Beware of SeriousTeachers.com – Spamming Teacher Resumes for commercial gain

[ESLschool]

Another on my "watch out for list" is SeriousTeachers.com.

When I posted the job ad, I received 74 emails from Teachers@SeriousTeachers.com within 3 hours (you can see a sample below).
The email says the teacher is "requesting to be considered as a potential candiate" and is even signed with their name. There are comments from the teacher, etc. so you would assume...WOW...look at all these teachers that want my job!
Unforunately, there is no way for me to verify or even confirm this unless I pay the 75 Euro ($102) to activate my ad. Every single link in their email or pages is to a payment gateway.
In addition, When I "CLICK HERE" to examine all the teachers who have "Directly applied to my ad" (see email), the only "Teacher Comments" posted over and over again (supposedly from the teacher) are "Please activate your ad!". This is misleading and manipulative.

If I understand correctly, I am asked to pay $102 to view all the teachers that are interested in my ad only to find out they don't understand who I am but have only expressed an interest in working in the same country as my school...so I have to reinitiate the whole process with them to explain who I am....provided I pay that $102.

I wonder if teachers realize that their personal information and resumes are being used to lure schools to pay money regardless of whether that teacher is actually interested in the position.

Don't get me wrong, I pay money to Dave's ESL all the time for placing an ad but at least I know that the teachers responding are actually interested rather than being used in order to convince me to pay a fee.

EMAIL:

Dear XXX,
Kristen XXX a native of United States of America currently residing in Thailand,
is requesting to be considered as a potential candidate for your posted position.
Available: IMMEDIATELY
► CLICK HERE to examine the panel with all teachers who have DIRECTLY applied to your ad!

► CLICK HERE to find & contact matching candidates to your offer from our database!

You are currently under a TRIAL STATUS, click here to activate to a FULL POSTING!
[Picture Here]
View my uploaded resume
Introduction
I am a native of United States of America and presently located in United States. I am interested and serious about finding a position teaching English as a foreign language in my selected countries. Anxiously awaiting your response!
Please click to view my quick Profile!

Best regards,
Kristen XXX
Please Email me here!

[ESLschool]

See more information in the ESL Black List forum which includes feedback from another school regarding SeriousTeachers.com:

Beware of esltiger.com – esltiger.com are spammers!

[exported_kiwi]

I get emails from serious teachers all the time and actually got my current job through them. I have no problems getting a lot of job "leads" through them and will view them all but won't answer until it's time to search for a new job.

[MrGreen]

I'm not sure about this site at all... they seem pretty dodgy. And i'm not sure that the teachers on the website are of a very high quality - this is from a recruiters perspective. I'd take caution...