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Fake foreign teacher recruiter ?

 
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rogerwilco



Joined: 10 Jun 2010
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PostPosted: Thu May 02, 2013 7:15 am    Post subject: Fake foreign teacher recruiter ? Reply with quote

A couple of weeks ago I was contacted by a recruiter with the name "vincent", and he wanted to interview me on Skype.
Out of the dozens of interviews that I have done, his was the oddest.
He even asked me to score his English level, and to help him with his pronunciation.

He has since tried to contact me several times with requests ranging from another interview to helping him with his resume.

My guess is that he is just a "clever" guy trying to get free English lessons by pretending to be a recruiter.
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wonderingjoesmith



Joined: 19 Aug 2012
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PostPosted: Thu May 02, 2013 7:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Aren't most of them fakes?
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kungfuman



Joined: 31 May 2012
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PostPosted: Thu May 02, 2013 7:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Maybe Vincent is just lonely
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Teacher Jack



Joined: 22 Aug 2012
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Location: China

PostPosted: Fri May 03, 2013 12:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It sounds like someone wanting a free English lesson...that's harmless compared to identify thieves posing as English teacher recruiters.

Think about it? They can get someone's passport, birth certificate, signature, degrees, and prolly even their social security number. A full suite of info from someone who is living abroad and wouldn't even know their identity was stolen until it was time to go back home.
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nellychess



Joined: 25 Mar 2005
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PostPosted: Fri May 03, 2013 2:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow. I had an interview with Vincent also. I thought it was weird that he was naked, and told me to send him photos of my genitalia. Is he a fake recruiter?
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Non Sequitur



Joined: 23 May 2010
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PostPosted: Fri May 03, 2013 8:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Did he have an ear missing?
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choudoufu



Joined: 25 May 2010
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PostPosted: Sat May 04, 2013 2:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Non Sequitur wrote:
Did he have an ear missing?


huh? was he roman?
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Non Sequitur



Joined: 23 May 2010
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PostPosted: Sat May 04, 2013 4:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Starry starry night... and all that
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choudoufu



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PostPosted: Sat May 04, 2013 4:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears...........
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