Message #1.
Dear Applicant,
I am Da Kang and I am in immediate need for a full-time (30hours/week)
ESL teacher to tutor my two kids and wife.
My Family and I live in Merseyside, England. The monthly Salary is
2,800GBP/month. The job duration is for 12 months.
The duties is to enable the two kids who are young learners and in the
same level in English to be able to improve in their basic
understanding of English language since they are at the intermediate
level. My wife is also at the intermediate level. She is a business
manager and need to be taught Business English.
Skills: The teacher must have good command in English. Must have good
relationship with kids of age 4 and 6 years old. Must be well detail
oriented.
Education requirement: The teacher must have a TESOL/TEFL certificate
or university degree and must posses the attributes listed above.
Other benefits include: Visa and work permit assistance, Paid round
trip flight, Well furnished accommodation, and monthly health and
vacation pay.
If interested and willing to relocate to England, you must send your
cover letter,resume, TEFL/TESOL certificate and recent picture to me
for my review.
Thank you and hope to hear from you soon.
Da Kang.
841A Borough Rd,
Birkenhead, Merseyside,
CH42 6RN, UK.
Message #2.
Dear Olga,
Thank you for the email and in response to my advert. I am Da Kang, from Jilin province, in PRC. Me is Engineer and me work with oil servicing company. Me hope email not go bore you because me want to talk to you about meself, family and talk about job offer me is have for you.
Me is come England a month ago and me is come with me family since comapany I work with is in England.
Me need Teacher of English to teacher my family English so they is make English better and go back school for me kids.
Me is like swim, read, play ping pong, cycle and cook. Me childen like sing, play piano,swim and play soccer. wife is so much into business papers and she like cook, sew and watch TV.
Me treasure me family well well and me is want the best for them. Me wife Jia and kids Liu and Jiayi not speak English fine and not write well and me want them to write and speak Eglish well so they be able go back to school and Guang get job.
Contract is last 12 months long and me pay you month end 2,800GBP, me give you health insurance of 350GBP at month End.
If me accept you come work for me family, me pay you ticket come to England and me pay you ticket go back you country when contract finish. Me give you apartment where you live in my residence and car is for you share with family.
You teach family 6 hours Monday to Friday and weekend you have off. All national holiday in England and you country you take day off. You teach Jia for 3 hours and you teach Liu and Jiayi for 2 hour 30 minutes after u have 30 minute break. Jia is 36 years old, Liu is 6 and Jiayi is 4.
You take 150GBP bonus home each time you go vacation and you have 2 weeks vacation twice per year. If you like, you take it once or you take it 2 weeks separate.
Me hope you understand contract, if you have question, ask me and me answer. Me is busy and work on sea offshore, so me is not have time everytime see email, but if me is interest in you me is try see if my answer you email everyday.
so me is have question for you ok.
1. Tell me about youself.
2. Tell me about youself professionally.
3. Describe youself.
4. How do you teach?
5. What kind of technology have you used in the teaching?
6. What do you like about the job of an ESL teacher?
7. What are your strengths?
8. What are your weakness?
9. Is you able support youself financially in England one month before you is get pay from me?
10. Is you able make a sample lesson plan for me see.
Thanks and look forward see you response soon.
Da Kang.
Message #3:
Dear Olga,
How are you doing today. Me is sorry for late response. me have look all papers and document you send me and me is happy to tell you that me is want hire you for the position if you is feel ok with the contract terms me is talk before. By Friday me is send a contract agreement to you in email that me and you is sign and you is send back to me.
Me want you send August 10th but if not ok for you, me flexible until end of August.
me ask about you visa and work permit and me find out me is sponsor you visa and flight as me talk to you before but for work permit, UK government is need you make deposit of 900GBP for process of you work permit and they is say you is use this money in England take care youself first month you is in England and make sure you is not ask me pay money to you in advance. Me tell you this now so me and you is be transparent to each other and if you not able meet the deposit so me is know so me is not start go get contract paper for you.
me need talk to you now and me need you give me you phone number and time is good for me call you.
thank you any question you ask me ok.
Thank you,
Da Kang.
Almost got caught in the web of lies off these assholes!
Everything seemed legit, even the guy working as an engineer on a oil rig seemed legit which resulted in the amount he wanted to pay! None the less the more and more we talked the more stinker it got! The fish smell was threw the roof! Anyways before I realized it was to late and sent my documentation to them and signed their stupid little fake contract!
Well the party is over for these boys, I have contacted the local London police force as well the Coleford police force as where the job was suppose to take place. I will even contact my local police force!
All I can say is they messed with the wrong ESL Teacher!
Be aware of these guys:
english2fucheng@gmail.com
Fu Cheng.
3 Roman Way,
Coleford, GL16 8RN,
England
011-44-203-286-2704
Joe Harley
joe.harley@homeofficegovuk.net
I am glad you have so many names, and families, soon you will run out of passwords to remember!
I just got a similar offer from Lok Hulin of Sorbiton England.
It seemed more than fair but certainly not too good to be true.
Just in case, I googled the phone number at the top of the contract and it came up on mumerous scam sites including this one.
Not smart using the same number so many times when new phones can be so cheap.
I am stringing him along for as long as possible to make him suffer.
I have just asked him to send me money so I can help him our by buying the air ticket much cheaper than he can.
If he is smart he will know that by now because he could also be reading this just as you are.
After the initial e-mail, I was already skeptical about contacting him (most things that sound too good to be true generally are, right?) So I decided to do some research and got this second e-mail from "Cheng-Gong Da", who found my resume through a host site:
Thank you for the email and in response to my advert. I am Cheng-Gong
Da, from Gansu province, in PRC. Me is Engineer and me work with oil
servicing company. Me hope email not go bore you because me want to
talk to you about meself, family and talk about job offer me is have
for you.
Me is come England a month ago and me is come with me family since
comapany I work with is in England. Me need Teacher of English to
teacher my family English so they is make English better and go back
school for me kids. Me is like swim, read, play ping pong, cycle and
cook. Me childen like sing, play piano,swim and play soccer. wife is
so much into business papers and she like cook, sew and watch TV.
Me treasure me family well well and me is want the best for them. Me
wife Shu and kids Hui and Meili not speak English fine an not write
well and me want them to write and speak Eglish well so they be able
go back to school and Shu get job.
