TEFL Scams | Why Trusted TEFL Reviews has a TEFL Scams section

TEFL Scams article.

Trusted TEFL Reviews (TTR) recently read an online complaint, written by a TEFL program (TTA The TEFL Academy) that is listed in the TEFL Scams section of the TTR website.

The program wrote the complaint anonymously, but we were able to obtain the IP address from the complaints website and we were not shocked at all to learn that it originated in Ireland- home to one of the biggest TEFL program scams out there – TTA The TEFL Academy.

Here is a section of that complaint:

“Finding it peculiar to see multiple negative reviews coming from unknown graduates on a new review website, a few legitimate online TEFL courses questioned the authenticity of the reviews on Trusted TEFL Reviews.

Instead of offering proof that these negative reviews were credible, Trusted TEFL Reviews decided to attack the other online courses, creating both a scam and blacklisted section. You can currently view this content on their website. Needless to stay, the information in these sections is false and Trusted TEFL Reviews refuses to make any counter argument from the online companies public — they are not allowing us to add comments on the site. When an impartial review site creates a scam section about your company for questioning the legitimacy of some reviews you’ve received, you know there is something up.
*This is where it became clear what Trusted TEFL Reviews M.O. was. Review sites do not attack courses directly.”

In the spirit of transparency, we want to answer the poorly-written text that was written and published by TTA The TEFL Academy.

1. All reviews published on TTR are verified customer reviews. This means that we have verified that the person writing the review has taken the course that they are reviewing. Reviewers have the opportunity to have their reviews published anonymously; in such cases, we assign a random name to their review.
2. No legitimate online TEFL courses have questioned the authenticity of the reviews on Trusted TEFL Reviews. The programs that have questioned the authenticity of the reviews are the programs listed in the TEFL Scams and Blacklisted sections on TTR.
3. The information is not false. In addition, TEFL programs do have the chance of being delisted from the scams section on TTR. This occurs when a TEFL program is viewed as no longer operating a scam.
4. TEFL programs are not listed in the scams section because they have questioned the legitimacy of reviews. They are listed in the scams section because they are operating a scam. Examples of TEFL scams include faking reviews, having fake accreditation, defrauding students of money, etc.
5. TTR does not attack schools directly. This is not our mission. What we do, however, is to educate the public with regard to the poor business practices of TEFL programs when the evidence for such behavior is clearly obvious.
6. TTR allows anyone to comment on the TTR website. Unless a comment is obvious spam, all comments are published unedited. The TEFL program that wrote the complaint – TTA The TEFL Academy – has had ample opportunity to respond in a clear, transparent manner. TTR has not received any comments from TTA The TEFL Academy. They are welcome to submit a comment and it will be published, unedited.

To check whether a TEFL program is blacklisted and operating a scam:

https://trustedteflreviews.com/category/blacklisted-online-tefl-programs/

https://trustedteflreviews.com/category/x-online-tefl-course-scams/

Let’s take ESLinsider as an example case.

ESLinsider is run by Ian Patrick Leahy.

Ian tries to give people the impression that he is an authoritative voice in the TEFL world and he prolifically writes on blogs, forums, Reddit, etc.

He is famous in the world of TEFL for trashing his business competition, TEFL review websites, and accreditation bodies.

Why does he do this?

He does this because when you Google a TEFL program, reviews website, or accreditation body, you will likely come across one of his posts where he claims that it is a scam. He hopes that you will believe his false narratives, that you will trust him, and that you will pay for one of his unaccredited, low-quality TEFL courses.

Most people searching for TEFL courses probably won’t get wise to Ian’s scam until it is too late, so TTR has educated the public about Ian from ESLinsider.

Our advice is not to believe anything written by Ian Patrick Leahy from ESLinsider.

The man is a con artist.

You can read all about his ESLinsider scam here:

https://trustedteflreviews.com/2020/02/03/eslinsider-reviews-scam/

One of the biggest issues in the world of TEFL is fake reviews.

Websites such as goabroad.com, gooverseas.com, reviews.io, and trustpilot.com, are routinely used by some TEFL programs as platforms where they publish fake reviews about their own programs.

Trusted TEFL Reviews has a zero-tolerance policy toward fake reviews and this has confused some of the TEFL programs that are so used to getting their own way when it comes to writing fake customer reviews.

As a result of our zero-tolerance policy, the TEFL programs listed in the blacklisted and scams sections of TTR have written trash about TTR online; anything to try and reduce the credibility of being featured in the blacklisted and scams sections.

The majority of TEFL/TESOL programs listed on TTR are well-behaved, professional companies.

A minority of TEFL/TESOL programs listed on TTR are poorly-behaved, unprofessional companies.

So, yes, we do make people aware of any TEFL program that is not following better business practices.

Furthermore, we regularly receive positive feedback from our readership- a readership that thanks us for helping them navigate away from becoming a victim of a scam.

Thank you for reading this TEFL Scams article.

Mia Williams – Trusted TEFL Reviews Co-Founder

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