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Apparently you ain't the only one bud. I cut this below from fraudwatch scam reporting website; "This (OnlineTEFL.com) is a dual scam in progress that specifically targets new English teachers that want to teach TEFL or ESL abroad. Here is the background and how they cost me over $2,000 to go ...

Thanks Grizzly but your link did not open for me so I contacted the CFTU and they sent me this one which works https://www.slideshare.net/LaowaiCareer ... -employers

I think these 7 questions are the best and easiest way to do TEFL due diligence in China for free... http://opnlttr.com/letter/china-esl-tef ... am-artists

Scam Update: According to Reddit, they just created some more alias names! https://www.reddit.com/r/ChinaScamCentr ... r_wiseway/

Based on my one year of working with Beile aka Best Learning I have to say I was never more stressed and nervous in my life. I was so lucky because the day I had to go to the hospital for my body check to keep my Blue Cross insurance active, the PSB raided my school in Wudaokou and arrested 18 of th...

I teach English to primary school kids at an international school that has a mix of German, Dutch, Russian and Chinese kids. The Chinese kids ignore the class rules, eat snacks in class and sometimes play games on their cell phones because as they say to me... "I am here only because my mother ...

According to the TEFL people at Reddit, the average salary in China today for a veteran TEFL teacher is 16,500 yuan per month. https://www.reddit.com/r/ChinaTEFL/comments/6iqyaf/the_average_pay_for_foreign_english_tefl_teachers/. Maybe John is not charging his students enough and they are all gettin...

I only realized this after I recognized the voice of the girl (Mary) who called me from Gi2c to sell me an China internship with a Fortune 500 company in Beijing, was the very same "Mary" who called me last month for a VIP teaching Job in Shanghai! She actually admitted that she worked for...

This is really bad news because when Eric owned an operated Foreign HR it was a fairly honorable operation in Beijing. Guess who bought the company and is now the new CEO. Wait for it... Rebecca Tanga, aka Rosie Tang, aka Rose Tang, aka Ruby Tang. http://abroadreviews.com/warning-foreign-hr-beijng-c...

It appears they have been scamming people for at least 4 years... http://www.thebeijinger.com/forum/2013/ ... ngteachcom

Well here are 2,000expat victims who can tell you why! http://opnlttr.com/letter/china-foreign-teachers-union-offers-1000-rmb-reward-legal-name-chinese-scam-artist-rosie and here are another 1,000 more recent victims... https://chinascampatrol.wordpress.com/2017/05/26/329-china-foreign-teachers-arre...

I am so glad I turned their offer down two months ago. Although their office looked clean and professional I thought it was strange that none of the foreign teachers I saw there would talk with me about the school. They just walked away from me and only one said she "would rather not give me he...

They are also using this clever We Chat (wei xin) app to pull in a huge net of their next victims. They almost got me because i had two calls with them before I realized it was the same Laowai Group posted in this thread. Actually my Chinese GF caught on before i did. This is super devious and I'' b...

Here is the new We Chat (also know as Wei Xin in China) that I almost fell for hook line and sinker. My new Chinese girlfriend caught on before I did when she heard me speaking on the speakerphone with the "Career Counselor" https://www.scam.com/entry.php?6474-Beware-of-new-clever-Wei-Xin-...

These are the other links China TEFL teachers need to keep handy;

reddit.com_teflblacklist

http://www.chinaforeigntecahersunion.com

http://eslwatch.info/forum/china

chinascamwatch.org

reddit.com/r/tefl_tefl_esl_scams

With all due respect John you were on the lucky side of the coin, and so far me too. I only got cheated once. But the CSP and CFTU stats show that 48% of expats working in China get scammed at least once a year, including my GF and my roomie. Of course, you are right about "not breaking the law...

Before you start believing the dream job being offered to you by some "friendly" China job agent or TEFL teacher recruiter, you may want to ask them these seven questions so you do not end up being arrested and jailed in China. https://www.scam.com/entry.php?6458-Spotting-a-Scam-TEFL-Teach...

You are 10% right John. Unlicensed China TEFL Teacher job recruiters are only responsible for 90% of the exploitation, identity theft, and skimmimg. The blacklisted, unregistered schools account for the other 10% of the problems IMO. https://www.scam.com/entry.php?6458-Spotting-a-Scam-TEFL-Teacher-J...

Just a note that they also operate with three other alias names including WiseWay Global Education, Getin2China, and Gi2C and the owner has been doing this sort of fraud for almost 10 years from all the above links I just read and this one here http://www.opnlttr.com/letter/laowai-career-center-189-...

I was getting two different answers at ESLCafe (their forum is full of recruiters pretending to be "helpful teacher colleagues" and then I read this here on Reddit... https://www.reddit.com/r/ESL_Teachers/c ... rement_to/ What is the truth guys?