Contract is last 12 months long and me pay you month end 3,500GBP, me
give you health insurance of 300GBP at month End.
If me accept you come work for me family, me pay you ticket come to
England and me pay you ticket go back you country when contract
finish. Me give you apartment where you live in my residence and car
is for you use.
You teach family 6 hours Monday to Friday and weekend you have off.
All national holiday in England and you country you take day off. You
teach Shu for 3 hours and you teach Hui and Meili for 2 hour 30
minutes after u have 30 minute break. Shu is 36 years old, Hui is 6
and Meili is 4.
You take 150GBP bonus home each time you go vacation and you have 2
weeks vacation twice per year. If you like, you take it once or you
take it 2 weeks separate.
Me hope you understand contract, if you have question, ask me and me
answer. Me is work in offshore site, so me is hope Thursday night and
Friday, so these day me is have time reply to your email because me
not have time in offshore site reply email, but me is try me best keep
in contact ok. I need you send copy of you techer certificate for me
perusal and evaluation.
Thanks and look forward see you response soon.
Cheng-Gong Da
Now the name is Cheng-Gong Da, and the "lawyer" is James Hall.
Dear Applicant,
I am Cheng-Gong Da and I am in immediate need for a full-time
(30hours/week) ESL teacher to tutor my two kids and wife.
My Family and I live in West Yorkshire, England. The monthly Salary is
3,500GBP/month. The job duration is for 12 months.
The duties is to enable the two kids who are young learners and in the
same level in English to be able to improve in their basic
understanding of English language since they are at the intermediate
level. My wife is also at the intermediate level. She is a business
manager and need to be taught Business English.
Skills: The teacher must have good command in English. Must have good
relationship with kids of age 4 and 6 years old. Must be well detail
oriented.
Education requirement: The teacher must have a TESOL/TEFL certificate
or university degree and must posses the attributes listed above.
Other benefits include: Visa and work permit assistance, Paid round
trip flight, Well furnished accommodation, and monthly health and
vacation pay.
If interested and willing to relocate to England, you must send your
cover letter,resume and recent picture to me for my review.
Thank you and hope to hear from you soon.
He'll send you stock photos of a family, a residence, etc.
Yep. he got me.. i am usually amazing at researching but it wasnt until was too late.. if anyone asks you to western union money to yourself dont do it.. these guys picked up mine in liverpool .. im determined to catch these bastards
yep i'm dumb and did. when i searched names and numbers no google answers . wish i was a week later.. but yep bastard got me for 900 anyone finds this guy hmu. ill join for a beat down haha.
Hi there. Glad you found out on time. You can try http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/
I am so glad that I have decided to do some research before going any further with this offer!! He had blinded me with promises of the amazing job and salary, but when the request for the deposit came, I was suspicious. After a week of in depth emails describing the job, I am more upset about wasting so much of my time! Yes, at this point he is using Cappi D'angelo, offering the tutor position in Northhampton England. He sent me pictures of the accommodation, but never of himself or the family. My last contact was him was as recent as this morning. I am wondering how I can help catch this guy before he scams more people!!!
I got the same email from Cappi D'Angelo about a job offer in England. At first I was just excited about this kind of opportunity but Jen I saw the supposed salary, I knew something was up. And also, I'm not sure why anyone would pay an exuberant amount of money to import a teacher when they're living in the English capital.
Thanks for this post. I feel like an idiot for initially believing this guy!
Do research before accepting or getting excited about any job offers, especially if it seems too good to be true!
Hey there, thanks to the one who wrote this l just found out that l almost got thread by the same guy but let me tell you that this time he is CAPPI D'ANGELO and his layer MIKE FALVEY l received the exact contract and he said the same bullshit about tutoring his wife and two kids. Now he says he is a chef living in England... l was always suspicious about him cause we never had an interview via skype and he always said he didn't have webcam and stuff like that... l received his contract agreement and he was asking me to send 900GBP to start the process of the work permit, but hell no... l never did it l made a lot of research to know if this was true since the moment l saw that "stamp" on the contract that didn't say anything... l might not be a lawyer, but l do know what a stamp of a contract is... and thank God l read this page. As l said l received the contract agreement and l signed it but of course l didn't sign with my real signature, l did it just in case this was a whole thread, and indeed it was... but can this guy be more stupid???? l found out all this shit just by googling the phone number that appears on the top of the contract and look... many people have gone through the same thing!
l feel relief and disappointed of course... it was supposed to be a such a good income, but anyways... at least he didn't take any penny from my pocket, although he did waste my time. but the good news is that l have more job offers.
Good luck people... and be careful! btw l'd like to know if anyone sent money to this guy or signed the contract?
Total scam.
Wants you to deposit 900 Pounds into a Western Union for a 'work permit,' but will then have all your information to withdraw the money himself. Shitttty people in this world.
My daughter received the almost exact same offer of employment from a Dr. Junjei Mu--same conditions..all of it was a scam. It's disgusting what some people will do.
I also received the contract from this scammer.
Don't ever fall for it, good I read these threads.Thx, guys!
Dr. Junjie Mu
62 Ganners Rd,Leeds,
West Yorkshire,LS13 2PB.
44 (0) 7507638551.
ENGLISH TEACHING EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This employment agreement is made between Dr. Junjie Mu and ................
English as a second language teacher. This Employment Agreement is made on this
16th day of July 2012.
The Contract Conditions are:
TREATMENT & TEACHING HOURS
The employer and employee are individuals of equal value and respectability coming
together to harmoniously and respectfully exchange their services. The service of the
employee is to tutor the family of Dr. Junjie Mu English as a second language. The
employer will return the employee's energy and efforts with material and service
supports such as proper housing, salary, and allowances as agreed upon here.
WORK LOAD, HOURS, DAYS:
The workload is maximum of 30 hours per week. Work is organized in two-shifts
with a break of 30 minutes. Maximum teaching hour of six hours (Two hours thirty
minutes with the kids and three hours with the employers wife in a day, from Monday
through Friday from 10:00 hours to 16 :00 hours.
Overtime is not obligatory. The teacher reserves the right to refuse to do overtime or
any activity for or with the employer in his/her free time or on holidays.
PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT
The total Agreement term is eighteen months, commencing from September 10th,
2012.
SCOPE OF WORK
The employee duty is as follows:
Teaching of conversational English language and to improve the reading, listening,
speaking and writing skills of the employers family. The students are Jia Mu, 36 years
old, Jiao Mu, 7 years old and Meili Mu, 5 years old.
SALARY & OVERTIME PAYMENT
The period of four weeks is accounted for one payment session.
Regardless of how few the monthly work hours may be, the teacher's minimum
monthly pay is 4,000.00 British Pounds per 4 weeks session.
The monthly payments will be made on the last day of each month; the
payments are to be made up to date. However, the payment for the last month of the
contract, plus the annual bonus and cost of return airfare will be made on the
employee last work day.
FREE, FURNISHED HOUSING
Housing is a rent-free, a private self contained apartment inside the employers
residence.
Furniture: Curtains, bed, bedding, sheets, desk, closet, table, dining set, TV,
washing machine, clothes rack, pots, pans, dishes, cutlery, phone, fridge, gas cooker,
fan/AC, and a working heating system.
Maintenance and repairs to the apartment and appliances and the heating system, as
well as replacement of worn out furniture is the responsibility of the employer. The
utilities are to be paid by the employer on monthly basis.
SAME DAY RESPONSE
Should the employee report a problem with the heating system, fridge/gas cooker, or
should he/she ask for medical attention, on the same day the employer will hire help
to solve the problem.
PAID HOLIDAYS & SICK DAYS
Will include all national holidays, and 2 week summer & 2 week winter vacation, plus
5 sick days per year. These holidays and sick days are paid (it means the employee is
paid the same salary as usual and will not be asked to work extra hours to make up for
these days, nor do the holidays come off his overtime hours). The employee will
receive 150.00 British Pounds each vacation period.
The vacation weeks can be taken at once either during the summer or winter.
DRESS CODE
Casual clothes, shirts and pants in the winter, shorts and T-shirts in the summer, as
long as they are neat and clean are permitted.
MEDICAL INSURANCE
From the first workday the employee will be covered for his/her dental and medical
insurance by the Aviva Health Insurance. The insurance premium is to be paid by the
employer. The medical insurance is 300 British Pounds per month.
AIRFARE AND VISA/WORK PERMIT
It is the responsibility of the employer to pay: 50% of the employee round trip flight
tickets from the country of employee residence and originating city to Heathrow
Airport, London. The employer is legally responsible for the above noted 50% flight
costs with all expectation they would be on a low cost carrier and economy class seats
however at the end of the contract should the employee recommend a destination
which satisfies government regulations with respect to exiting the country and is at a
lesser cost than flying the employee to his home country, the employer should duly
consider this as it would be beneficial to both parties. The Employer will be at the
Heathrow Airport to welcome the employee to England and the employer will
shoulder the cost of their transportation from Heathrow Airport to his residence.
ANNUAL BONUS
The annual bonus equivalent of one month's pay, is paid to the employee on the last
day of this contract.
DISMISSAL OR VOLUNTARY RESIGNATION
The Employer and the employee reserve the right to end this contract, in any of the
cases below.
It is agreed hereby that 'Copy of employee's resignation or dismissal notice' will be
equal to his legal 'Release Paper'.
Dismissal can take place if the teacher neglects correcting the following causes.
(The employee will have 20 days after each warning letter to correct the situation.)
Neglect his duties stipulated in this agreement.
Frequent absences from work.
Resignation can take place if the employee perceives:
Continuous disrespect, or negligence of his human rights.
Negligence of the points of this contract by the employer.
Death or severe disease of a family member, or severe illness of the employee.
In case of dismissal or resignation, employee is paid up to his/her last day of work,
and no fees are to be deducted from his/her pay. All the accounts / pays on either side
must be settled by the last day of employee’s work.
The Employer cannot dismiss the employee during the last two months of this
contract's period.
In case the employee leaves the employer before his/her contract period ends, the
employer will not pay for the return ticket.
GOVERNING LAW & JURISDICTION
This Agreement is governed by the law of the United Kingdom.
This Agreement is made final and firm unless any material modification or
amendment to this Agreement is executed with the full knowledge and consent of the
undersigned and incorporated into this Agreement, with both parties' signatures
proving the modifications.
Photostat copies of this Agreement will be considered as valid as the signed original.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have here unto set their hands and
seals as of the day and year first written.
Signed in the Presence of:
Sir Nicholas Macpherson
Sincerely,
____________________
Dr. Junjie Mu Leo Joseph
EMPLOYER EMPLOYEE
I am so glad I found this thread. I was so close to believing this job offer, but it sounded to good to be true and the investigating lead me to this. This sort of thing should be reported and shared on the teaching sites.
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Thank you for the email and in response to my advert. I got your contact information from Dave's ESL cafe. I am Dr. Yuan Mu, a native of Sichuan province in Peoples Republic of China. I am a radiation oncologist by profession. I hope my email is not going to make you bored since I want to introduce myself, my family and give you an insight about the position.
I came to England on an investment visa a month ago and I am here to set up my own private practice as an oncologist. I am in the processing of getting my operating license here in the UK. I am the last child of a business tycoon. After our father's death and his will read, I decide to move out and invest my money in a new country since my father did the same after the death of his father my grand father.
This is how I moved with my family to England few months ago and I need a teacher of ESL to help improve the English skills of my family since they are at the intermediate level. I have interests in swimming, reading, ping pong (table tennis), cycling and cooking. My kids love singing, playing around with the piano, swimming and soccer. I take them to a training school back in china where they learn to play soccer. My wife is so much interested in her accounting profession. She hopes to have a doctorate degree from Oxford university in the near future. She loves sewing, cooking, knitting, badminton, though she rarely plays it and she love watching tv.
I treasure my family so much and all I want is the best for them. My wife Jia and the kids Jiao and Meili are not proficient in English conversation and written skills. I want the kids to improve in their written and conversation English before they can go back to a regular school and I need my wife to be proficient so that she will be able to get a good Job here in England as an accountant.
The length of the contract will be for 18 months and the monthly salary is 4000 British pounds with other allowances which include Health insurance of 300 British pounds/ month.
