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changchundaily



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 12:03 pm    Post subject: [email protected] Reply with quote
Hi,

I received a job offer from a Mr James Zhang, who has a return email address of alin buuer. I have just read alot of negative info on Alin Buuer. Has anyone heard of this school: Jiangsu No. 1 High School, or James Zhang??

Thanks.
Mitch
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tw



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 1:25 pm    Post subject: Re: [email protected] Reply with quote
changchundaily wrote:
I received a job offer from a Mr James Zhang, who has a return email address of alin buuer. I have just read alot of negative info on Alin Buuer. Has anyone heard of this school: Jiangsu No. 1 High School, or James Zhang??


Alin Buuer goes by many aliases. No doubt James Zhang is just one of the many that he uses. If a recruiter can not even use his real name, are you going to have full trust in him?

The school probably exists, but I strongly doubt that's the school Alin Buuer will place you in.

The bottom line is, stay far, far away from Alin Buuer.

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go_ABs



Joined: 08 Aug 2004
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 1:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have only one piece of advice: RUN FOR THE HILLS!

Alin Buuer is notorious for scamming people, and he is known to have advertised under different names in the past.

He is trying to scam you now.

Drop this contact and move on.

I don't know anything about this school, but, (assuming it actually exists) if you can find direct contact info you could try talking to the school directly.

If not, let it go. There are plenty of jobs out there.
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go_ABs



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 1:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
dammit tw, you beat me to it by moments Evil or Very Mad
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clark.w.griswald



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 2:40 pm    Post subject: Re: [email protected] Reply with quote
tw wrote:
If a recruiter can not even use his real name, are you going to have full trust in him?

The school probably exists, but I strongly doubt that's the school Alin Buuer will place you in.

The bottom line is, stay far, far away from Alin Buuer.


I think that this pretty accurately sums up this recruiter.

If you are sure that you want to go through a recruiter then I think that you will find that New Times International and Buckland are likely to give you a more trouble free run. Not everyone will agree no doubt, but I think that overall these two recruiters have a pretty good track record overall.
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Alex_P



Joined: 23 Apr 2005
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Location: Hangzhou. Zheijiang, China
PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 1:49 pm    Post subject: Alin Buuer Reply with quote
Yes, I concur with all of the postings on this page.

He also has a cohort-in-deception whose name I do not remember.

Additionally, he is NOT Chinese at all, he is either an Australian or a New Zealander and he currently operates out of Bangkok, having been removed from the PRC for activities incompatible with his professional tenure.

Additionally agreed -- I personally would go with New Times in Hebei -- never mind all the limited negative feedback.

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NateM



Joined: 19 Apr 2004
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Are you sure he's Australian or New Zealander? His command of the English language is absolutely terrible. He can't possibly be a native speaker, unless of course that's all part of his schtick.

On a related note, I've managed to find a bunch of my lost reviews, including one of Alin Buuer, and have started reposting them on my new site. I've included a list of all the aliases Mr. Buuer uses that I can remember seeing. Right now I have:

Mr Woo
Peter Agree
Fa Fa Li
Mr James Zhang
Fronk Zhong

If anyone has some names they know he uses that I can add to the list, please post them here or PM me.
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tw



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
NateM wrote:
Fronk Zhong


I was contacted by the alias of Fronk Zhang.
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