To make a couple of typo’s here and there may be acceptable. With regards to the salary it is not. There is a major departure between 30000 Pounds a month and 3000. You need to stop being so sensitive.
I worked in central London in the height of the IT boom and was paid 2500 Pounds a month and that was in the financial district. It all comes down to the details. The best paid job on this site I saw was for 2500 Pounds in Qatar. That I could believe. The best paid job in Thailand I have seen her on this website is around 60000 Baht. I could be wrong. At today’s exchange rate that is around 1200 Pounds. With the UK having its worst ever recession for years (8% unemployment the last time I checked) to be offering 2800 Pounds to teach one family sounds far fetched. it all comes down to the details. When agencies phone me and tell me they have a job and want me to come and see them and I ask them about the details and they can’t tell me I take it they don’t have a job and they don’t have the contract but are just fishing. Maybe that is just me. But unless they can tell me salary, hours, conditions etc…. for the most part I am not interested. for me it means they don;t have a job and not specific enough. If too good for the region I know it is a scam. Qatar maybe. London not. International Universoty maybe. Teaching a family. Nope. Would never believe it at that salary.
If someone contacted me for a job in Scotland teaching someone’s wife I just know it could not possibly be true. Scots don’t earn that much most of them anyway. They earn less than people in London and unless a school I would never believe someone was prepared to offer 2800 Pounds to teach his wife English when he could down the road and register a course for 200 or 300 Pounds and she could study when she wanted over a few months. But then I lived in the UK. Some haven’t. I wouldn’t have fallen for any of these scams. True. Too good. Too many pluses + this + that….. time off for this and that…. just unrealistic to be teaching someone’s wife for 2800 Pounds a month or a family…..
Why would they pay for a teacher to fly all the way around the world in a country of 65 Million people most of which can speak English (some immigrants of course can’t). Teacher’s get paid less than 2000 Pounds a month in London the last time I checked. It is not a sought after professsion in London. They struggle for teachers there. Low paid compared to cost of living and hard work and chaotic I heard. We do it in Thailand because they need it and it is one of the few jobs we can get here and get paid reasonably compared to anything else and hopefully a work visa as well. But I have seen from some or many agencies they offer it and then don’t deliver on it, and say some document - this or that - is missing. No one is offering teaching in London for 3000 or 2800 Pounds a month in Scotland I assure you unless you have such an impressive resume and work for a University. That I am pretty sure of.
That is the reality of the situation. Be well.
I was offered this job from the same people, but it was 2,800 British Pounds per month, and it was quite convincing. I’ve been around the block a few times and suspect everyone. I sent these people correspondence stating such, and we emailed back and forth for about a month. I received picture of my alleged apartment, the family, the doctor who was to be my employer, and it appeared legitimate. 40,000 pounds is not believable, but the 2,800 seemed high but not out of reach for a doctor. The very second I received an email directing me to send money, then I knew the jig was up. These people are evil and professional.
The information provided is solid but again you veil your advice with accusations against people trying to warn others of the scams that are out there.
“This is not chastisement, just a reality check. I wonder how many New York stock brokers earn 40000 Dollars a month. I mean come on wake up.”
You say it’s not chastisement but then chastise. -A monkey in a silk suit is still a monkey.
I wonder if the post regarding an offer of 30,000.00 GPB wasn’t actually a type ‘o’ and meant as 3,000.00 GBP. Your post had enough type ‘o’s so I am sure you can appreciate the possibility.
Facts are facts, there are scammers and there are people willing to believe that good things happen. People who have been scammed can offer their advice to help others and as such either you are offering your advice without the courage to admit your unfortunate incident or you are just flapping your yap because you like the sound.
Either way, you are causing more harm than help by discouraging instead of simply informing.
Anyone who believes there are jobs out there for 30000 Pounds a month teaching English, good luck to them. It is impossible frankly and if sounds too good to be true then it probably is. This is not chatisement, just a reality check. I wonder how many New York stock brokers earn 40000 Dollars a month. I mean come on wake up.
Although this may not or may be a variation of the 419 Nigerian scam. It seems to me that fraudsters are turning towards CV’s and job offers because people are more truthful in them. They could even post ficticious details on the net. I had one recently about a job offer in Dubai and asked me strange questions like what job do I want. Well if they have a job, why are they asking me what job I want? It sounded funny and so I did not reply.
The truth is that everyone should be more vigilant and if sounds too good to be true, then it almost probably is. If they cannot give a verified website and that the email does not match that web address then it could be fake. Many fraudsters choose a well known or Government website and then ask you to ask to email them at a hotmail or yahoo account email address. This should send the alarm bells ringing. If they are serious their domain will match their email address. Some don’t but then they are not offering out of the ordinary job offers in other countries. If they ask you to pay money then you is almost certainly a scam. And people have to be vigilant. I have heard of mmany people bieng ripped off. Paying money and the people disappear. Especially over the Internet. CV’s and resume’s are a great way to get your personal information. They know everything about you. Your email address, phone number where you worked before and your last job details. Be wary to give too much information is my advice. When they phone you give it to them.
I never trust anything that sounds too good to be true but maybe that is just me. If their email and website address vary be warned. It is probably a scam. And if it is not make sure they pay for something in advance and then you make sure that it is for real. Do your homework. If it is way above other job offers it could be a fake. Why have they chosen you?? ..... in most cases you have to chase after jobs and not the other way around. Unless you have exeptionally good track record it may be and probably is too good to be true. Especially in the global recession and political problems in Thailand.
Best wishes.
The bastards are at it again! This time it is from a “Dr Alphonso Bernard a native of Toulouse France” living in the UK offering “3,000.00GBP” Let the teacher beware!
By Keith, Thailand on 2010-05-09