Warning about fraud in participating in international student exchange programs and studying abroad

Recently, many forms of fraud have appeared related to student exchange programs, international summer camps, and study abroad scholarships. Fraudsters often use sophisticated tricks such as impersonating educational institutions, government agencies, or setting up fake websites and social media accounts to invite students to register, asking participants to provide personal information, submit applications and pay fees to steal information and appropriate assets of the victims. Currently, there are citizens who have been tricked into paying fees to participate in study abroad scholarship programs up to hundreds of millions of dong.

In order to proactively prevent and stop fraudulent acts, protect the legitimate rights of learners, parents, pupils and students in the province need to look up information on scholarships and study abroad from official sources; do not follow any instructions over the phone from strangers; do not click on strange links, do not install applications of unknown origin; absolutely do not provide personal information, bank accounts, OTP codes to strangers; when receiving suspicious information, immediately contact the school or local police agency for verification; if detecting fraudulent acts, immediately report to the nearest police and share warning information with relatives and friends.

The scholarship invitation letter sent by the scammer to students of the National Economics University was posted by the school as a warning.

The Ministry of Education and Training is implementing a number of projects and scholarship programs using the state budget to send people to study abroad. Admission notices for scholarship programs are sent to ministries, ministerial-level agencies, People's Committees of centrally-run provinces/cities, universities, academies, colleges and are posted on the electronic information portal of the Ministry of Education and Training at: https://moet.gov.vn and the electronic information portal of the Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Education and Training at: https://icd.edu.vn. In addition, there are a number of scholarship programs granted by foreign governments through the Ministry of Education and Training that are also posted on the electronic information portal of the Department of International Cooperation.

News and photos: Hong Chung

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