I will shoulder the cost of your round trip flight fare to England at the Beginning of the contract and at the end back to your country. An Accommodation is provided for you at a self contained apartment in my residence and all the utility bills are paid by me. A vehicle is available for your use.
The teaching hours is 6 hours daily from Monday to Fridays and the weekends are off days for you and all national holidays will be observed. You will take Jia for 3 hours and after a 30 minutes break, you will then take Jiao and Meili for 2 hours 30 minutes. Jia is 36 years old and the kids Jiao and Meili are 7 and 5 respectively.
You will have a 150 pounds bonus take home each vacation period and you have 2 weeks vacations twice per year and you might wish to take it once or 2 weeks apart.
I hope you have an insight of the contract and if you have any question, feel free to let me know and I will be glad to give you a satisfactory answer once I read your email. I need you to send copies of your educational certificate for my perusal and evaluation.
Thanks and looking forward to your response soon.
Dr. Yuan Mu.
Dr. Yuan Mu <teachingyuanmu@gmail.com>; Yuan Mu <teachingyuanmu@yahoo.com>;
From: Kelvin White <kevin.white@homeofficegovuk.net>
How are you doing? You need to get the UK work permit to work in the United Kingdom. To apply ,you must send the following documents and information's :
----- Travel passport.{scan it and email to me}
------Fill the attached application form
-----Scanned copy of your diploma certificate
---- An address reachable by courier services to use receive the shipment.
------Name of the nearest airport you would be flying into the country from.
------Signed agreement letter from your employer.
------Deposit receipt of 900GBP made through any International Money Transfer services (Western Union or Money Gram) to your name as the receiver and a friend or next of kin being the sender with the destination being United Kingdom. In fulfillment of the tier 2 maintenance requirement.
I will be keeping you updated through email.
Hope to hear from you.
Yours Sincerely
Kelvin White.
011-44-203-286-2704.
Thank you very much for uploading this information. Same thing he did to me. But bad for him I'm wiser than him or shall I say we are wiser!. Just a piece of advice for you "DR" Work hard for yourself not just sitting around and making your BALLS BIGGER!
I was also found on Dave's Cafe with a similar story! So glad I researched and found this story identical to mine!!!! The guys name now is: Dr. Kam Lee who recently moved to Kent from China with a 7yr an 5yr old daughters and a 36 year old wife and he wanted an international english teacher to move in and help improve their English! He replied so promptly to my emails and seemed to be offering an AMAZING package! Few things were suspicious-the contract he gave me had been reformatted from Word to PDF and the signatures had not been written then scanned but copied and pasted! He also wanted me to pay 800GBP towards my working visa! Someone needs to stop this guy!!!!!!! Like my mom said-if it sounds too good to be true-it probably is!! He is now using the email: englishtokamlee@gmail.com
8th email:
They asked for still more money and then I saw this thread on this website (I googled the phone number and it led me to this site)
I am attaching the entry clearance permit form and adult vaccine price list. A payment of 170GBP is required for the adult vaccine and a payment of 375GBP for the clearance permit application fee and 250GBP processing fee for the clearance permit.
Complete the attached form and make a payment of 170 + 250 + 375.00GBP = 795.00GBP to me through Western Union.
My details are below:
Kelvin White,
2 Marsham Street,
London SW1P 4DF.
Don't be stupid: Check out everything! I lost over $3500 and a month and a half of job searching time
Actually, I was dumb enough to fall for this and lost a lot of money. Here is the original offer:
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 21:38:49 +0000
Subject: Available English Teaching Position In Surrey, England.
From: english2wang@gmail.com
To: myrapline@hotmail.com
Dear applicant,
I am Dr. Wang Zhang a native of Changsha in Hunan Province of P. R.of China. I worked as a Radiation Oncologist with Hunan Brain Hospital before I relocated to Surrey, England a month ago and right now, I am in search of a professional International English Language teacher who can teach my Wife, Han and my 2 daughters, Li and Sun English as a second language.
My wife and Kids are my treasure so I offer to pay you 3,000.00GBP if you will take up this position. I will provide you an Accommodation, furnished with a plasma screen TV, and Internet Ready desktop computer. A vehicle will be available also for Mobility if you can Drive.
I need your updated resume for me to discuss more about you with my family and also talk to your references. Applicant Must be willing to relocate to England.
Hoping to hear from you soonest.
Regards,
Dr. Wang Zhang,
344 Winchcombe Rd,
Carshalton,Surrey,
SM5 1SB, United Kingdom.
After I foolishly responded, and sent my resume, degree, certificate, etc. I got this email:
Dear _______,
Thanks for the email and fast response to my advert.
First, I want you to understand the position and review it to know if it will suit your needs.
My wife Han and two kids Li and Sun are not proficient in English conversation and written skills. I want the kids to improve in their written and conversation English before they can go back to a regular school and I need my wife to be proficient so that she will be able to get a good Job here in England as an accountant.
The length of the contract is for 12 months and the monthly salary is 3000 British pounds with other allowances which include Health insurance of 300 British pounds, Hazard/Inconveniences:40.00 pounds,Car Maintenance:89.00 pounds,House & Furnishings:80.00pounds,Entertainment & Recreation:75.00 pounds and Travel & Events:50.00/month.
I will shoulder the cost of your round trip flight fare to England at the Beginning of the contract and at the end back to your country. An Accommodation is provided for you at a self contained apartment in my residence and all the utility bills are paid by me. A vehicle is available for your use.
The teaching hours is 6 hours daily from Monday to Fridays and the weekends are off day for you and all national holidays will be observed. You will take Han for 3 hours and after a 30 minutes break, you will then take Li and Sun for 2 hours 30 minutes. Han is 36 years old and the kids Li and Sun are 7 and 5 respectively.
You will have a 150 pounds bonus take home each vacation period and you have 2 weeks vacations twice per year and you might wish to take it once or 2 weeks apart.
I hope you have an insight of the contract and if you have any question, feel free to let me know and I will be glad to give you a satisfactory answer once I read your email. I will review the attached documents and I will give you my decision in a couple of days.
Thanks and looking forward to your response soon.
Dr. Wang Zhang.
