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
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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
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
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 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
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
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
Macquarie University international student tricked by fake police scam
Durva Bhatt, an Indian international student studying engineering at Macquarie University, lost A$3,740 in a 'fake police officer' scam.
Durva - who comes from the Indian state of Gujarat -
International student loses $38k in fake police scam
A conman posing as an Australian Federal Police officer robbed an international student in Melbourne of A$38,000 - her entire life savings.
On 16 August, a man pretending to be a
Italian international student loses €1000+ in Irish rental scam.
Italian international student, Alessandro Talotti, arrived in Ireland on 8 September to begin his Erasmus year at University College Cork and immediately lost €1150 in a an accommodation or rent