-3459. The guy calling me said that they are hiring English teachers in Dubai & Abu Dhabi. Then, he said my profile is good and the only problem is that I need to have a B.A in Education because schools in Dubai require a B.A in Education. Then he offered to do a Prior Learning Assessment for my teaching experience. He said that one of the American Universities will contact me via the phone for an interview and to assess my teaching abilities and in return, I can get an american B.A in Education for $500 and I'll be shortlisted on the job.

This must be a scam and I am publishing this for other teachers to be aware of it.


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nomad soul



Joined: 31 Jan 2010
Posts: 11454
Location: The real world

PostPosted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 4:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

(This thread should have gone on the UAE forum, but anyway...)

Foul stuff; scammy and scummy. An Internet search on brentt co complaint edjoiner indicates this outfit is in full swing in search of clueless victims.
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yassoun



Joined: 08 Sep 2011
Posts: 17

PostPosted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 8:11 pm    Post subject: email from Brentt.co Reply with quote

I wanted to play the fool with these guys and make them think that I believed them. So, they kept calling me again and again trying to make sure that I am going to send them the 500$. Here I am posting another email that they have sent to me:

Procedure that you have to go through.
There are 4 steps in procedure;
1) Interview
2) Verification
3) Assessment
4) Documentation
Below are some documents which belongs to our student in Saudi Arabia. He graduated from McMillan University and then got the Degree attested by U.S Department of State signed by John Kerry (Secretary of State), Circuit Court in Maryland, Notary Public, Saudi Embassy in Washington D.C & Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Ambassador:

Following are the details of our ambassador living currently in Riyadh-Saudi Arabia:

Name: Mohammed S

Country: Saudi Arabia

Contact: (966)-XXXXXX

For payment via Western Union, you need to transfer $500 to our ambassador and email us the payment receipt at your earliest.


Regards,

R
Students Affairs,
McMillan University
1-866-XXXXXXX

Don�t forget to Add Us on Your Safe/Contact List:
In order to ensure that you receive all our important emails regarding your scholarship status, we strongly suggest you to add [email protected] to your Contact/Safe list, so that they do not land in your spam.

(MOD edit for names and contact numbers)
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plumpy nut



Joined: 12 Mar 2011
Posts: 1652

PostPosted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 1:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

brentt co complaint edjoiner sounds Nigerian for some reason.
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crewmeal1



Joined: 08 Jul 2010
Posts: 75

PostPosted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 6:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tell them that you're a young active 71 year old. That will throw them and probably say there is no age restriction in the Gulf. Better still tell them about the accident you had and ask how you can claim compo!
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