Canada Community Service Water Safety

International students pull off turban rescue

Five Indian international students received bravery awards from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for saving two lives in a daring rescue at Lower Falls at Golden Ears Park near Vancouver. On

Canada

Violence

October 28, 2021

Indian international student attacked in Winnipeg park

On 15 October, an Indian international student in Winnipeg was hanging out with friends at Crescent Drive park in Winnipeg. The group was talking in Punjabi when a large gang

Canada

Scam

October 22, 2021

UWaterloo international student almost got scammed

An international student at the University of Waterloo (UWaterloo) in Canada recently had a close call with scammers and posted the story on reddit. Here it is: It's been a few

Scam

USA

October 21, 2021

Washington University whams shams and scams

The International Students and Scholars team at Washington University in St. Louis does its best to keep international students informed on the latest scams, but knows that they are "never

Scam

Singapore

October 12, 2021

International student in Singapore scammed for over US$200k

An international student in Singapore - Zhang - lost over S$300,000 (US$220,000) when he fell for a "government imposter" scam. Here's what happened: July 27 - Zhang received an automated

Canada

Water Safety

October 11, 2021

6 international students drowned in Canada in 2021

It's early October. So far six international students have drowned in Canada in 2021. Each person young person was loved, had dreams, and was doing their best to make a

Scam

USA

October 10, 2021

Maria’s story: UC Davis Fulbright scholar scammed

Tell us about yourself My name is Maria Kanwal, I am a Fulbright Phd scholar from Pakistan with a Master's in Energy Systems Engineering from National University of Science and Technologies.

Australia

Contract Cheating

October 9, 2021

Australia shuts down cheating site assignmenthelp4you.com

Australia's Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) has obtained a Federal Court order that requires 51 carriage service providers to block access to the websites assignmenthelp4you.com, and assignmenthelp2u.com. A "carriage

'Easy Money'

October 8, 2021

Money mule scam catches international student

Lauren is an international student at a UK university. Like for most international students, money is tight, and Lauren has to work to make ends meet. She was in debt

Contract Cheating

October 7, 2021

UK to ban essay mills

On 5 October 2021 the UK's Minister for Skills, Alex Burghart, announced that the UK Government will pass laws to ban essay mills. Essay mills are completely unethical and profit by

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