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Study, visa and immigration scams

A supposed insider guarantees admission or visas, using fake official sites, agents or documents to collect fees and identity papers.

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If you have one minute

Pause, then verify independently.

Guaranteed outcomes with unverifiable credentials

Before paying

Use school and authority websites

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If you paid or shared details

Pause payments and new disclosures

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Start with these three signs

  • Guaranteed outcomes with unverifiable credentials
  • Blank or false application forms
  • Blocks direct official status checks

How the situation unfolds

  1. Contact

    Study groups, visa ads or agent messages.

  2. The lure

    Guaranteed admission and visas through a special route, regardless of eligibility.

  3. The demand and outcome

    Complex applications become supposed insider shortcuts, selling invalid help or false documents and charging misleading fees for official forms.

Verify these things before paying

  1. Use school and authority websites
  2. Verify credentials and service contracts independently
  3. Keep original documents and review every submission

Already engaged or paid?

  1. Pause payments and new disclosures
  2. Verify applications with the school or authority
  3. Keep records and contact consumer authorities or police

Contact your payment provider and local police promptly. The responsible institution must confirm whether a payment can be stopped, disputed or returned.

Keep these records

Agent ad and contacts
Application and admission papers
Service agreement and fees
Payments and official status checks

Keep originals and organise working copies. Never give strangers verification codes, banking passwords, private keys or seed phrases.

Original references

  • Federal Trade Commission (FTC)Publisher location：United States · EnglishOpen the original reference ↗https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/how-avoid-immigration-scams-and-get-real-help
  • China Consular Service, Ministry of Foreign AffairsPublisher location：Mainland China · Simplified Chinese · PDFOpen the original reference ↗https://cs.mfa.gov.cn/zggmzhw/lsbh/lbsc_660514/202406/P020240627326323765614.pdf

This page summarises public prevention guidance to help recognise methods. It is not an enforcement conclusion about a particular incident. Check the source page for its original title. Procedures and reporting routes vary by jurisdiction. Compiled October 2026.

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