The latest posts on this company is that they are using a combination of 3 company names and a bank in Hong Kong (HSBC) to avoid legal actions and asset seizures and to avoid paying taxes. See the last three posts at
Fraud Warning...Gi2C and Other China Job Internship Scams - Beware People! (4/4) - ESLwatch - ESLwatch - Information, News, Forum and School Reviews
I think the guy who is trying to link this crap to some organization is a sock puppet of gi2c. Like Seattle said he was called on the carpet at thebeijinger and then all that new advertising from the internship company started popping up all over the place. But roundman is right - every expat in China uses VPN because they would otherwise be blocked from their Facebook, twitter, gmail, and even the New York Times. The Chinese take censorship to the extreme.
IMHO... I sincerely believe all the below questions asked at two different web sites are valid and reasonable questions to most people. The sooner Gi2c answers them, the sooner they can clear themselves (if they are not guilty of any fraud).
The below comments are quoted from ESLwatch.info:
Thanks for the "explanation" Gi2c, but can we at least have a signature on this letter because at thebeinger, you guys started to do the right thing an apologized to everyone and offer refunds but then later when things did not work as you probably expected, you said that was someone else posting - more than two weeks after you started the thread. So who issued the above letter and is there a reason you do not use signatures?
On page of one this thread many questions were raised about your company and I guess it took me a while to read everything here so I have some questions of my own that I hope you can answer directly;
1- Do you deny or admit that Winnie Maliko was one of your interns?
2 - Do you deny or admit that you changed your comments about her twice at gooverseas.com once she went public with her complaints and changed your "terms and conditions" three times in the last year?
3 - Do you deny or admit that you used to me involved in the visa business at Suite 500 on Dong Zhong Street - Unit 30 in Beijing, three years ago?
4 - Do you deny or admit that your employee "Tommy" who is pictured on your website and other posts in this thread was arrested by the police for visa fraud and related criminal charges in your new office at the Galaxy Soho building?
5 - Do you admit or deny that you had a girl from Taiwan working in your office whose first name began with an "N" and whose boyfriend was an intern at Montpelier in Beijing?
6 - Can you list at least 5 of the "famous Wall Street companies" that you work with and 5 of the Fortune 500 or MNC companies that your employee Mary told people had offered jobs to previous interns?
7 - In 2014, what percentage of your interns received job offers? And how many would that be in total and out of how many interns in total for the year?
8 - Why does the same person answer the phone in all your overseas offices?
9 - Do you admit or deny deleting negative comments from your Facebook and blog pages?
10 - Do you admit or deny that many of your interns have demanded refunds and complained about the quality of their internships and housing?
11 - Do you admit or deny that former employees filed formal complaints with the Beijing labor bureau about their wages and wrongful termination?
12 - Do you admit or deny that you instructed employees in your office to use photoshop to make invitation letters?
13 - Do you admit or deny that your management posted fake video testimonials on your old website "GetIn2China.com" ?
14 - Do you admit or deny you had employed a webmaster named Steve Brown from the U.K.?
15 - Do you admit or deny that you fabricated many job descriptions that now appear on your website?
16 - Do you admit or deny that you tell clients to lie to the Chinese visa authorities about what to say when they are interviewed?
17 - Do you admit or deny that you have pressured and threatened people who made negative comments about you and your company online?
18 - Do you admit or deny that you asked someone to pay a local newspaper to do a feature article about your company?
19 - Do you admit or deny that one of your interns from Italy whose first name began with the letter "F" was placed at a "luxury goods" retail outlet that was raided by the police as a fraud and the intern was arrested, questioned and released and then the matter was reported in the local news? Why would you would place an intern in a company like that?
20 - Do you admit or deny that in the last year at least 15 of your approximately 20 employees resigned?
21 - Why did all those people resign?
22 - Do you admit or deny that an employee named "Hellen" or "Helen" worked for Gi2c or Getin2China in the past for at least two years?
23 - Do you admit or deny that no person by the name of "Haley Gilbert" ever worked for GetIn2China or Gi2c?
24 - Did your company ever falsely register past foreign employees as interns?
25 - How many of your past employees did not receive full paychecks after they resigned?
26 - Isn't it true that what you sell for $3,700, people can get for free by themselves by contacting the HR offices of larges companies operating in China or one off the many foreign chamber of commerce?
27 - Please publish a list of the "50 University Partners" your sales rep told my friend that you have cooperation with all over the world" and explain what is this "cooperation".
28 - You published a group photo of about 65 people standing in front of a famous university on your website (this one below). Please explain this photo and where did it come from and how does it relate to your business history?
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29 - What are the legal names of the owners of Gi2c and under what name are your registered with the Beijing Tax Bureau and under what SAIC license number?
30 - Why does your company use a .org domain registration when it is a "for profit" operation and not a foundation, not a charity, not an NPO, and not an NGO
I hope that you can answer these questions truthfully so we can get a better understanding of your business ethics and whether people can trust to do business with your company.
Hey Mr. Moderator ...!!!...
Please don't lock this thread until the Gi2c management answers these questions. I personally would never pay for a job, much less an internship, but I am damn curious to see how they are going to explain away all these questions. Hey Sunshine... are you a lawyer by any chance?
I also see that they hired a hacker that already deleted 37 "unfavorable" comments about the company scam-detector.com/forums/forum/employmen...comments-on-internet
Also at the above link I notice that although this company is located in Beijing (mainland china), They tell people to send their money to a bank account at HSBC in Hong Kong! What's up with this - a tax dodge? So now Gi2c has 41 questions to answer!
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