Tutoring
service providers are tricking Ho Chi Minh City college students while
brokering a job for them.
“A schoolgirl in Binh Thanh District is
looking for a tutor in math, physics, and chemistry,” said Mai, identifying
herself as a consultant at a tutor provider based at 114 Bac Hai Street, Ward
6, Tan Binh District. “You simply go to her house and, with this service
charge, we will dispatch you to three other families if the girl turns you
down.”
Your correspondent paid, after some
bargaining, VND500,000 (US$24) to get the reported job at a monthly stipend of
VND2,000,000 ($96).
Mai hinted at trouble right away when she
warned of their “occasional failures” when offering this service.
The woman went on, as a way of establishing
trust in your correspondent, to ask him to sign a document with terms and
conditions binding him and the service provider.
She then gave him the schoolgirl’s phone
number and her home address, which was nowhere to be found, despite his efforts
to search the district for an entire night.
The Tuoi Tre reporter also failed to reach the
girl at the provided phone number, while Mai explained that her phone might
have run out of battery, and assured that she would call him back the next day.
The ‘consultant’ did not call back or give an
explanation until three days later, when your correspondent went to her office.
“The girl’s parents are on a business trip, so
I’ll call you when they get back,” she said.
It appears that “the parents” will never come
back, as the reporter has not heard from Mai for three weeks.
“This is a trick she often employs to dupe
students,” said N.T.Y., a student at the District 5-based Ho Chi Minh City
University of Pedagogy, who is herself a victim of the swindle.
Y. revealed that ten of her schoolmates have
fallen into the same trap so far.
Tuoi Tre also found out that dozens of
students were cheated by another tutor provider at 264 Hoa Hung Street, Ward
13, District 10.
Nguyen Van Thang, a sophomore at Ton Duc Thang
University in Binh Thanh, said he gave the company VND470,000 ($22.6) for
nothing.
“They had closed down when I went to get my
money back,” he protested.
One of his friends fell prey to the same
provider, Thang added.
“They repeatedly delayed refunding our money
after failing to find us a job,” Nguyen Thi Huyen, a student at the Ho Chi Minh
City University of Pedagogy, said.
Students from many other schools, including
the Ho Chi Minh City Medicine and Pharmacy University and the Ho Chi Minh City
University of Industry, have also been conned by the provider.
Similar swindling is common in Thu Duc
District, where there is huge demand for part-time jobs among students.
TUOI TRE
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