In this post....I found great interest because a friend of mine that is employed by the embassy in Beijing asked me about that Web site because they are apparently under some form of an investigation. The situation is, (allegedly) that they are collecting and selling foreigner ID's and the information is being passed around from place-to-place for various reasons. Lately one of the big scams is the illegal use of foreigner ID to bring into China without paying tax, second hand cars. The cars are sold to the Chinese and they are registered to someone from the USA as an example, at least on paper. If and when the car is in an accident, it is on the foreigner's ID. There are also some issues with bogus real estate transactions, credit histories, etc.

What I DO NOT KNOW AT ALL is whether or not this NETWORK ESL is involved in any criminal actions. BUT...it sounds as if they are being investigated by embassy staff for some ID issues and POSSIBLE selling of data.

As far as I can tell, and after making about ten calls, the company is NOT registered or legally doing business in China.

USE EXTREME CAUTION when dealing with ANY so-called job board, or recruiter.

I did apply for some of the so-called "jobs" on their Web site and I wrote to some of the many emails that are listed on their site, most of which are all fake and are re-directed back to the Web site owner.

If the owner of NETWORK ESL is reading this, by all means, please list your full legal name, business name, address, phone, fax, and the exact district and city that you are doing business from. Also, please provide the information concerning how you safeguard data, transmit data, and destroy data. Please list your Chinese business name and English business name as well as where your offices can be visited in person.

In absence of that.... SCAM and AVOID.