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Their own employees have ratted them out at https://www.reddit.com/r/TEFLScams/comm ... _is_nasty/

2021 UPDATE: Yes, they are STILL ripping off expats today and if you wonder why, with all these scam warnings online can they continue to find dozens of new victims every month, check out this comment I found on reddit, that solves that mystery... "Great link. This band of thieves is famous for...

All newbie TEFL teachers WILL get scammed one way or another in China, Korea, and even Japan. Expect it. The learning curve for most of us was about 6-9 months. But in that time you can easily be cheated out of $10,000. Y'all need to visit https://reddit.com/r/TEFL_Job_Scams

https://workingcapitalreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/20120802221109_badnews.jpg Well the pot of international tensions has finally boiled over and now no foreign educational brands (EF, Disney, Pearson, Webb, etc) can teach anything for profit using foreign teachers. Some 30,000 foreign TEFL...

2021 UPDATE... This is a reverse of the typical study abroad scam. This slick Russian based in Beijing recruits foreigners, mostly from the UK, USA, and Canada but Serbia and Poland too to come study at famous Chinese universities and they guarantee scholarships for a up-front fee of $3,999 to $19,...

I think this is a damn good idea. Always "Look before you leap" no matter where you decide to teach. The TEFL industry is full of scams and teacher exploitation by shady employers. See here: https://reddit.com/r/TEFL_JOB_SCAMS

I am too tired to type all 5 of the reasons so just watch this video for a crash course https://youtu.be/fLN_i14Tng0

I have some suggestion for you but the first one depends on your convenience and needs... 1 - Wait another 2 weeks when in person classes should be restored 2.- Avoid these companies https://external-preview.redd.it/6QuE6_BDE35J-YyhtZYA2WJSaKeiNRSNIjyzONy5sFg.jpg?auto=webp&s=862336f1ea6f388584b...

Sorry for the delayed response but I just saw your derogatory comments where you said you don't want tefl.net use to be like me? You don't know me, we never met, and I think i have taught much longer than you in China. also you said that when you left China at the end of 2017 you were earning 15,00...

https://www.ghba.org/wp-content/uploads/scam-artist.jpg I suggest you all read the posts about fake accreditation and fake reviews over at https://reddit.com/r/TEFL_tips_traps_scams and also https://reddit.com/r/TEFLreviews and you will find almost fifty TEFL courses using fake credentials and even...

https://i0.wp.com/www.learning-mind.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/scam-artist-signs.jpg?fit=850%2C599&ssl=1 I learned about this the hard way from a Canadian recruiter named David V. who screwed me out of $10,000 when I first came to China years ago. After he put my wallet on a crash diet I di...

http://waragainsteatingdisorder.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/tips-5.jpg I suggest that every newbie TEFL teacher do three things immediately... - 1 - Get an read the CTA's TEFL IN CHINA FOR DUMMIES AND NEWBIES (They will send you a free pdf copy upon request) - 2 - Visit and read here https://opn...

First of all, I thank Joe for starting this thread more than 10 years ago. I think you were the pioneer of Scam Alerts, and judging by all the posts here in this thread, it saved a lot of money for a lot of my TEFL teacher colleagues. Over the last 10 years, we have all learned a lot especially abo...

I still prefer the 7 question method since I don't need Chinese or a friend that speaks it. https://opnlttr.com/letter/china-esl-te ... am-artists

https://mises-media.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/social_media_1200_x_1200/s3/gnorance.JPG?itok=PmFVKz1B Isn't it odd that John has been asked about five times when was the last year he actually taught in China and he just stays mum about that? Going back through his posts five years, I see that he has b...

https://independentleaguetx.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Screen-Shot-2018-09-20-at-3.52.13-PM.png John, you only read and post what is convenient for YOU. You keep telling people to "avoid illegal labor unions" but the CFTU told you straight away they are not a labor union over a month ...