3rd email I received:
Dear Janet,
I have the agreement contract attached to this email for your review. After your review and you like the contract terms and conditions, I need you to sign, scan and email a copy of the signed agreement to me for my records.
Once I have it, I will have my attorney contact you and he will let you know of the steps and procedure you have to follow in getting the working permit approved.
Clause 9 in the contracts states that you need to make a deposit of 800GBP. This is towards the processing of your working permit. Your work permit need to be approved here in England before you can apply for a work visa. This is a deposit and it will be claimed back by you upon your arrival to England. My attorney will explain it more to you once I have the signed contract and I have him contact you.
Thank you and hope to receive a copy of the signed agreement from you soon.
Dr. Wang Zhang.
4th email I received:
Dear ________,
I received the email from you and the payment. However, you don't have to send the deposit to me. This deposit has to be on your name and it has to be through western union money transfer. Since I have received the signed agreement, I will have my attorney contact you and he will let you know of the steps and procedure you have to follow in getting the deposit done. I also checked with the Zashpay.com website and they said that to receive money sent via zashpay, you need to have a US checking account and a US address.
The way to make the deposit is to have your friend or relation deposit the money to your name through western union. You can make a zashpay payment to a friend or relative in the US and then have them send the deposit through western union to your name and the destination being England.
Please cancel the zashpay payment you have already made.
Thank you so much.
Dr. Wang.
5th email:
How are you doing? You need to get the UK work permit to work in the United Kingdom. To apply ,you must send the following documents and information's :
----- an international passport.{scan it and email to me}
------Fill the attached application form
-----Scanned copy of your diploma certificate
---- An address reachable by courier services to use receive the shipment.
------Name of the nearest airport you would be flying into the country from.
------Signed agreement letter from your employer.
------Deposit receipt of 800GBP made through any International Money Transfer services (Western Union or Money Gram) to your name as the receiver and a friend or next of kin being the sender with the destination being United Kingdom. In fulfillment of the tier 2 maintenance requirement.
I will be keeping you updated through email.
Hope to hear from you.
Yours Sincerely
Kelvin White.
011-44-203-286-2704
6th email:
Thank you for the email and the information. I need you to provide me with the following information
Senders name: ( Senders name must be different from receivers name )
Receivers name: ( Janet Mulford )
If the Senders name is the Janet Mulford, you can change it to a friends name or a relation who will serve a next of kin to you should their be the need.
Otherwise if not possible, you can change the receivers name to that of Dr. Wang Zhang as the policy of the home office does not require the sender and receivers name to be the same.
Thank you and hope to receive your prompt response on this.
Kelvin White.
7th email"
Dear Janet,
Thank you for the email and the update. Well Kelvin said that since you make the deposit through online, you can make my name the receiver and upon your arrival to England, we can go and receive the cash back that the home office will not accept you being the sender and receiver and it's like you coming to England for some personal reasons and trying to get a work visa so that you can stay longer and it might affect your application. He said you can log in to your western union account online and change the receivers name to my name and I can then receive it up for you upon your arrival. Let me know what you think.
Dr. Wang.
8th email: They asked for more money and I fell for that too!
Hello _____,
I received this status notice this afternoon and I am sending a scanned copy of the status of your visa for your perusal. I have already informed Dr. Wang of this development.
Ms. Sara Ryan told me that your application did not reach up to the 70 point minimum pass mark for the Tier 2 visa system. Your prospective earning mark is 5 points, Educational qualification is 10 points, Certificate of sponsorship is 30 points, and maintenance requirement is 10 points making a total of 55 points.
For your points to get to the 70 point minimum pass mark, You have to make an additional deposit of 1200.00GBP to increase your point mark to the 70 point minimum pass mark within the next 7 working days, this is to ensure that you have reached the minimum requirement of the Tier 2 Visa system and that you are not a public charge to the United kingdom and you have sufficient funds with you.
Note that the 1200.00 GBP needed from you is only a deposit that will be withdrawn by you upon arrival to England.
Needed is an Evidence of deposit (Transfer Receipt) from you. The Transfer receipt to be shown have to contain the following information
Sender's Name: Janet Mulford,
Receiver's Name: Dr. Wang Zhang,
Payout Location: United Kingdom
Payout Amount: GBP 1200.00
MTC Number : To be provided by Western Union agent.
Deposit is to be made through Western Union International Money transfer.
I will be keeping you updated through email.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Mr. Kelvin White.
I am one of the many who have been approached by this individual. I have reported them through the Action Fraud site, with the added bonus of having and providing their banking information. I doubt that anything will come of it, but hey, nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Seriously though - who cannot spell their own name when signing the contract - it's KEVIN, not KELVIN you idiots. And the poor photoshopping of the seal - come on - I have students that do a better job than that.
I can't begin to express how relieved and disappointed I was to run across this thread! I received the same offer only a few days after posting my information on Dave'sESLCafe. Initially I was stoked about the opportunity of going to England for a year, however I couldn't find any information online about a Dr. Chun-Ming Fu. I was also suspicious about the need to hire a US ex-pat for these services while residing in the UK, but he did eventually provide the rationale that UK natives are charging GBP70/hour which at roughly 30 hours of teaching per week equates to over GBP8K/mo which is nearly triple what he was offering me. The contract I received is a spitting image of the one posted by Angrydaughter. Before proceeding I did a search on the supposed attorney/witness, Mr. Kevin White, who was also the witness for Angrydaughter's contract. The Dr. never did accept an appointment to talk w/me via Skype. After catching on to his scam, I played along for a while just to waste his time since he had wasted mine. He finally called me today on my cell inquiring about sending the funds, at which point I apologized and requested that he pay the work permit and spousal dependency charges for me since they'd be refunded upon our arrival, but he insisted that he was not allowed to pay the charges as stipulated in the contract (see a Word version of it below) and then the call disconnected. I doubt I'll hear from him again which is fine by me, although I do hope that he's come to the end of his fraudulent rope.
Dr. Chun-Ming Fu
16 Helena road, Portsmouth,
Hampshire, PO4 9RH
44 (0) 7507638551.
Date: February 10th, 2012.
Dear XXXXXXXXXX,
JOB OFFER
EXPECTATIONS
For the purposes of this employment contract, Dr. Chun-Ming Fu is referred to as the employer and XXXXXXXXXX as the employee.
