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Avoid annoying recruiters spamming on Facebook

 
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wylies99



Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!

PostPosted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 8:19 pm    Post subject: Avoid annoying recruiters spamming on Facebook Reply with quote

By now, everyone knows there are "groups" for ESL teachers in Korea on Facebook. Well, lately, if you sign up for one of those groups, you seem to get some "new friend requests" from Koreans who are actually recruiters. I've only had it happen once, but others I know are being spammed to death by these scumbags. If you ask them how they know you, they say "We teach together in Korea."

Once they are accepted as your "friend" they can see other contact info so you never get rid of them.

Then, they ask questions like "Are you really happy at your school?", plus they sure seem to ask a lot of questions about what you are "willing to do."
Whatever you answer, they say they can do better for you. YEAH, RIGHT.

The big kicker is that some of them offer "sub-recruiter bonuses" to anyone who gives them the names of other potential teachers. Is this even legal?

One named "James Choi" has been very busy on Facebook. He seems to have nothing better to do than offer $400 as a "sub-recruiter bonus" to anyone on Facebook. Rolling Eyes

Take my advice and don't accept as a "friend" anyone on facebook unless you are CERTAIN you know who they are. Lying scumbag recruiters are lying about being teachers to gain "friends" and then the spamming begins.
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Young FRANKenstein



Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)

PostPosted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:46 pm    Post subject: Re: Avoid annoying recruiters spamming on Facebook Reply with quote

I think I'm going to make a fake account just to screw with these scumbags.
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Netz



Joined: 11 Oct 2004
Location: a parallel universe where people and places seem to be the exact opposite of "normal"

PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 12:22 am    Post subject: Re: Avoid annoying recruiters spamming on Facebook Reply with quote

Young FRANKenstein wrote:
I think I'm going to make a fake account just to screw with these scumbags.


I already did a while ago. It's alot of fun when I have a little time to kill.
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Return Jones



Joined: 06 Feb 2004
Location: I will see you in far-off places

PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 6:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Facebook is a curse of evil.
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wylies99



Joined: 13 May 2006
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Scumbag recruiters are the true face of evil.
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mountainous



Joined: 04 Sep 2007
Location: Los Angeles

PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I read a story about a myspace spammer that got slapped with a huge lawsuit and judgment
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Toon Army



Joined: 12 Mar 2007

PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:20 pm    Post subject: Re: Avoid annoying recruiters spamming on Facebook Reply with quote

wylies99 wrote:
By now, everyone knows there are "groups" for ESL teachers in Korea on Facebook. Well, lately, if you sign up for one of those groups, you seem to get some "new friend requests" from Koreans who are actually recruiters. I've only had it happen once, but others I know are being spammed to death by these scumbags. If you ask them how they know you, they say "We teach together in Korea."

Once they are accepted as your "friend" they can see other contact info so you never get rid of them.
.


put people you don`t know/not sure about on limited profile until you know if they`re really your friend/teaching colleague
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