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Kenny Kimchee
Joined: 12 May 2003
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 Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 5:50 am Post subject: The new Nigerian scam - ESL jobs |
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Right, so I've got my resume up on worknplay. I open my junk email box today and find this gem in it:
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Evans Teaching Hospital - A Leader in Services & Care
Here you are part of hospital team that works together and is dedicated to offering world class medical services.
With Evans Hospital's continued growth,the need for professionals continues to grow.
We just completed another recruitment of foreign nurses and physicians.
Since most of our newly employed physicians and nurses from Russia and other part of europe are not very good in English language.They are simply beginners ,Though some of them can understand and speak little bad English.
The Hospital management in a move to fulfil Our promise of employing an esl teacher for these staffs upon their arrival, had decided to employ two English teachers for a year.
Salary and Benefits include;
Salary $4000 united states dollar (tax free).
and $800 united states dollar bonus.
You will be paid by 28th day of the month
Other General benefits includes,
Free accomodation,a well furnished two bedroom apartment with livingroom,kitchen and bathroom in Ebeano housing estate,free transportation,5 weeks annual leave.
Paid Round trip flight, Free land line telephone or gsm, Internet ready computer (dell inspiron laptop)
Dental and health insurance
Paid days off
Flexible scheduling and shift differentials
Short-term and long-term disability insurance
Flu and TB shots
Fitness center and personal trainer discounts
Free classes on disease management, stress management and exercise
Award winning, vegetarian friendly cafeteria
Smoking cessation classes
Employee health screenings .
All applicants must have a minimum of a year experience after qualifying.
If you are interested,Send me your CV,let me know your earliest start off date,also send me your phone number with country and state code so that i can call you.
My contact :
Evans Hospital Personnel,
Mr Volker Diztel
e mail; [email protected]
Phone; +2348063730159,+2348074544456.
Fax; +23442258473.
Website ;www.evanshospital.itgo.com |
Wow, $4000 USD a month tax-free? Not bad! I went to the website. It's the homepage (which looks like it was made by a 6th grader for a class project) for a "hospital" in Nigeria. You gotta give these guys bonus points for creativity. |
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huffdaddy
Joined: 25 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 6:30 am Post subject: |
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I like one of the pics from the website.
Yup, that look like Nigeria. |
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anyway
Joined: 22 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 6:48 am Post subject: |
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I saw another ad which was supposedly placed by the wife of a Mercedes company exec. About the same salary and I swear the dude's name was Volker, too....
This might be the place to tell a little story about another scam which I read about over in the Mexico forum. Apparently, some guy was advertising a very well-paid job working with some kids with disabilities. He said the kids had some speech problems, so they needed plenty of work on pronunciation.
During the phone interview, the guy said he wanted to give the applicants a better understanding of the kids' problems, so the applicant had to make all sorts of weird sounds, including choking and gagging sounds.... |
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Draz
Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Location: Land of Morning Clam
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| Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:26 am Post subject: |
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The one I saw a couple months ago was for a nanny type job (in Nigeria) so the kids could learn English.
Pay was somehow about the same.  |
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stevie rotten
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 12:18 pm Post subject: |
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i got a couple like that, too.
here's my favourite:
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Dear Staff,
The Management Of Total Oil Group London would like to notify you that you have been chosen by the board of trustees as one of the final recipients and one of our newly employed staff of a cash Grant for your own personal, educational and business development.
Total is a leading multinational energy company with 95, 000 employees and operations in more than 130 countries. Together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, Total is the fourth largest publicly-traded integrated oil and gas company in the world*.
Total engages in all aspects of the petroleum industry, including Upstream operations (oil and gas exploration, development and production, LNG) and Downstream operations (refining, marketing and the trading and shipping of crude oil and petroleum products)
This is an Affirmation that your experiences and qualifications where found suitably qualified for the requirements to work in Total Oil Company London. This is your call up letter to resume work immediately.You are to resume work within 50days with a monthly salary of �8,000 or this contract will be terminated.
NOTE: If you do not have a work/residence permits papers to United Kingdom, you have to make contact with the United Kingdom Immigration Service here in London for the procurement of your Visa and work/residence permit papers as we are having a contract agreement with them for the easiest acquisition of employees necessary traveling papers.