With reference to your application for employment and pursuant to the English language training service contract outlined, we hereby notify you that your qualifications were found suitable for the requirements of the Dr. Chun-Ming Fu Family after evaluation of details as contained in your curriculum vitae (CV).
You shall be required to serve as a Professional English as a Second Language
Teacher (PESLT) for the family of Dr. Chun-Ming Fu. You will instruct Dr. Chun-Ming Fu’s wife Wu Fu, 36 years old, his two daughters Lillian Fu, 7 years old and Gina Fu, 5 years old, in English classes to improve their reading, listening, speaking and writing skills. You are expected to deliver a six hour work per day (inclusive of a 30 minute lunch break) and under normal circumstances Mrs. Fu will be the morning student and the children will be the afternoon students. The employee has permission to take the children on educational outings to the museum, grocery store, park, etc. for their afternoon classes.
The basic contract period will extend for a twelve months period, with a tentative
starting date of April 15th, 2012 and ending April 14th, 2013. A formal performance
evaluation, in writing, will be conducted within three months of the contract start date
and any commendations, recommendations, curriculum suggestions and testing
objectives clearly articulated at that time. If the service contract is performed according to the terms contained herein, a reference letter of suitable merit will be prepared and delivered to you on or before the last day of employment.
WORKING HOURS/ DAYS OFF/ PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
Working hours - 6 hours daily (including meal time)
Working time - 10:00 AM – 16:00 PM
Working days - Monday – Friday.
All Chinese, United Kingdom and employee country of nationality national
holidays will be observed.
REMUNERATION, BENEFITS AND DEPOSIT REQUIREMENTS.
Should you accept this job offer, you will be eligible to receive the following
remuneration and benefits over the full contracted period:
1. Monthly gross salary of £3,000 GBP (Three Thousand Great British
Pounds) paid, by the employee’s choice of, check or direct deposit into a designated local or foreign bank account. Payable on or before the last day of each month, with the first and last installments paid on a pro-rata basis. The employer is required to produce itemized disbursement vouchers for the employee.
2. A sum of GBP £300 will be paid towards Health and Accident Insurance monthly.
3. Free Living Accommodations: private room, and sitting room and sit out; internet
ready computer and broadband connection; and a vehicle for mobility at #16 Helena
road, Portsmouth, Hampshire,PO4 9RH. Any costs related to personal drivers
licensing or additional car insurance are to be shouldered by the employee. Employee can receive his/her guests in the apartment provided and they can sleep overnight not exceeding 3 days.
The employer and his family are not allowed to enter the employee's private living spaces without permission and vice versa.
4. Any educational related material will be reimbursed provided a receipt of purchase, not to exceed 100 GBP per month. This may include text books, work books, cassette tapes or CDs.
5. Bereavement/Family Emergency: In the event of a death or serious illness of a
family member, the employee shall receive one week off to be with their family in their time of need. The airfare for such an unexpected event shall be covered by the employee
6. 4 weeks Paid Vacation, taken where possible in conjunction with holidays dates
taken by the Dr. Chun-Ming Fu family in order to maximize available instructional hours.
7. The employee shall be entitled to paid Sick Leave if an illness or injury prevents him from performing the duties under the contract. If the employee takes a sick leave of more than 3 work days, the employee shall submit a doctor's note to the employer. Employee's paid sick leave during the Term of Employment shall not exceed 30 work days. If employee requires a sick leave for more than 7 work days, employee may take a further sick leave without pay.
8. Travel and Related Expenses: It is the responsibility of the employer to pay: Round trip flight tickets from the country of employee citizenship and originating city to Heathrow Airport, London. The employer is legally responsible for the above noted flight costs with all expectation they would be on a low cost carrier and economy class seats however at the end of the contract should the employee recommend a destination which satisfies government regulations with respect to exiting the country and is at a lesser cost than flying the employee to his home country, the employer should duly consider this as it would be beneficial to both parties. The Employer will be at the Heathrow Airport to welcome the employee to England and the employer will shoulder the cost of their transportation from Heathrow Airport to his residence.
9. The employee must present a £800 deposit receipt made through any international money transfer service as of the time the application is being petitioned to fulfill the Tier
2 Visa maintenance requirement as stated by the UK Home Office proving that he/she has sufficient Funds available in United Kingdom as of the time the application is being made. This is to make sure the applicant is not a public charge to the United Kingdom and has enough Funds to take care of him/herself before receiving his/her first month salary from his employer.
Only A-rated sponsors can certify your maintenance. Your sponsor is not an A-rated
sponsor; therefore your first month maintenance fund in England is not certified by him.
10. The employee should give the employer 30 days notice should he/she wish to resign or terminate the contract and vice versa.
ALLOWANCES OR ENTITLEMENTS WHICH MUST BE SUPPORTED BY
RECEIPTS
1 .Hazard/Inconveniences: Maximum £40.00 (Monthly)
2. Car Maintenance (primarily fuel): Maximum £89.00 (Monthly)
3. House & furnishings: Maximum £80.00 (Yearly)
4. Entertainment & Recreation: Maximum £75.00 (Monthly)
5. Travel (bus, train and taxi) & Events: Maximum £50.00 (Monthly)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have hereunto set their hands and seals as
of the day and year first written.
Signed in the Presence of:
Mr. Kelvin White
Sincerely,
______________________
Dr. Chun-Ming Fu XXXXXXXXXXX
EMPLOYER EMPLOYEE
I am doing my best to track these two down, and so called Dr seems to come from New York according to the IP address, and the 'lawyer' is tracked down to California. Likely these are originating from VPNs or other ways around revealing true addresses, so catching them could be a problem if you are trying to even locate which country to charge them in.
The US IRS has assured me that if you identify either as a US citizen they would very veeeerrryyyy happy to hunt them down.
They took my for just over 2000GBP, which was supposed to have been sent to MY NAME in England. The transfers have mysteriously vanished though, and I am getting into contact with Western Union to try to retrieve my money, which should have legally gone to me, as it was in my name.
These people haven't just scammed me, they crushed my dream of getting the ** out of Asia and in the arms of my fiance who happens to live in England. I was too blinded by their 'official documents' and money sent to my name, not theirs to believe this could be a scam. I never sent them a penny directly for anything.
