Pseudonym
- 2012-09-16
Actually, I went to McGinty's real site to get e-mail addresses. Also, there was no Skype interview, and the fake airline contact was Alitalia.
Joe
- 2012-09-08
That's because the Scammers subtly alter the email address so that you don't notice it's different.
In your case, they change info@mcgintyschool.com to something like lnfo@mcglntyschool.com (the letter I is replaced with a letter L)
So, in fact, you're not really writing to McGinty School unless you actually decide to manually type in the address.
The scammers target teachers from outside the EU. They give them a fake Skype interview (text only), offer them another interview in Spain or the job itself.
They then forward them to a fake airline ticket agency (in your case Air Berlin) to get money from them. Another scam is to forward them to a fake VISA application agency to scam money for a work visa.
Don't blame the original school/academy. They are perfectly innocent in the whole process.
Indeed, McGinty School of English in AlmerÃa is a very reputable academy.
I responded to an offer allegedly from McGinty School in Spain. McGinty seems to be a perfectly legitimate school (with varying comments from former teachers), but
when I wrote to e-mail addresses actually posted by McGinty on their home-page, to confirm that the offer was legit flight would be paid, I got nary a response. My guess
is that this is some sort of scam unconnected with the school. But I don't understand why the school didn't respond. Other schools in Europe have always responded
when I have checked to see if anoffer were actually from them.