Warning for students: there are currently scams like this going around where people advertise jobs on gumtree and then there is no such thing.
Earlier this year students have been scammed by a Mr Eddie Kang in Sydney. Eddie runs quite a few business such as Singapore Oil Petrolium.
Whilst it may not affect students studying in Melbourne as such it would be great to know about this type of scam and to be aware of these migration scams.
Many students have been asked to pay $20000 to which they never saw that money again. After they handed over the money Mr Kang never delivered the service. The $20000 was for a job placement and a sponsorship visa which entitles them to stay in Australia.
The story featured on Lateline earlier this month.
Students share their experiences on the Migration Alliance site which has been set up as a membership organisation for migration agents.
Many students have found this ad from Mr Eddy Kang on Gumtree.
The government in the students and the Immigration department's view has failed to act. Karl Konrad a miagration agent and a former Victoria Police officer said that about "200-400 students have been scammed by Eddy". There is an Eddy Kang Action Group on Facebook
There is little doubt that both the OMARA and the DIBP have some serious questions to answer regarding their lack of action against Mr. Kang. We do not accept the line that we simply don't have the resources which seems to be often quoted when stuff ups occur.
(from the Eddy Kang Action group).
Immigration is currently investigating Eddy Kang's actions and in due time we hope for some answers.
Our response to this issue is that we hope that Immigration will act sooner rather than later. If they don't more and more students will go elsewhere and Australia will lose a lot of money. Right now it is earning $15 mil from International student education.
We hear from Meld that there will possibly be a protest at the Immigration Department in Sydney soon.
We hope that there will be a lot more done by the Government to prevent these sorts of scams from happening in the near future
Also we had a look at their site and it seemed to be poorly written. Hence this looks like a fake business.
Earlier this year students have been scammed by a Mr Eddie Kang in Sydney. Eddie runs quite a few business such as Singapore Oil Petrolium.
Whilst it may not affect students studying in Melbourne as such it would be great to know about this type of scam and to be aware of these migration scams.
Many students have been asked to pay $20000 to which they never saw that money again. After they handed over the money Mr Kang never delivered the service. The $20000 was for a job placement and a sponsorship visa which entitles them to stay in Australia.
The story featured on Lateline earlier this month.
Students share their experiences on the Migration Alliance site which has been set up as a membership organisation for migration agents.
Many students have found this ad from Mr Eddy Kang on Gumtree.
The government in the students and the Immigration department's view has failed to act. Karl Konrad a miagration agent and a former Victoria Police officer said that about "200-400 students have been scammed by Eddy". There is an Eddy Kang Action Group on Facebook
There is little doubt that both the OMARA and the DIBP have some serious questions to answer regarding their lack of action against Mr. Kang. We do not accept the line that we simply don't have the resources which seems to be often quoted when stuff ups occur.
(from the Eddy Kang Action group).
Immigration is currently investigating Eddy Kang's actions and in due time we hope for some answers.
Our response to this issue is that we hope that Immigration will act sooner rather than later. If they don't more and more students will go elsewhere and Australia will lose a lot of money. Right now it is earning $15 mil from International student education.
We hear from Meld that there will possibly be a protest at the Immigration Department in Sydney soon.
We hope that there will be a lot more done by the Government to prevent these sorts of scams from happening in the near future
Also we had a look at their site and it seemed to be poorly written. Hence this looks like a fake business.
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