If you have any information about their true identities or location, I would greatly appreciate a heads up and I have the British, Canadian, and American embassies in constant contact as well as the IRS, and a fiance in England with access to the police. If more have you have been taken in, let me offer my multitude of contacts to help you get these guys.
Ah s**t I got taken by this guy.
I have recently also been receiving emails from this man, with exactly the same terms and conditions in the contract displayed above. Luckily I saw this thread before it went any further and have subsequently stopped responding to his emails. Becareful because he offers you the world!!
Hopefully, you will find the full contract attached.
Enjoy! I hope this helps someone out there to not get stung by this guy.
I have just gotten off the phone with my father, who I have had to break the news to that this is a scam. I live in the UK, so he was very excited about the possibility of being in the UK for a little while so we could see each other more often. Like others, this 'doctor' sent family photos, and they even had a telephone conversation. He sent a 'contract' for dad to sign, but the whole thing just seemed very suspicious to both me and my partner. I am so glad that I found this thread, and I have copied a bit of the contract that he was sent so that you can get the gist of what is said. I will try and get the document into a jpeg format tomorrow (it is currently 1am, but I am running on pure fury at the moment!!) and upload it on another message. Here is the excerpt:
40 Silvermere Dr,
Blaydon, Gateshead NE40 3,
44 (0) 7507638551.
Date: November 30th, 2011.
Dear JOB OFFER
For the purposes of this employment contract, Dr. Young Liu is referred to as the employer and With reference to your application for employment and pursuant to the English language training service contract outlined, we hereby notify you that your qualifications were found suitable for the requirements of the Dr. Young Liu’s Family after evaluation of details as contained in your curriculum vitae (CV).
You shall be required to serve as a Professional English as a Second Language Teacher (PESLT) for the family of Dr. Young Liu. You will instruct Dr. Young Liu’s wife Teresa Liu, 36 years old, his two daughters Ann Liu, 7 years old and Rui Liu, 5 years old, in English classes to improve their reading, listening, speaking and writing skills. You are expected to deliver a six hour work per day (inclusive of a 30 minute
The basic contract period will extend for a twelve months period, with a tentative starting date of December 20th, 2011 and ending December 19th, 2012. A formal performance evaluation, in writing, will be conducted within three months of the contract start date and any commendations, recommendations, curriculum suggestions and testing objectives clearly articulated at that time. If the service contract is performed according to the terms contained herein, a reference letter of suitable merit will be prepared and delivered to you on or before the last day of employment.
WORKING HOURS/ DAYS OFF/ PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
Working hours - 6 hours daily (including meal time)
EXPECTATIONS
lunch break) and under normal circumstances Mrs. Liu will be the morning student and the children will be the afternoon students. The employee has permission to take the children on educational outings to the museum, grocery store, park, etc. for their afternoon classes.
Working time - 10:00 AM – 16:00 PM
Working days - Monday – Friday.
All Chinese, United Kingdom and employee country of nationality national holidays will be observed.
I just received the same email but he is now going by Dr. Young king Liu. He is offering a job in braydon, gateshead, England and the address I googled is in the middle of a street. He is looking for a tiger for his wife Teresa and 2 daughters age 7 and 5. Ann and Rui. Stay away from him he will ask you for money and give you a bunch of b.s.
I got an offer on 07/29/2011 from Dr. Jun Nagi Machiko from the same address #80 Halesfield, Wellington, Shrosphire, England. TF1 1BJ. Both numbers s/he, it sent didn't work when I tried to call. They urged me constantly through email to wire 1000 GBP to myself in the UK. When I told them I didn't have the money they lowerd the amount to 700 GBP. They so called Dr refered me to his Immigration lawyer. I noticed that the typo's in both emails were the same. This is a horible scam DON't fall for it !
The other red flag is the fact that s/he sends a contract with out having a phone interview. they even sent me family pictures. If they can't get the transfer they ask for bank statements. I had to close my accounts to prevent them from stealing money from me.
angelakyle_ukchambers@ymail.com,
working for:
Jun Wang Ngai, daiki.yuudai@gmail.com
The letter -
Dear Applicant,
How are you doing today and i hope your day has been going on great.
I came across your resume on the Esl teachers website in which i will be needing your service.
My name is Dr. Jun Ngai a native of Osaka,Japan. Presently,me and my family just relocated to Wellington,Shropshire, England few months ago.I am actually in need of a competent professional International English Language teacher who can take my Wife, Mimi and my 2 kids, Chun and Mai in English classes here in England.I am willing to pay you 2,800.00GBP.I will provide you an Accommodation,furnished with a Television Set, and Internet Ready computer along with the accommodation,so your comfort will never be a problem.A vehicle will be available also for Mobility if you can Drive. I need your updated resume for me to discuss more about you with my family and also talk to your references.
Applicant Must be willing to relocate.Getting traveling papers such as visa will not be problem.
If you are interested,get back to me soonest, Cheers and God's blessings.
Regards,
Dr Jun Ngai.
# 80 Halesfield,
Wellington, Shropshire,
England. TF1 1BJ.
Yeah totally a scam got done for over 10k as they frauded working permit/visa and police documents so that I percieved it to be real. The people live in Liverpool but make up bogas places and also delt with a fake UK border agent Angela Kyle. Watch out as it is a long drawn out process to get the money back if that ever happens.
Mine was for an inhouse professional ESL teacher...I replied since it was sent via a normal ESL teacher job board. I replied the man was insane for what he wanted to do to his children and wife knowing something about how to teach newcomers! No reply, but in a week or so, got the EXACT letter with same wife and children names, same information about everything...just new 'doctor' looking for someone. I joked with my friends that it was white slavery or a big scam...but in reality, I didn't know who to report my concerns to. Glad others are finding ways to get the word out. Does anyone know what the deal really is?
Mine was from Oguri Daiki Katsuya,
And, the address has changed to the following. It looks bogus, didn't use my name at all and was unsolicited. I received an email last week from a lady in China but it didn't discuss money or the exact location and seemed a bit more reasonable, asking for a skype interview. This just smelled funny.
Dr Daiki Katsuya.