UNITED KINGDOM IMMIGRATION OFFICE FOR YOUR VISA PROCUREMENT
Contact Office:Migration Expert London
Position: ......................HEAD OF VISA PERMIT OPERATION
E-mail:[email protected]
Address: 4th Floor, 153-155 Regent Street London W1B 4JE
Registered Migration Contact Number
Tel:.......................... ....+447045739585
Tel................................+447035903332
Fax........................... ...+447005-964-173
Please note that you are advised never to go to your country Embassy or Immigration Service for information on the processing of your visa to United Kingdom to start work with Total Oil Company London because we did not sign any contract agreement with them to procure you a work permit/residence visa to United Kingdom. You are advised to contact the United Kingdom Immigration Service information below so that they will start processing your work permit/residence visa to United Kingdom.
Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this issue. Should you be interested in working with us, please send,
1,Full names,
2,Age
3,private phone number,
4,current residential address, |
i like how they advise to not mention anything to the embassy or immigration services. |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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| I just don't see what they stand to gain from offering someone a job. |
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reactionary
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Location: korreia
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| Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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| maybe they make you pay upfront for lunches at the award-winning cafeteria. |
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Draz
Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Location: Land of Morning Clam
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| Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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| reactionary wrote: |
| maybe they make you pay upfront for lunches at the award-winning cafeteria. |
Pretty much. They ask for money in advance. They'll say they need it to process the visa or something. If you pay that, they ask for more. |
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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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| Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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There are a grand total of 2 photos featuring black people. Every photo with a hospital background has a conspicuous absence of black people. Odd that.
The "background" link doesn't work at all, and the page is crowded with ads and pop-ups. What kind of hospital sells ads on three sides of their homepage? |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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What's really funny is the fact that these are legit jobs...  |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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We'll see how real it is.
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I'm in Nigeria to meet some business contacts, and they took me out game hunting. We had a slight accident, and I thought I should check if you can patch up bullet holes, discreetly. He has three AK47 rounds in his lower abdomen, and is unconscious. Can we come to your hospital immediately?
Sincerely,
Fakey McFakename (changed to protect my alias)
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ED209
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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| They are phishing for personal information. Especially from overseas workers such as efl teachers who won't know they've been scammed until it's too late. They use the information to obtain credit cards, bank accounts, tax credits and the like. Just filling out an application for one of these jobs gives them all the information they need to screw you over. And because you give them your home address back in the US,UK where ever, you won't know unless someone opens your mail or the police wake your mum up in the middle of the night. |
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Leonidas
Joined: 24 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:26 am Post subject: |
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| Is it really possible for anyone with an IQ higher than 25 to fall for one of these scams? |
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djsmnc
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
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| Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:30 am Post subject: |
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| Leonidas wrote: |
| Is it really possible for anyone with an IQ higher than 25 to fall for one of these scams? |
Well, if it's possible for a whole country with a collective IQ less than 25 to concoct them, sure, why not? |
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cazador83
Joined: 28 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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Here's one I got a few months ago as well....
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Dear teacher,
my name is Mr Volker H. Distel.i am married to Jessica and we are from Frankfurt Germany
i work with Mercedes Benz ANAMMCO Limited a subsidiary of daimler chrysler Germany.
We have been having a little poblem ever since we relocated to Enugu Nigeria.You see i was raised in California
while my wife was raised in Kunzelberg - a small town in Frankfurt and she can't speak English language fluently.
Right now she can't go out alone,can't communicate with any one,can't shop alone this made her to be usually sad.
Earlier, she wanted us to go back to Frankfurt
there i will get another job until a friend came up with an idea. i now decided to employ an esl teacher for her for period of six months.
Please You shall devote your best efforts to the performance of your duties. Also you will be expected to use your professional experience to try as much as possible to make
the lesson interesting and exciting.You will teach my wife English for five hours per day excluding Sunday.
we will pay you very well. monthly salary to be paid to you is US$5000(five thousand us dollar), either by cash or cheque. You will be paid by 28th day of the month.
Other benefits include;
--- US$ 800 (eight hundred US dollar) bonus.
--- Free accommodation, private room, and bathroom. Free landline telephone or gsm, Internet ready computer (dell inspiron laptop) and Mercedes Benz vehicle for mobility.
--- One-way paid air ticket from your home/location to Nigeria at the beginning of the contract.
--Paid Round Trip air Ticket to London with my wife and Back to Nigeria.She will be attending her friend's wedding in London.
You may go with us to sight seeing events and tourist attraction centers within Nigeria at least once per month.
Please note that we are very happy,friendly,good Christian couple.we promise to make sure you enjoy your stay with us.
We are now hoping to hear from you.
Our Address;plot 05 ebeano housing estate,Enugu,Nigeria.+2348063730159, +234042556453.www.anammco.com.
Mail Address; [email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Thanks and God Bless
Mr Volker Distel,
MB ANAMMCO ltd,
Enugu State,
Nigeria. |
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