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A few weeks ago we received job offers from a company called Ocean Express Shipping Line promising outrageous wages for short hours teaching English to crew members aboard a passenger ship.

Copied from original e-mail

Good Day.

This is to inform you of the opportunity. There is opportunity for employment at Ocean Express Shipping Line. This company is located Worldwide. We are recruiting applicants that will join our crews in Ghana. We have 5 new Cargo Ships, 3 new vessels SHIP AND 6 NEW PASSENGERS SHIP. The country of origin of the Ships is United Kingdom but they are registered in Ghana (blah, blah, blah)[email protected] or you can contact our director of employments Via his Email [email protected]
or Via his direct phone number +447031958922
Below Are Vacancies Available -

The basic salary are as below United State dollars

15 Teacher Salary $ Five Thousands US Dollars
18. Teachers $ Four Thousands US Dollars

www.oceanexpresssl.itgo.com
(check out the web site, worldwide company? My ass..)

These wages were to be paid monthly, so we decided to make some further enquiries; what the hell it's easy to fire off a couple of e-mails and I was curious to know what the 'hook' was.
Specifics of the job were very non specific and they were wanting us to send $300 U.S so that they could process our visas to be issued from Ghana (....finally the catch...).
We told him we'd provide arrange our own visas and mysteriously all correspondence stopped.....imagine that.......

Today I got this one...

COMFORT INN BAYSWATER HOTEL 5-7 PRINCES SQUARE, BAYSWATER CENTREAL LONDON ENGLAND W2 4NP

I am Mr. John Mac Director of recruitment team of Comfort Inn Hotels Resorts London- I came to know about your information through searching for reliable workers at esl teachers.com

On behalf of staffs and (blah, blah, blah)..... foreign expatriate staffs who will go for further training. While others were sent on compulsory retirement due to there declining productivity and official
Retirement age.
Below are the payment schedules for the available positions. Salaries are paid monthly in UK POUNDS.

PERIOD OF WORK - 4 HOURS WORKING DAYS.
SHIPTING FOR NIGHT AND ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS FOR WORKERS WHO WOULD LOVE TO WORK ON SUNDAYS.

(17) Qualified English Teacher. ₤4000
(1 House Keeping Attendant ₤ 4000
(19) Security ₤ 3000
(20) IT Consultant - ₤4000
(21) Techinacians (nice spelling buddy) ₤3500
(22) Chefs ₤4000
(25) Reservation Desk - ₤5000
(26) Ski Instructors/Instructors with qualifications ₤4500
(27) Football Coaches for sports activities ₤ 5500
(2 Motor mechanics ₤ 4000
(29) English Teacher with qualifications (different than a 'Qualified English teacher??) ₤ 4500


Ski instructors at a Comfort Inn...in London????

Looks like the scammers are targetting ESL teacher boards; I wondered why I was winning so much money and being offered millions of dollars for helping beleaguered Nigerian widows lately.