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Getin2China is a bait and switch China job scam also known as Laowai Career Center and Gi2c
By: May 03, 2017Laowai Career Center lured me through ad online Google Adwords to their website which is their bait to get a high-[paying job in China either directly or through an internship. I took the bait, believed all their lies and fake reviews and spent $2,000 to fly to China thinking they would give me my own apartment which was included in the deal. They never told me I would have two roommates including one who snores like a bear and another that is bi-polar and always arguing with his parents on the phone at 2am in the morning because of time zone differences.
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The job I signed up for was "no longer available" by the time I arrived in China and they then pressured me to teach English. I demanded a refund of all my fees and travel expenses. They ignored me and told me to teach or go home. I ended up teaching just to recover my loss. Today, my sister sent me this link http://www.opnlttr.com/letter/...-
My demands:
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I want a full refund and the police to shut down this fraud
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User Recommendation:
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Stay away
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Resolution:
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Unresolved
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Also reported:
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Agents:
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Yuri Khlystov
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Managers:
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Ben Tsao, Vivian Ding, Chris Derban
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URL:
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Monetary damages:
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$6,895.00
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Wiseway Global is Same Gi2C Scam Group
By: Dec 22, 2015This company recently solicited me to offer me a "fortune 500 job" in China. They claimed I would first have to pay them $285 to get a normal job in China and then do a 90 day internship to "prove you are reliable and competent" (made sense to me) but after I started checking out their claims (They say they are "partners" with 100 top universities, the MInistry of Education, and 80 Fortune 500 companies in China) I realized they are a fraud. Not one university I called (from the names the sales agent mentioned) nor even one of 20 Fortune 500 companies I called in Beijing have any knowledge of this group, and Rutgers says their legal department told them two years ago to stop using their name in Gi2c sales materials. Then when I googled these clowns if found all sorts of complaints and negative comments like these here:
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http://www.worldlawdirect.com/...
http://www.scam.com/showthread...!
http://chinascampatrol.wordpre...-
My demands:
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Shut down Gi2C & Wiseway Global
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User Recommendation:
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Stay away
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Resolution:
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Unresolved
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Also reported:
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Agents:
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Mary
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Managers:
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Yuri Khlystov, Ben Tsao, Ben Cao
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Monetary damages:
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$285.00
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Additional information
Company names reported: Gi2c aka Getin2China aka Wiseway Global
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Gi2C Cheats University Students With Sneaky China Internship Scam!
By: Oct 27, 2015These Gi2C fraudsters sell an illegal internship package that people can get for free directly from Fortune 500 Companies. See http://freechinainternships.bl...
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This Gi2c company lies about everything and will promise you anything to get your "refundable $300 deposit" that really is never refunded. They also lie about being partners with Stanford, Princeton, Purdue and 50 other top universities that say they never heard of Gi2C!
I have since found these other warnings online that i regretfully did not see before. I was fooled by all of their fake reviews and testimonials.
http://www.thestudentroom.co.u...
http://chinascampatrol.wordpre...
http://www.scam.com/showthread...
http://eslwatch.info/forum/chi...
http://www.scamorg.com/gi2c-or...
I have never seen a more believable scam in my life. Their web site is very deceptive and they keep you so busy looking at THEIR propaganda that you have no time left to google their reputation.-
My demands:
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Get the Chinese Government To Close Down This Scam Operation!
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User Recommendation:
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Stay away
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Resolution:
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Unresolved
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Also reported:
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Agents:
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Yuri Khlystov
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Managers:
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Ben Tsao
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Monetary damages:
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$3,699.00
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China Internship Scam Offers Fake Jobs Steals Deposits
By: May 25, 2015Little Beijing company with 15 employees claims to be huge "Corporate Registrar" subcontracted by HR departments of most all MNC and Fortune 500 companies in China to recruit interns for new entry level management positions. But you must agree to buy an internship package from them "to prove yourself".
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They say that if you do well on your 90 day internship, you will get hired to a $60,000 job. Once you take this bait they charge you $300 up-front to process your paperwork. They then schedule a fake interview with you, supposedly from the HR Director from the big MNC company, but it is really one of their own people.
Afterward you are told that "you sound perfect for the job" you are asked to pay a placement fee of $3,700 but if you don't have it they will go as low as $999. If you hesitate they tell you that you will go on the waiting list for next year!
They justify their fee by saying they charge 10% less than a head-hunter.
Their web site looks so professional and full of testimonials, but here is how they get them...
https://gi2cscamorama.wordpres...
http://eslwatch.info/forum/chi...
http://scam-detector.com/forum...
