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Jingo besus
Joined: 12 Sep 2011
Location: The Clipperton Suite
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The address looks legit, but as to whether or not he actually lives there is a different matter...the biggest alarm bells here come from the �3k wages, thats totally out of whack for any job that also provides bills and accommodation in the UK.
I'm happy to be your man on the ground if you need any phone calls making or anything like that, but i'd go with the popular opinion that this guys a scammer. |
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max.p
Joined: 21 Jun 2011
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:39 am Post subject: |
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| I will be totally with you jingo as you scope out Hill Top Ave tonight. If the job is real (there is actually a Chinese doctor and his family visible in the window) I will gladly give you a reference and the job is yours. Max.P from The Clipperton Suite! |
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Jingo besus
Joined: 12 Sep 2011
Location: The Clipperton Suite
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:46 am Post subject: |
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| I'll camp out tonight disguised as a ford cortina, if i don't see an oriental man with a stethoscope around his neck by midnight then i'm pulling the plug on this. |
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young_clinton
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:56 am Post subject: Re: Just offered $64,000/year to teach English to 2 kids/mom |
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What is expected of me in this situation?
I have zero teaching experience.
I will have to live inside their house.
This house is located in Manchester, England.
A rich doctor wants his family to know English, they just moved.
It will be super awkward.
Is this worth doing? I will make 3 times more money doing this for a year. Never been to England...
Is this the way to go? |
It's a flat out scam, end of sentence, end of story. I and everybody else here gets those emails, from where who knows? I'm surprised you don't realize that. |
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ZIFA
Joined: 23 Feb 2011
Location: Dici che il fiume..Trova la via al mare
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 4:48 am Post subject: |
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| NYC_Gal 2.0 wrote: |
| I, and a few friends, have all been offered that same job. It's a scam. Surely they would have found someone by now. Be safe. |
That was what I thought too when they offered it to me a year ago.
My guess is that they get you to send money under some pretense then disappear.
Or maybe they pick you up at the airport and then you wake up the next morning minus a kidney.
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jammo
Joined: 12 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 4:59 am Post subject: |
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| 419baiter for ideas |
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NYC_Gal 2.0
Joined: 10 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 5:00 am Post subject: |
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Or, if you're female, you wake up from being drugged, now a sex slave in a different country.
Again, be safe. |
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koreatimes
Joined: 07 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 5:18 am Post subject: |
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| It must be hard finding someone who speaks English in Chesire, UK. I feel for the poor guy. |
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BankOfRC
Joined: 06 May 2010
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 5:35 am Post subject: |
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| Who's gonna pay some unqualified smuck to live with them and "teach" them English. Wow you're stupid! |
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nero
Joined: 11 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 5:38 am Post subject: |
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| Who's gonna pay some unqualified smuck to live with them and "teach" them English. Wow you're stupid! |
OP, I work for an organisation that has been dealing with this type of situation for many years now. It is a serious issue and many people have lost thousands of dollars. Luckily, I am in Korea now - so if you would please pm me your bank account number and passbook information we will be happy to work on your behalf to put these villians behind bars, where they belong! |
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Skippy
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Daejeon
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 5:49 am Post subject: |
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Hill Top Avenue has some very nice houses. Not sure "25 Hill Top" actually exists, though.
Here is the first email "he" sent me (the job offer):
Dear applicant,I am� Dr. Raymond Huang a native of Jinan in Shandong Province of P. R.of China. I worked as a Radiation Oncologist with Qilu Hospital of Shandong university before I relocated to Cheadle, Cheshire, England a month ago and right now, I am in search of a professional International English Language teacher who can teach my Wife, Gina and my 2 daughters, Junhua and Lucy� English as a second language.My wife and Kids are my treasure so I offer to pay you 3,000.00GBP if you will take up this position.� I will provide you an Accommodation, furnished with a plasma screen TV, and Internet Ready desktop computer. A vehicle will be available also for Mobility if you can Drive.I need your updated resume for me to discuss more about you with my family and also talk to your references. Applicant Must be willing to relocate to� England.Hoping to hear from you soonest, Cheers and God's blessingsRegards,Dr. Raymond Huang,25 Hill Top Avenue,Cheadle Hulme,Cheshire, SK8 7HZ,United Kingdom |
Why the hell does he not just hire a tutor in country. What a waste! Ya this screams scam. |
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tokkibunni8
Joined: 13 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 6:06 am Post subject: |
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| I get that scam like once every month. Sometimes, it's fun to send fake pictues and resume when ur deskwarming. |
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BigBuds
Joined: 15 Sep 2005
Location: Changwon
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 6:37 am Post subject: |
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I had one of these sent to me a few years ago, one of many anyway.
This one was "supposedly" based in Amsterdam and as luck would have it, I was flying into Amsterdam in 2 weeks time. So I replied back and they said they needed me to send half of the flight ticket, which would be reimbursed (cough), to secure the job.
I told them, I already have a ticket to Amsterdam and that I'll be there in two weeks anyway so what's the address and we can meet in person to discuss things further. I did get a phone number out of them and called. They asked me again to send them money but I told them I'd bring it in person.
Needless to say nothing was discussed further and that was the last I heard from them.
I couldn't help myself and had to reply seeing as I was going there anyway. I knew it was a scam from the very beginning but just had to see what their reaction would be. |
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morningsoju
Joined: 20 Aug 2011
Location: Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 6:59 am Post subject: |
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it's a scam. one of my friends got this email and he was super excited too lol. and then everyone at work told him how stupid he was for believing it  |
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Plume D'ella Plumeria
Joined: 10 Jan 2005
Location: The Lost Horizon
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 7:29 am Post subject: |
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Of course it's a scam. Nigerian in origin would be my guess. That's where a lot of these scams start.
If it seems to be too good to be true, then it probably isn't as good as it sounds. It generally never is.
Be distrustful of these random "offers" that may end up in your inbox. In the same way that you would ignore the spam to enhance your sex life nonsense you might find there as well. Spam filters are there for a reason. |
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