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[Ejnabeya]

I just wanted to put the information out there that the jobs at Madares Al-Ghad that go through the recruiter Hassan Mustafa are a hoax. There is another thread on here somewhere that discussed this a bit, but there wasn't a conclusion and I'm sure this has been happening to a lot of people.
This guy, Hassan Mustafa, sends e-mails back and forth and says the school would like to accept you, then you get an e-mail from the school, but in the same format as the one from the recruiter. At this point many things along the way have been fishy, but not conclusive (at least not to me). They send an e-mail to contact the immigration office about a visa.
I went ahead and contacted the immigration e-mail that I was given while also tracking down as much info about this school and contacting people I know that lived in UAE to try to get more info from them. I was getting replies from my friends that it looked fishy on a strong basis from the domain being .tk instead of the typical .ae.
The immigration office e-mailed back with this whole "process" for getting a visa, which included wiring $690 through Western Union. For the fun of it I e-mailed the school back and told them I had not heard of a professional school requiring the employee to pay the visa fee, and if they were unwilling to pay this visa fee I would not be teaching with them.
The next day I got an e-mail back from a lady I had gotten in contact with at the Ministry of Education who asked me to send her all my correspondence with these people because the MoE had been trying to track down who was running this scam. The same day I received an e-mail saying I needed to process my visa within 72 (submit my application and payment for the fee) or my application would be denied (which I hadn't submitted, so I'm not sure how it could be denied).
Obviously a hoax, but wanted to share that info for anyone else getting their hopes up. There is no maybe about it, it is 100% a hoax, so don't bother pursuing anything through this recruiter. If you are interested in a job at Madares Al Ghad, find a contact through the MoE to confirm.

Hope this helps someone else!

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[uaeobserver]

The .tk is a dead giveaway.

Never knew the VC had his own domain!

(joke)