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Basketball Coaching Scams
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By Bob
Carroll
With today’s easy access to the internet, there are many unscrupulous
people who are using the internet to take advantage of people with
unsolicited e mails promising untold riches. These scammers have
even begun to target basketball coaches and players. In this article we
will focus on scams that are targeting coaches.
A couple of years ago I received an e mail from a person who wanted me
to come to Spain and conduct coaching courses and basketball camps for
his organization, he told me that he had gotten my name from FIBA. I
have conducted twenty-Five coaching courses in Africa, the Caribbean,
Central and South America. He offered me Airfare, first class hotel,
meals and $1500.00 a week. He left me a phone number and e mail
address. I e mailed him and asked why he had picked me, he replied that
since I spoke Spanish I would be perfect for his
organization. I e mailed him and told him that there were highly
qualified coaches in Spain and it would be cheaper to hire a Spanish
coach. He e mailed me back and told me he had problems with the
Spanish Basketball federation. Every question I asked ,he had and
answer for, he then began working on my ego telling me how he had heard
from several coaches and federations what a great coach I was. After
considering all the factors I came to the conclusion that this person
was not reputable and was scamming me. The last e mail from him,
he asked for me to wire him a fee for a visa and a fee for a
license from the Spanish federation. I always tell coaches and
players never to send a fee to agents for visas, license or airfare. A
couple of weeks later two coaching friends asked what I thought of
offers to conducted coaching courses and basketball camps, they had
received the same e mail. I tell coaches if the offer is too good
to be true it’s a scam.
Many young coaches have contacted me about offers to coach in Africa,
Asia, Europe and South America , when I see the e mail details I tell
them it’s most likely a scam. How can you tell if an offer is a scam?
And what are some examples of basketball scams I have received.
The Milo Basketball Academy from Nigeria offers $20,000 a month plus
Housing and airfare. The Togo basketball scam uses the same method of
operation as the Milo Basketball Academy offering the coach a large
salary of over $20,000 dollars a month , several trips home, an
apartment and a car. The Lanxiang Basketball Academy in China also
offers a salary of $18.000 a month, free housing, airfare and a car.
The Red Star Southern Tigers is an other scam for China that offers an
outrageous salary Many of these scams do not address you directly by
name but by e mail address which is a give away. Many of the job
offers I have received come addressed by name or by fax or by
phone call or from agents. Most of these scams are used over and over
changing the sport and the name of the team and person contacting you.
There are also scams coming out Europe and Australia using the same
format to lure unsuspecting coaches. A lot of these basketball scams
target players more than coaches. But anyone is a target.
How to Spot a Scam
1.Too much information.
2. Outrageous Salary.
3. Not addressed directly to you.
4, If they have a website, its poorly designed.
5. They have e mail address like Hotmail or Yahoo.
6. Ask for money for fees for visas, coaching certification.
7. Ask you to pay for our airfare.
8. Job offers for positions way beyond your experience.
In closing, don’t fall for any e mail offering you jobs, research any
offer you get even from agents and never spend your own money. Use
common sense and keep working hard and develop your
coaching skills and your opportunity to advance will come.
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