When they talk with you on Skype sometimes they say they are calling from the London or New York office when they have no offices located there. This link here shows what some of their former clients and own employees said:
http://eslwatch.info/forum/chi...
This company also tells you to lie on your visa application which is a felony crime. Google "Winnie Maliko China internship" to read her story as another victim too.-
My demands:
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Close down this fraud!
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User Recommendation:
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I don't recommend them
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Resolution:
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Unresolved
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Also reported:
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Agents:
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Yuri Khlystov
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Monetary damages:
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$300.00
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Additional information
Gi2c aka Getin2China aka Better Careers
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Fake MNC and Fortune 500 China Internships
By: Apr 09, 2015This company solicits by email and Skype to university students offering good-paying jobs in China with huge and famous companies BUT ONLY IF you buy an internship package that sells for $3,700 that they do not tell you about until after you send them a $300 deposit. Before you send the $300 you are led to believe the who cost is $300! Then you cannot get your deposit back. See the many complaints at http://eslwatch.info/forum/chi...
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My demands:
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Refund and Public Apology
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User Recommendation:
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I don't recommend them
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Resolution:
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Unresolved
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Also reported:
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Monetary damages:
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$300.00
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Gi2C is a China Internship Scam Stealing Refundable Deposits
By: Mar 16, 2015This company based in Beijing, China operates a boiler room call center that also phishes for victims with online ads spammed all over the world to get young people to pay $3,700 to come work in China. But they do not tell you the whole cost until after you pay them a $300 deposit that is supposed to be "100% Refundable". It would be easier to pull a tooth from a starving tiger than to get a refund from these jerks. See here http://scam-detector.com/forum....
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My demands:
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Refund all deposits stolen from hundreds of people
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User Recommendation:
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Stay away
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Resolution:
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Unresolved
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Also reported:
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Monetary damages:
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$300.00
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Comments:
Lee Davis
Oct 31, 2015 8:32 AM
I find 6 complaints about them on the the first 5 pages of a google search and even more on page 12! Here is some of what I came across in just 20 minutes checking out their reputation. "Sorry to rain on your parade but Gi2c is reported as a long-running scam all over the internet and half of the comments and topics listed below are their self-promotions. Here are the links I found on google that prove most all of their testimonials are fake and they bought or created the many glorious reviews they spam all over the internet linked to their ads. Their website is very convincing, but here is everything they are not telling you... http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3227459 http://www.scamorg.com/gi2c-org-38 http://www.worldlawdirect.com/forum/money-frauds-scams/90029-fake-fake-fake-gi2c-china-internship-scam-victimizes-many-world-wide.html http://www.realscam.com/f8/gi2c-getin2china-china-internship-scam-via-pakistan-fake-london-office-confirmed-4087/ http://www.realscam.com/f8/gi2c-china-internship-scams-can-get-you-jailed-deported-3991/ http://chinascampatrol.wordpress.com http://forums.scamadviser.com/report-a-scam/getin2china-is-same-gi2c-china-internship-scam-beware!/ Why you can never believe "Testimonials" & "Reviews" about almost anything...especially China products & service scams Fraud Warning...Gi2C and Other China Job Internship Scams Beware All University Students - Gi2C China Internship Scam Is Targeting YOU! Gi2c.org Reviews Getin2China is same Gi2C China Internship Scam Those of us that lived in Beijing for more than five years know this scam quite well and we jokingly call the Russian owner the "Grand Master of Illusion" because he spends a fortune on SEO and a hacker named Stefano who spams fake testimonials and delets all the negative comments they find online. If you don't believe it, just post my comments here on the Facebook page and ask them to explain, and they will simply just delete it - no matter how many times you post it. At the above links you will find comments from former customers Winnie Maliko and even former employers who admit they tell clients to lie on their visa applications, and use photoshop to change the wording on invitation letters that had already been signed and chopped! Go to this link and see how they were caught lying in their printed brochure claiming to be "partners" with all the big name universities that say they never even heard of Gi2C! http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?681896-Gi2C-is-a-clever-China-internship-scam-cheating-university-students
