Thanks a million for all your comments. Please don’t cut and paste any more actual scam letters though. They are rather lengthy and I think we all get the gist of what they are about.
Anyone who belives they are going to get 30 000 pounds a month teaching English needs their head read. In the UK, you would be hard pressed to get a job for 2000pounds a month teaching. Look in the job mails and see that they are few and far between. anything that sounds too good to be true, probably is. This is all a variation of the Nigerian 419 scam. They promise you this or that which sounds too good to be true, good salaries and then say they need a commission in advance or service charges need to be paid, this or that. A bit like email lottery BS… you won 5 Million Euro, or 6 Million Pounds on your email address. Oh… sorry we now need you to pay us the service charge….. Amazing how many people fall for it. And these guys make a (good) living from it. Many Nigerians. True. Very slick until they get caught. If too good to be true it probably is, and NEVER pay anyone anything in advance.
I got the exact same job offer this week, only they were offering 30,000 GBP each month. The agent/lawyer name was Charlotte Taylor. They never asked me for any money. I explained that I would have to travel with my family and he said that was alright. I was discussing it over with a friend at work and she alerted me that it was a scam. I felt so stupid. I think that is why I had that nagging feeling about the job.
I posted this to warn others of the scam. Do I feel duped? Yes. Do I feel foolish? Yes. Do I appreciate being chastised by someone for it? No.
I was talking to the RCMP over this and they have recently arrested 2 people for the same scam. What the scammers are doing is giving out the offer in hopes to get access to personal banking information and identification. With this info they open up accounts and take out loans and send the funds via wire to an untraceable source.
I just hope that others reading this will be wary. But still know that despite Mr. Bangkok’s views, good offers still do exist.
Oh yes, as stated in my post, I was offered 2800 GBP not 3800.
Though the Nigerian 419 does still find its way on the internet, the scam I posted is not a variation of the 419. When I reported this to the RCMP they told me what the scammers were doing was obtaining personal information by having you fill out a UK Border Agency application. Once complete they use the info to open a bank account under your name, then take out a loan and wire transfer the funds to an untraceable source. The RCMP recently caught 2 people doing this relatively new scam.
I think comments on this thread that chastise people for believing that there are good offers out there is less than helpful. Let’s work together informing one another and not make each other feel foolish for believing there might actually be good fortune in the world.
I would encourage people to do a search for their name on the internet. I found someone using my name and credentials on an ESL website but stating they were from a different country. After numerous attempts at having the profile removed, I had to threaten to call the local authorities where the site was based out of (China). The profile was removed that day.
By Byron Eveson, Canada on 2010-04-30