My latest update on G-T.org. Today I received an email message from a woman by the name of Virgine, who told me that they had just received my resume through G-T and her school will review my application. This is supposed to be a school somewhere in Europe, but the sender's IP address location is Wayne Pennsylvania. The job listings are static with no posting dates or any names of schools. Nor are there any weekly updates as promised. In almost 3 months, I've received only two responses including and like this one. The IP address of the first person who contacted me is in West Virginia. The name of the registered owner of this site is hidden, so be wary. This could be to avoid spam mail. but in this case it's unlikely.
The IP address for the GT server is Chicago Illinois and Denver, Colorado most recently. GT has switched servers 10 times since their original domain registration, including Denmark. However, the IP addresses from the two agents I corresponded with are in Amsterdam, Netherlands which smacks of fraud. I paid the 70$ fee 3 months ago smelling a rat, but I couldn't find any complaints or warnings from other clients when doing a web search at the time. Thus, I took a gamble. In April, I was contacted by a woman whose name or pseudo-name was Irene Ludlow. She claimed to be the hiring manager of the Bilingual Learning Centre and to have received my resume from GT. Yet, she didn't tell me where the school is located, probably because it doesn't exist anywhere. Either in this thread or one in another forum, I discovered from the grievance of a past client that this school was located in Iceland, though there's no public record of it there. Anyway, I contacted her by email to ask where the school was, but she has never replied until now. I do know that there is no such school or even hiring manager by the name of Ludlow. This week I traced the IP address for the email I got from her and found her location was in a reservoir in the USA. GT is definitely fraudulent. Legitimate recruiters only charge a finders fee to the employer. I've been teaching EFL in Asia for 23 years and have never had to pay this fee while finding great jobs very fast. If we go to eslbase.com. there are lists of schools for just about every country where there's a demand for EFL teachers. We can contact the schools directly by ourselves by visiting their websites.
Their domain expires June 4, 2018. So they might change their name. Never pay a recruiter a finders fee at all cost. The fee indicates fraud.
Hi Lucja,
I just saw this online as I was searching for teaching jobs in Iceland. Can you give me any tips or helpful information about teaching there? ANy legitimate recruiters working in Iceland or good schools to contact? Thanks so much.
Danielle
Hi!
It's a scam. They used to use global-teachers.org address to advertise teaching positions. I'm pretty sure they wll send you back an email with an offer from Bilingual Language Centre in Reykjavik, which doesn't exist. I live here now and know more less the market. There were just a few openings for English teachers this year and all the positions have already been taken.
Keep away from them.
Hope my message helped you.
Best regards,
Lucja
Hello. I am wondering about a recent email I received, related to a website - http://teachtheworld.eu/teachingjoblist.html
Would anyone have any input on this, please? They are saying that they are forwarding my CV (which I never posted but filled out something) to schools in Iceland. If I wish to apply to other places, I would have to purchase their job list. There are many replies that this job list helped them find a job abroad, but I am worried about scamming here. First off, they contain a few English mistakes on their site.
Here is the email:
You indicated Iceland as your preferred teaching location. I have checked
into things and you qualify for most of our available teaching positions
there.
You have two options:
You can send us a list with max. three Job reference Numbers (of your
favorite openings) and I will forward them a copy of your Application.
Or you can also get our complete updated teaching Job list as a download and
apply directly for as many teaching positions as you want.
You can get our updated teaching Job List by following the link below:
http://teachtheworld.eu/teachingjoblist.html
Or simply copy and Paste the Link above into your browser.
If you have any other questions we are here to assist you.
Kind Regards,
Estelle Fournier
- Teacher Support -
Teach The World Organization
Teacher Support Department
This maybe a scam, however in the section where it states privacy policy and terms of use it does state about the service charge:
USE OF THIS WEBSITE
1. Using our Placement Assistance for Teachers:
Every qualified Teacher/Applicant has the option to use our Placement Assistance for Teachers. This means we help the Teacher in the search for a teaching position in any supported country. The Teacher Placement assistance involves a one-time and non-refundable service charge. This includes all administrative expenses as well.
Just had the similar email reply.... isnt there someone\some place this could be reported to? Its so obviously a scam
You don't have the position already! They meant the school is interested! I have been in contact with world-teachers.com. I have not paid any money because of what people are saying. I mean if it legit great but if not you are out at least $300! The question is can you afford to possibly lose $300?
I am having the exact same experience... I got that same email posted below, and before that, I got an offer email that says I'm definitely in for the position and it's the last one blah blah, but they don't offer free placement for that specific position. Looks almost identical to the others listed below. And it says the position should begin March 1, 2016. I'm thinking SCAM!
