Accordingly, from the end of 2024 until now, the situation of impersonating universities to defraud international students in enrollment has become complicated in many localities, including Da Nang .

The main tricks include forging announcements and invitations to participate in scholarship programs with logos, seals, and signatures impersonating university presidents and functional agencies under the Ministry of Education and Training; using social networks or fake emails (impersonating the International Cooperation Department of schools) to spread advertisements and invite students to participate in student exchange programs and short-term study abroad.

In addition, impersonating officers from the International Cooperation Department, the subjects called students in need to discuss scholarship programs. Taking advantage of the desire to study abroad, they pressured students or their parents to transfer money immediately because "there is a waiting list, otherwise they will lose their place".

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Students of Da Nang University of Technology and Education received a notice from a scammer. Photo: GX

According to the police, the consequence is that many students and parents in urban and rural areas, especially those lacking information about formal study abroad, have been scammed of large sums of money; affecting the reputation of many schools...

Typically, at the University of Technical Education (University of Danang), students received a notice impersonating the school about being "admitted" to an exchange program with Hosei University (Japan). The notice stated that students would be exempted from tuition and housing costs, but had to prove their financial capacity through a bank account with a balance of 200 million VND. The family transferred money to the requested account to prove financial capacity. However, suspecting signs of irregularities, the student reported to the Student Affairs Office and was confirmed that the notice was fake.

A similar situation also occurred at the University of Economics and the University of Technology (University of Danang), when some students received notices of full scholarships from programs of unknown origin.

Da Nang City Police requested that localuniversities increase propaganda and disseminate warnings to students and parents.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/sinh-vien-trung-hoc-bong-du-hoc-phia-sau-la-bay-giang-lua-200-trieu-dong-2399300.html