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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:14 pm Post subject: Email scam for teachers in korea (?) |
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Got this the other day.
Thoughts?
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Dear English teachers in Korea,
I am emailing you as I am looking for right people to venture with me in the English industry in Korea.
We are looking to develop a web service business to compete with the likes of Dave�s ESL Cafe and Worknplay. We intend to expand the business/revenue models that typical sites like ESL Caf� and Worknplay have and offer a better and more personal service.
As many of you may know, the English education industry in Korea is a very lucrative industry. Many of you may have considered your own ventures in this industry. We want to offer you a chance to join a very exciting project with very high goals and expectations.
We have secured a great domain name for this project www.KOREAJOBS.co.kr and will also be developing other sites that work together with this site (you may have also realize that the domain is very similar to the largest Job site in Korea www.jobkorea.co.kr).
What we are looking for are partners that can contribute with 2 aspects:
1. Individuals that can contribute 1 million won per month for 6 months (total 6 million won) � **the amount and payment schedule is flexible (meaning we can accept funds earlier). Why do we ask in this payment manner? Because we are particularly searching for English teachers in Korea that can contribute financially while making their normal salaries in their Hakwons.
2. Partners that also contribute in other ways to help develop the site eg. website content.
For the security of all parties, this project will operate under a Korean corporation with contracts that are enforceable in Korea.
This is one of 3 projects we are currently working on right now.
To find out more information about this or other projects, please initially email us with your interest and we will get back to you shortly to arrange a meeting. I, myself, am currently going back and forth from Seoul and Busan and will be able to meet potential partners in either of those cities.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks & regards,
David XXXXX
Email: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
HP: XXXXXXXXXXX |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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| That doesn't seem fishy at all. You should totally leave the contact info. |
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oldfatfarang
Joined: 19 May 2005
Location: On the road to somewhere.
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| Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:32 pm Post subject: |
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Right up there with the clowns that were seeking newbie teacher 'investors' in a hagwon business.
One born every minute. |
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mmstyle
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Location: wherever
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| Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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Dodgy as! Is that supposed to be a shortened business proposal? For real? And "David" doesn't even write so much as a sentence regarding what you get in return for your 6 million won?
Hey dudes, I have this really cool idea, but I'm cash poor. Gimme some money? Please?
Yeah, right.
edited: And, yeah, I really want to do that on a Korean contract. Yup. |
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Street Magic
Joined: 23 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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It's OK, guys; I run a scam and identify theft protection agency. If you'll just PM me your bank site user ID, password, and account number, you'll receive my organization's 100% guarantee that this information will never be compromised again.
Act now for free bonus video on the secrets of seduction! Never be lonely again! Free! Secrets! Now!
Testimonial:
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Arthur Dent
Joined: 28 Mar 2007
Location: Kochu whirld
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| Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 8:02 am Post subject: |
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| Looking for an unrelated site before I read this post this evening (but related to Korea) this same KoreaJobs site came up with the proviso: Warning! Unsolicited emails! |
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flicknut
Joined: 23 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 4:12 am Post subject: |
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I just got the same email.
Contact: David Kim
[email protected] |
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Depths of My Soul
Joined: 04 Apr 2010
Location: In The Sun
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| Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 4:16 am Post subject: |
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Cool, and if he wanted to do the scam again he could call himself Kim David and nobody would even know.
Sneaky!
Last edited by Depths of My Soul on Thu Apr 15, 2010 5:02 am; edited 1 time in total |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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| Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 4:31 am Post subject: |
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This is written like those bank scams where some guy emails people saying someone very rich died and magically has the same family name as yours...
Answer at your own peril. |
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GoldMember
Joined: 24 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 6:57 am Post subject: |
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Love this part:
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| contracts that are enforceable in Korea. |
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daemyann
Joined: 09 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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If it's legit, then IMO it's a very, very poor business choice.
Yeah, I'll sign on for 6 mil when you don't know my name and my best method of contacting you is an e-mail address and an apparent cell number... |
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morrisonhotel
Joined: 18 Jul 2009
Location: Gyeonggi-do
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| Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Received the same email this morning. I was thinking of stringing him along for a while. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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| morrisonhotel wrote: |
| Received the same email this morning. I was thinking of stringing him along for a while. |
If you do... post it up here. |
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