Yesterday I received the same email... and today they just sent me another one:
Dear Teacher,
I'm just sending you this message as a quick reminder with regards to the
approval of your Application. I would appreciate if you could get back to us
soon to let us know if you are interested in this particular opening or not.
Kind Regards,
Claudia Hopps
World Teachers Team
Support Department
I received the same email today, but in Copenhagen. I was wondering the same thing.
Hi,
Yes I'm actually in shock at the moment because I got the same exact emails as listed below with unbelievable job offers. Its totally a scam. I was in communication with a 'Ms. Hoops' as well. She actually just today emailed me back to say that I didn't pay the one time Service Fee that was supposedly required. Craziness. Her most recent email was as follows.
'Dear,
yes we still have openings available in Thailand for you and your friend as
well and your application has already been approved. However, you did not
submit the requires one-time Service Fee which is required for this
location. Please also read through our FAQs.
We are glad to assist you.
Kind Regards,
Claudia Hopps
World Teachers Team
Support Department'
Yea so bottom line its a scam and dont give them annnnnyything. They didnt mention any fees before this so i knew as soon as they did something was a bit fishy. No recruiter should ever be asking for money from the person they are recruiting.
From what I see, this happened in February. Did you pay for a placement package? Did they ever get back to you?
SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM !!!
I have received the exact same email - but from another email address. They seem to be using a different website now.
Dear _____,
our Team has received and evaluated your Application for a teaching
position. We are happy to inform you that you do qualify for a Placement at
your preferred location. We have contacted some of our associated schools
there as requested and one language school in particular is very interested
to hire you after reviewing your Application. We are taking care of the
entire hiring process for them.
I have attached a short job description for you below:
Reference Number: CH-2329, Location: St. Tropez, France
1 TEFL Teachers needed, Salary: Competitive, Accommodation: Furnished
acccommodation provided, Airfare: Airfare provided (return ticket), Duration
of Contract: Min. 6 month, Experience Required: No, Age of Students: Adults,
Teaching hours per Week: 25, Salary: 2500 Euro/Month, Benefits: No
This is our last opening remaining there for this Year. The suggested start
date for this opening is August 15th 2015.
Let us know if this opening is what you are looking for. However, we do not
offer free Placement for this particular location. You would need to choose
between our Normal or Premium Placement option which is required for this
location. To compare our available Packages and the benefits follow the link
below:
http://www.world-teachers.com/placement/index.html
Let us know with which Placement Option you would like so we can initiate
the Placement process for you soon. It would also be a good idea if you take
a look at our FAQ section by following the link below:
Take a look at our FAQ section as well by following the link below:
http://world-teachers.com/placement/faqs/index.html
We are looking forward of hearing from you.
Kind Regards,
Claudia Hopps
World Teachers Team
Support Department
I got the exact same email apart from the job description/location. Same starting date too... Sounding more and more suspicious!!
IT IS A SCAM!!they come up with new excuses every time. I paid the $300 and was supposed to startmid Feb but still they havent been able to give me the school's name address or a contact person even though i have asked so many times. DEFINITELY a scam and I do t know why the website is still up and running!!!
@Ells
I received the same exact email with the same wording from the same person, but with a different job location. The deal seems too good to be true, so from what I have always been told, it probably is. I don't know if I want to pay $300 to find out. I asked for more school information and a phone number to contact them, we'll see if they respond.
Hi you all,
I just got this same email yesterday afternoon 04-04-15. I suddendly supposed it was a scam, when I´ve seen on the website you don´t have any phone contact in order to get to them, that´s the reason we all should report to our Police Station as that website must be closed, as soon as possible, many people can be already been deceived.
I do will,
Greetings,
Cristina
I'd stay away from it. I got the same message last week and got suspicious about Ms Hoops' "positivity". The one dissenting reply to the thread by Ms McDonelly must have been written by someone from the "support team" as she seems to have rather specialist knowledge of the history of their website/domain...
Good luck with looking for you ESL job
I have received the same email and have been trying to figure out how legit this site really is and wondered why it doesnt have any testimonies
here is the email they sent me on Monday
we have received and evaluated your Application for a teaching position.
We are happy to let you know that you do qualify for a Placement at your
preferred location. We have contacted several schools there and one
language school in particular is very interested to hire you. We are
taking care for the entire hiring process for them. I have attached a
short job description for you below:
Reference Number: CH-2329, Location: St. Tropez
1 TEFL Teachers needed, Salary: Competitive, Accommodation: Furnished
acccommodation provided, Airfare: Airfare provided (return ticket), Duration
of Contract: Min. 6 month, Experience Required: No, Age of Students: 6-10,
Teaching hours per Week: 25, Salary: 2500 Euro/Month, Benefits: No
The suggested start date for this opening is August 15th 2015.
Let us know if this is what you are looking for. You would need to get
our Normal or Premium Placement which is required for this location.
