Actually teaching English in Spain is quite common? I've done a lot of research on this and there are a lot of job opportunities teaching English abroad in Spain, there is even a program through the Spanish government where you can do this, so it's not something that's unrealistic at all. And the reason why I fell for this scam originally was because a day prior to receiving this fake job opportunity, I had been looking at the English teacher job opportunities abroad on the Education First website and submitted my information inquiring for more information about the job opportunities here:
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I just did a google search to find this job opportunities, and I came across this website claiming to be called "English First" that seems to be copying Education First (a legitimate company) and I believe that I could have submitted my information on this website and this is how the scammer got my information:
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But regardless, soon after submitting my information inquiring for more information about these jobs, I received an official looking job opportunity, their email had all of the official Education First logos on it, and contact information for the Education First language school that actually does exist in Barcelona, which is why I believed it was a legitimate offer. And of course, I was especially excited about this offer as teaching abroad in Spain was exactly what I was looking into doing.
When they first asked me to pay fees for the "visa", they only asked for 190 euros which is a normal fee for a visa so I wasn't concerned at that point until I had a lot of trouble trying to send the money (my card kept rejecting it and flagging it as fraud) and so I began to wonder if this was a scam/a fraudulent company, and so I asked others their opinion and they seemed to think that everything seemed fine, and I could not find any information online about this scam either, so I continued. I wish I listened to my instincts though. But yes, looking back on all of this now obviously this opportunity does seem too good to be true.