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[Regretfully Yours]

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If you do you will get bombarded with endless spam and then phone calls from the third tier Chinese recruiters who offer you the crappy 5,000 - 7,000 rmb jobs and you will even get contacted by identity thieves. Just Google "China Job Resume Scam" and see what I am talking about. Or just read this which I received yesterday from a colleague in Shanghai http://chinascamwatch.wordpress.com

[China.Scam.Patrol]

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URGENT 2017 UPDATE REGARDING IDENTITY THEFT!

Read this first and then decide how to apply safely for jobs you know to be real. Over 8,000 Expat teachers were victims of identity theft in 2016. Now the scam artists are using new alias names identified at the below links. But here is the basic scam: http://chinascamwatch.wordpress.com

Those known or caught to be selling resumes:

https://www.scam.com/showthread.php?704467-UPDATED-China-Liars-List-ESL-TEFL-Teacher-Job-Scams-Internships-Exporters-etc-BLACKLIST&p=1971261#post1971261

http://reddit.com/r/chinascamcentral

http://opnlttr.com/letter/fraud-warning-advice-how-foreign-expats-can-avoid-identity-theft-scams-when-applying-teaching

The (name removed) expat forum has also been reported and is being investigated at this time so you should avoid them as well. Good luck but be diligent in verifying who are dealing with by asking these super important 7 questions: http://opnlttr.com/letter/china-esl-tefl-teacher-school-recruiter-blacklists-name-389-scam-artists[img][/img]

[Radar]

2021 UPDATE - Identity Theft from Expat Resumes Increased over 200%



Thanks to the COVID lockdown in 2020-2021 the scam artists of the world grew more desperate, aggressive, and resourceful. Expat teachers became their number 1 target as you can see here: https://www.tefl.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=9099
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Don't send your passport or passport scan to anyone and NEVER upload your resume until you read up at https://reddit.com/r/eslscams Good Luck!

[Ms. Molly]

This has been a hot topic in Expat circles lately on all the forums and the China Teachers Alliance has put out this PSA with a sample of a "Safe Resume Format" guaranteed to keep us safe from identity thieves, resume brokers, and a sh*tload of spam and cold calls. https://www.reddit.com/r/ChinaTeacherAlliance/comments/njft6z/china_teachers_alliance_psa_all_expat_workers_and/
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To all my TEFL colleagues I suggest you pay attention to https://reddit.com/r/TEFLreviews before you apply for your next teaching job and save yourself from unpleasant surprises.