To compare our available Packages and the benefits follow the link below:
http://world-teachers.com/placement/index.html
Please also take a look at our FAQ section by following the link below:
http://world-teachers.com/placement/faqs/index.html
We are looking forward of hearing from you.
Kind Regards,
Claudia Hopps
World Teachers Team
Support Department
I forgot to mention in my previous message that this is the last opening
remaining in this school so I would appreciate if you get back to us soon.
The Premium Placement Package also includes the translation of the teaching
contract (once issued) into English by one of our licensed translators among
other benefits.
Kind Regards,
Claudia Hopps
World Teachers Team
Support Department
and I said im interested ofcourse
it is nice to hear from you.
Our own payment gateway is temporarily down but you can use Skrill to submit
your Placement Package Fee - our account with them is
support@world-teachers.com
You can sign up for a free account with them using the following link:
https://account.skrill.com/signup
It would be good if you get that done soon so we can get started with
your Placement in St. Tropez.
We are glad to assist you.
Kind Regards,
Claudia Hopps
World Teachers Team
Support Department
Yeah? I'm having a similar situation with them ... sounding VERY positive that I pretty much had the job and then hearing nothing. When I asked for more information they gave me the most neutral sounding response ... so I have no idea where i stand with this job teaching English in Helsinki. I have heard nothing after this. They also "waived the fee" for me but asked for a donation to a charity building schools in Latin America (which was a legit program on a fundraising-programs website) ... I don't know what I think about this really. It seems not quite right. Did your experience with them start off like this?
Me and my husband have used their service last year and have been very satisfied with their service and Placement. We both got placed in Italy and things turned out to be just as described. However, they have changed their domain from .com to .org just recently but the .com has been active since mid 2004. We only had positive experiences with them.
The site was created last month (2014-06-04): http://whois.domaintools.com/global-teachers.org
They can't have so many jobs yet. It's fake. Stay away from it!
Hi guys,
Ive been applying like mad to esl jobs in europe.
When I saw an ad for a job in st tropez of course I rushed to apply for it. Apparently I have been selected for this role,based solely on my CV,no pictures, not an interview,just need to pay a placement fee of 300USD and the job is as good as mine.
The email reads as follows:
I questioned it saying yes im interested in an interview which is when I was told, I have the position already,i just need to pay the placement fee.my name is Monica and I'm a member of the Global Teachers Support
Team and also your personal teaching job advisor. We have just
recently celebrated our 10th anniversary and we want you to be
one of our many success stories and assist you to get the teaching
job you always wanted. All of our job openings are available exclusively
through us and each and every school and opening has been extensively
screened and filtered by our experienced Team of Professionals to make
sure we only have high quality openings available with good teaching
conditions and highly competitive salaries.Your Application has been evaluated by our Team and we have contacted
several schools that matched your qualifications and preferences you
indicated in your Application and one of our associated Schools in
particular is very interested to hire you for the October 2014
start date.However, I have just rechecked with the School and they only have one
opening remaining so we would need to move ahead with this soon to make
sure the opening will not be given to another Applicant.I have included the original Job description of the opening below:
Reference Number: CH-2329, Location: St. Tropez
1 TEFL Teachers needed, Salary: Competitive, Accommodation: Furnished
acccommodation provided, Airfare: Airfare provided (return ticket),
Duration of Contract: Min. 6 month, Experience Required: No, Age of
Students: 6-10, Teaching hours per Week: 25, Salary: 2500 Euro/Month,
Benefits: NoThe salary they offer is to be considered very high for the
local standards especially when considering that furnished
accommodation is also provided by the School.We have several Placement Options available for you:
Our Free Placement Option is not available for this country but we
can still offer you our Normal and Premium Placement Options.
Click on the Link below to compare both Placement Options:http://global-teachers.org/placement/index.html
Or copy and paste the link into your Browser if it does not open.
Additionally the Normal and Premium Placement Options both include
permanent access to our Premium-Login Area in which you will be
able to contact this school (and of course all others) directly among
many other features. The Premium Placement also includes the
translation of the teaching contract into English by one
of our licensed Translators as well as Premium-Support throughout
your stay abroad.We are handling the entire hiring process for the School and we would
appreciate if you get back to us with your answer soon so I can inform
the Director of the School. Just let us know if you want the mentioned
teaching position to be locked-up for you and which Placement Option
you would prefer.Once you are ready to move ahead you can also visit our SSL-Secure
order site directly by following the link below:https://www.global-teachers.org/placement/orderform/index.html
It is advisable to take a look at our FAQ section as well.
Kind Regards,
Monica Ludovic
Global Teachers Support Team
(Teacher Support Department)General Support Email:
I know it sounds silly, but can anyone help with whether this site is legit?
There are so many positions advertised on the site