Perry
Jun 20, 2015 9:12 PM
Thank you for the warning. The Gi2c company advertises so heavily your warning will soon be on page 20 of Google search results however. I also learned that the internships they offer are illegal and can and do get people arrested, jailed, and deported with felon convictions. See these links for the details; http://scam-detector.com/forums/forum/travel-scams/780-gi2c-china-internship-scam-makes-uni-grads-commit-felony-crimes-with-visa-fraud and also here at http://antifraudintl.org/threads/beware-of-china-internship-visa-scams.96692/ I found this poem at another site http://gi2ccomplaints.blogspot.ro/ My China Internship Nightmare I wanted to find work in China, So I went surfing on the internet you see. In hopes of finding a new job and life, When I saw the ads from Gi2c. Call now for free details, The ad beckoned to me. What the hell I thought, The call and info are both free! So I clicked on the chat line, And a friendly girl Mary attended to me. “You’re so lucky” she insisted, That I stumbled across Gi2C! She told great stories of others Who found back door jobs you see That are only available in China With companies connected with Gi2c. But to get my foot in their door, I’d have to prove myself first as an intern. And if I didn’t hurry, I ‘d have to stand in line, To wait months for my turn. As luck would have it she said, A huge MNC had only one vacancy. She urged me to rush her “right now”, My current photo and CV. I was so darn excited, I did exactly as she said, Then I tossed and turned-trying to sleep, As I thought of my great future in China ahead. Wow, to be working so soon in China… With a huge international MNC… This would surely be, the very best thing, That ever happened to me!!! She called me again to talk some more, As she read to me a great job description. It sounds like my dream job for sure, I didn’t know it would be science fiction. So I paid my $300 deposit – no problem, For me it sounded like a very good deal. Besides she said the deposit was “refundable” Not one they would ever steal. Then the truth started to drip out, When I learned the total cost… $3,400 more they wanted me to pay, My temper I completely lost! Then I learned that another $1,500 I would have to pay for my air fare. And $1,000 more for 90 days of meals, Not to mention $500 for daily subway fare. My own apartment would cost another $1,500 But she said not to worry one bit, Because I would be earning $60,000 a year, With the new China job I would get! She sent me great links of video testimonials, Of a dozen happy clients of Gi2c from the past. How the hell was I supposed to know… These great actors were very well cast? One even called me on the telephone, Who told me he now worked with the BBC For $5,000 dollars a month and only because, Of the great internship he got from Gi2c. I took the bait - hook, line and sinker, I sent in my $3,400 with such great hopes. But when I arrived in Beijing, I soon met More than a dozen other angry dopes. Within two weeks we were all mad as hell, Only three in our group got what was promised. The rest of us were just baited and switched, Frankly I have never been so thoroughly pissed! A refund I demanded, on a daily basis, But they just made excuses for me. The even suggested that I “misunderstood” Mary’s many promises to me. The company where they sent me, Was surely no international MNC, But a Chinese finance company That just used and exploited me. “Marketing Specialist” was my job they said, But spamming emails in English was my true role. I was also asked to make copies, coffee, and deliveries. With each day my anger was growing and taking its toll. After three weeks I said “Enough is Enough” I didn’t get an expensive Master degree for this! I demanded a refund and told Gi2C My big fat ass they could kiss! If I didn’t get one I would call in the cops. And show them this scam operation. That’s when the Russian boss finally said, Please calm down, and you’ll get my cooperation. Without making a scene at their office, I would have been screwed over for sure. I finally got my refund , but only because I threatened to make a big public stir. Maybe 30% of their interns are happy, But the other 70% surely are not. What we were all promised on the phone, Was not even close to what we got. So be warned my fellow uni graduates, Smoke and mirrors is what you’ll get at Gi2c They sell you a dream of a really great job, So please learn this costly lesson from me… Get a real China internship by going direct, To the HR department of a big International company, Explain what you want in your email letter and resume, And you will get a real internship – absolutely FREE! The HR officer will be truly sincere and honest, And hide nothing about the internship from you. They’ll even say if a real job will be waiting, If you do a good job, when the internship is through. I now wish you the best in your job hunt, As I bid all of you farewell. I truly regret my call to Gi2c, My first step in a journey through hell. A Former GetIn2China intern (My video is not featured on their website - can you guess why?) Note to all: Gi2c is just one of many black internships that are legal in China but they could not get away with this crap anywhere else on planet Earth.(Nigeria excepted). Google “China Internship Scams” to learn more about these companies or visit chinainternshipreviews.wordpress.com Here are some more happy customers if you think I am exaggerating: www.gooverseas.com/study-abroad/china/gi2c-group/50333 and this is what one of their own former employees dished up on them at another forum... scam-detector.com/forums/forum/employmen...-former-u-k-employee Even though my Gi2C experience is two years old, I vow to warn every university graduate every year as long as they keep spamming their misleading ads on all the ESL and "Work Abroad" web sites. Warn your friends