r/ESLSCAMS

109 archived posts · Jul 2017 – May 2026

ESL SCAMS

r/ESLSCAMS

This is a P2P network for ESL teachers around the world, designed to warn teaching colleagues of various schemes, scams, and frauds targeting ESL teachers both abroad and in their homelands, because there is no FTC, Attorney General, or BBB abroad that protects your interests.

Created Jul 27, 2017 · restricted

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109Archived posts

POSTING REQUIREMENTS TO AVOID REMOVAL OF POSTS, COMMENTS, & BEING BANNED. PLEASE READ & HEED:

<1> No doxing personal names unless they are fabricated alias or chinglish names that not real anyway. Company names, websites, and telephone numbers are all fair game.

<2> No spamming nor trolling allowed

<3> Remain civil and polite at all times an remember to attack the message and not the messenger. Profanity must be kept at a minimum and name calling only diminishes your credibility.

<4> If you disagree you must provide reasons that are at lease 100 words in lenght. Otherwise your comment will be deleted.

<5> Links are permitted except to memes and or sites infected with malware or are clearly trying to sell a product or service.

<6> Foreign language comments are allowed only if you include a verbatim English translation. If the translation is not verbatim, you will be banned.

<7> Posts must name a specific company and the then followed in the comments section a detailed explanation of how they cheated, exploited, or harmed you in any way. Bald accusations without supporting evidence or narrative will be deleted.

<8> Rebuttals are welcome but recruiters and job agents must state that this is their profession so remarks can be kept in perspective.

<9> Do not accuse others of shilling or sock puppetry. If you suspect that is the case, please report them to the mods.

<10> No solicitations nor "HR hustling" on this sub will be tolerated. Buy an ad if you have something to sell. If you try to recruit teachers with PMs you will ancient history soon.

This will be a restricted sub for the first 90 days or 500 users, which ever occurs first. To become an approved user, please simply make three meaningful comments that comply with the above rules (not "I agree - great post).

Your cooperation with the above guidelines and rules is much appreciated along with your contributions needed to grow this sub into something meaningful and effective in curbing abuses of our teaching colleagues.

Other Subs & ESL Links We Suggest:

r/esljobs

r/cleverchinacheaters

r/chinateachers

r/chinateachersalliance

r/expatrights

r/tefljobs

r/jobsinchina

https://eslwatch.info

https://eslbase.com

https://eslemployment.com

https://www.eslteachersboard.com/cgi-bin/scamalerts/index.pl

https://chinascampatrol.wordpress.com

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