My husband and I were just swindled out of approximately $4,000; we have no home, no jobs, and little dignity. ESL employment.com had a position that turned out to be a scam, but it looks credible. The scammer uses some of the logos in e-mail correspondence that appear on the actual Spanish Ministry of Education site. We paid money to an “immigration attorney” for our visas, and to a “travel agent” for bogus flights. We doubt that we will recoup any of our money, even though a family member works for an individual running for the Ohio Attorney General, whose staff is assiting us with this. Watch out for this—we alerted ESL employment.com; we hope that no one else falls victim to this.

Very sorry to hear this guys. If it is any consolation I have seen similar posts on these scams before - so you are not the first. Good that you can post on it to help others avoid these scum.

melissa&sean; sorry two hear about that , post up the link and we could stop someone eles for get Scamed . last time some scamed me i end up at his from dooor with a Baseball B*** and ask for few thinks back

again never send money via the net unless you know who the outher person is , Ie mate freinds and so on

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Agents offering Visa two work in Eu ..... could scam you so Goolge email address , telphone numbers bank accounts , join forums and ask people

Jurdy

ESL employment.com i do think as Jurdy ( not the Site here ) is scam its self as there lot people cought out with fake job that up there site .....
that sould have a Fruad area on there main page ( will i can see it ) and there no office are telphone number you can right them on
Yes report fake job befor there and not one think was done about , there left up for some time befor removing it

.... the net has broght the world in your computer and also the scamer aswell

Jurdy

melissa&sean; - 22 May 2010 05:59 AM

My husband and I were just swindled out of approximately $4,000; we have no home, no jobs, and little dignity. ESL employment.com had a position that turned out to be a scam, but it looks credible. The scammer uses some of the logos in e-mail correspondence that appear on the actual Spanish Ministry of Education site. We paid money to an “immigration attorney” for our visas, and to a “travel agent” for bogus flights. We doubt that we will recoup any of our money, even though a family member works for an individual running for the Ohio Attorney General, whose staff is assiting us with this. Watch out for this—we alerted ESL employment.com; we hope that no one else falls victim to this.

You are NOT the only one.
Here is the legitimate website: http://www.mepsyd.es/exterior/usa/en/programs/us_assistants/default.shtml
They say: “Please, promptly contact us if you are in any way asked to pay for any services in connection with this program.”
If you have not already done so, please contact the education office at: 1-202-728-2335
Maybe they can help you.

Also, here’s another forum topic about someone who has had this problem: http://www.expatriatecafe.com/forums/index.php/topic,2176.0.html I’ve sent a message to someone who has been through this same process to see if they’re willing to contact you.

Best of luck. I am VERY sorry that you have been swindled. Get in touch with the Education Office and I hope they can help too!

Take care.