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tomato



Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles.

PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2010 11:51 am    Post subject: What's behind this job announcement? Reply with quote

I just got this job announcement for the second time,
even though I stopped searching for a job two months ago:

Quote:
Hello Tutor,
I am Sir.Joe frank.am 50yrs retired Australian national.I
live currently in Newcastle England with 2 of my grand children
because their parents died in a motor accident and left them for me.
I have to take them out of Australia at the moment because i needed to
change their environment in order to take their parents death out of
their sight and mind.I am darly in need of an english teacher/efl tutor
who is willing to relocate to England and take them up in private classes.
The job is for one year so that they could adapt well in English
before i will enroll them into private schools here.
About the kids.Their names are Peter and Jennifer with age 6 and 7yrs
respectively.They are nice looking and love singing alot.
They behave like twin and like anyone treating them equally.
If interested i would like you to indicate by sending to me your
credentials like
cv/resume,full size picture and your education credentials or certificate.
I shall pay a monthly salary of �4,000 with tax and without tax i pay �4,500
I also gives accommodation.I hope to hear from you.

Thanks
Sir.Joe Frank
+447045757852


His name is Joe Frank and he makes the same mistakes our Korean students make?

He has to hire a foreign teacher to relocate teach English as a foreign language in England?
And to two children named Peter and Jennifer?
Either he's crazy or he has something up his sleeve.

Furthermore, if he really wants someone to teach two kids whom he advertises as "nice-looking," he might get someone like Christopher Paul Neil.
And if he's promising to pay the equivalent of $5832 per month just to teach two kids, that's too good to be true.

What's the catch?
Is he going to keep charging legal fees until the applicant's bank account is drained dry?
Or is this another kind of scheme?
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madoka



Joined: 27 Mar 2008

PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2010 1:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well everyone knows that Australians cannot speak any English and must receive substantial language instruction before they can dare hope to attend an English speaking school. Laughing
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Koveras



Joined: 09 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2010 4:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's Sir Joe Frank to you.
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jhuntingtonus



Joined: 09 Dec 2008
Location: Jeonju

PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2010 5:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Scam. Show interest and they'll ask you to send them money for something,
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Jane



Joined: 01 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Sat May 29, 2010 9:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's a scam. I've seen job ads with the same premise appear on the Internet over the years. Disregard it.
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ED209



Joined: 17 Oct 2006

PostPosted: Sat May 29, 2010 7:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

His number turns up here(though it is a uk number it can easily be redirected to any country in the world)

http://www.419scam.org/419-phone-2010-04.htm

It is obviously a job scam. But I have met people who thought they were legit, and lost money as a result(bogus visa and lawyer fees). Maybe you could do what this guy did...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeKHCiTBzu4
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