How to Identify International Students Scams: Part 3 – Protection
This blog is the final post in our three-part series about scams targeting international students who, like everyone else, can be a victim of identity theft, fraud, or another type of loss. It is the uncertainty of being in a
How to Identify International Student Scams: Part 2
In Part 1 of our series, we identified three scams, including fake calls/email scams, the “Illegal Chinese Passport Scheme,” and census scams. We also described the “red flags”—things you can look for to help identify a scam. In this post, we
How to Identify International Student Scams: Part 1
Last year, the Federal Trade Commission received more than 3.2 million reports regarding scams, and the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center reported $3.5 billion in victim losses. Unfortunately, anyone can be the target for a scammer, including international students. To increase