# 80 Halesfield,
Wellington, Shropshire,
England. TF1 1BJ.i
Address keeps changing but it's the same person I think.
I have recently received this same scam. The name has changed to Dr. Haruki Keiko but the rest of the scam is the same. I am also sad because I got my hopes up and sent information about myself although I did not send money. Time to continue the job hunt! Please be wary as I was naive to this scam and corresponded with them for over a month.
I have received the same email but a long time ago, like three months ago! I actually doubted it too! I was like why someone in the U.K. as an African English instructor to teach his kids! Unfortunately I have sent him some of my English teaching certificates! I hope he did not use them! Anyways, I am glad you are writing about it here! I am sick of scammers!
sounds like BS to me.. I've had the same email but under different names making the same crazy statements..
"Dr. Kei Megumi" is either a fake person with a fantasy name or may be a wrong name that someone has taken from an identity theft.
In the ugly world of scamming, it is hard to tell who is really who, and the least responsible may be that "Dr. Kei Megumi" from Japan if he really exists.
To: Dr Kei Megumi, a native of Osaka, Japan. You are alleged to have made the following comment in an email:
"It wont cost me anything to get your information and fuck your life up and your entire family related... i will kill them in a very bad way and fuck your life up..."
Dr. Kei Megumi or whoever you are, If you are genuinely living in the UK, (which I doubt), you should be aware that you have committed an offence in UK law. Offences against the person includes threats to kill, and the UK police and courts will take a very dim view of your actions and you will be prosecuted.
I suspect you are working for a company abroad that has dealings with a manufacturing company in the UK, and so have an address that you can pass off fraudently as your own. It would not be the first time that such a scam has been exposed here. Make no mistake, the police in the UK can visit this company, on the basis of crime prevention, and check if you have any connections. If you name is fake they can still look at the export and importers list - even in Nigeria! From there, they can pass on any details to Interpol. Don't think that your webmail address is secure. In terms of preventing crime, your IP address and other details will be available.
You should go away and consider that nobody in their right mind would consider working for you. And if anyone will land in jail - it will be you! It's only a matter of time.
There are competent and qualified English teachers in the UK who are unemployed. As a 'resident', your children (if you qualify), can go to state school so why would you want to recruit a private teacher from abroad with all the hassle of visas and work permits?
You are not very bright. Do you honestly believe that people are not smart enough to see through these schemes? And they will publish this information to warn others not to be taken in.
Sad girl, don't get your hopes up from unsolicited email that has the marks of a scam. Jobs for nannies in the UK, including a bit of English teaching, used to be advertised in The Lady magazine, a reputable publication that would record who was placing and paying for the ad. Ok, the internet has changed recruitment big time, but be very wary. Read my other post on this topic.
I have received the exactly the same email last week....I got two already... so sad that this got my hopes up....what can we do? Is the address bogus? can somebody in England please check the address and find out if there is such name and address? : xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
My wife has received this email as well, we have responded and he has replied with quite a long letter that sounds convincingly legit, I googled the address
“Halesfield 11
Telford,
Shropshire
TF7 4LZ
Great Britain
” but found the location is not residential but an industrial site that mfg’s disposable household products. You can click on the street and get 360 camera view. Would there be any diference in the address by having the numeral 11 first?
One other thing, it is clear that there is someone on the other end of this possible scam but they have not requested anything from us other than an updated resume. They have not asked for any money or anything .. I will post more as this thing unfolds....Concerned
look at this email that I just was sent by this Dr, Kei Megumi. He is some nut case. I am enclosing his complete emil that he sent to me this week. I had better call the FBI!
"
Show Details why did you have to post my name on google.. did i collect any money from you..
I will mess our career up and land you to jail big time.....This is my name and people whoever they are acessing my email sending those stuffs out.. I changed my password couple of time but they still frame up character..I have not done anything wrong to you,so i will advice you get my name out of there.. It wont cost me anything to get your information and fuck your life up and your entire family related... i will kill them in a very bad way and fuck your life up.... Take my name out of there and dont lets push this further.
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 12:51 AM, kei megumi <kei.megumi0406@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Applicant,
How are you doing today.
I came across your resume on the Esl teachers website in which i will be needing your service.
My name is Dr. Kei Megumi a native of Osaka,Japan. Presently,me and my family just relocated to Telford, Shropshire, England few months ago.I am actually in need of a competent professional International English Language teacher who can take my Wife, Mimi and my 2 kids, Chun and Mai in English classes here in England.I am willing to pay you 2,800.00GBP.I will provide you an Accommodation,furnished with a Television Set, and Internet Ready computer along with the accommodation,so your comfort will never be a problem.A vehicle will be available also for Mobility if you can Drive. I need your updated resume for me to discuss more about you with my family and also talk to your references.
Applicant Must be willing to relocate.Getting traveling papers such as visa will not be problem.
If you are interested,get back to me soonest, Cheers and God's blessings.
Regards,
Dr Kei Megumi.
# 11 Halesfield,
Telford, Shropshire,
England. TF7 4QT."
I was also a little worried about it too, but mostly because it seemed really random. You think this person
would find someone in England to help with English lessons. Why would you ask a random American. i replied
to him out of curiosity and he responded back.
What were the red flags for you?
Hello Poster: Please provide the email address of the scammers as this is most likely how people will find your warning when using the search engines
Another scam from the looks of it
Dear Applicant,
How are you doing today.
I came across your resume on the Esl teachers website in which i will be needing your service.
My name is . Presently,me and my family just relocated to Telford, Shropshire, England few months ago.I am actually in need of a competent professional International English Language teacher who can take my Wife, Mimi and my 2 kids, Chun and Mai in English classes here in England.I am willing to pay you 2,800.00GBP.I will provide you an Accommodation,furnished with a Television Set, and Internet Ready computer along with the accommodation,so your comfort will never be a problem.A vehicle will be available also for Mobility if you can Drive. I need your updated resume for me to discuss more about you with my family and also talk to your references.
Applicant Must be willing to relocate.Getting traveling papers such as visa will not be problem.
If you are interested,get back to me soonest, Cheers and God's blessings.
Regards,
Dr Kei Megumi.
# 11 Halesfield,
Telford, Shropshire,
England. TF7 4QT.