Students are being targeted online by another scam and that is of fake education agents. The understanding from Meld is that these fake agents are university students. These agents target students via social sites such as WeChat, Facebook and other Asian sites giving students 10% discount.
The students are told that their money would be passed on to the Universities. But no such thing.
The students pay the money and then the money is not passed on to the universities. Instead it is kept by the scammers. In a Fairfax news report it said that 10 Monash uni students were targeted and more from other unis such as RMIT, Uni of Melbourne and other major universities in Melbourne and Sydney.
Students are in debt as they have found out that the money has not been passed to the university. Luke Zhang from Monash University has suffered such thing and is eating one meal a day just to survive. In the coming weeks we would see possibly more students coming to the Couch for free meals just to pay off the university fees. Many of them are already stressed about the money issue.
But help is at hand with the universities providing free counselling services for students as well as financial advice. And there is the free BBQ's and breakfasts from the student unions.
As for the scammers there is a full investigation going with one of them from Melbourne Uni already being punished by the uni
Students: Beware of scams like this
The students are told that their money would be passed on to the Universities. But no such thing.
The students pay the money and then the money is not passed on to the universities. Instead it is kept by the scammers. In a Fairfax news report it said that 10 Monash uni students were targeted and more from other unis such as RMIT, Uni of Melbourne and other major universities in Melbourne and Sydney.
Students are in debt as they have found out that the money has not been passed to the university. Luke Zhang from Monash University has suffered such thing and is eating one meal a day just to survive. In the coming weeks we would see possibly more students coming to the Couch for free meals just to pay off the university fees. Many of them are already stressed about the money issue.
But help is at hand with the universities providing free counselling services for students as well as financial advice. And there is the free BBQ's and breakfasts from the student unions.
As for the scammers there is a full investigation going with one of them from Melbourne Uni already being punished by the uni
Students: Beware of scams like this
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