Sunday, June 2, 2013

PUBLIC WARNING! CRCCAsia.com - Is This Just Another Chinese Internship Fraud To Scam Foreign Expats Abroad?



I will not say yes or no but my experience was NOT what I paid for.  I was led to believe apples and was given oranges.  I paid them $2,999 and my airfare was $1,200.  I also had to pay for my visa and an apartment in Beijing for three months - another $3,000 In all I lost three months of my life and $7,200.  

Verbally on the phone I was told and convinced that I would be working for a large and famous international company.  In reality, I was sent to work for a Chinese company that I never heard of.  When I got back home, I contacted the FTC and they told me to file civil and criminal claims in my state. Due to "budget constraints" they now only prosecute if victims lose more than $10,000. If I had any money left for lawyers I would certainly unleash a lawyer.  I postponed my wedding to take advantage of this "opportunity".  My new husband probably now wonders if he married a fool.


I learned my lesson the hard way in 2010.  When I saw the links below.  I decided to vent with this blog and help stop others from making the same mistake I made.  Technically, they provided me an internship. But for sure I never got what I was sold nor promised.  Trust nobody over the telephone or who does China business no matter how beautiful their web site looks.


http://forums.eslcafe.com/job/viewtopic.php?p=1092375

http://chinafraudpatrol.blogspot.com/ 

http://www.abroadreviews.com/scam-alert-crcc-china-internships-are-fraud

http://eslwatch.info/china-2/scams-or-schemes-in-china/8939-warning-crccasia-chinasolutions-com-are-internship-scams

http://chinascampatrol.wordpress.com/2013/05/23/china-work-abroad-scams-growing-blacklist-whitelists-now-being-compiled-your-help-requested/