Studying in the UK: Revealing all kinds of visa scams

China students studying in the UK say that after staying in the UK for a long time, people become single-minded and slow-thinking. People often think that it is difficult to find a suitable living soil in a simple and honest society.

However, the facts are disappointing. The British Home Office recently publicly reminded visa applicants that fraudulent activities under the guise of the Home Office have become more and more rampant recently, and everyone needs to pay more attention!

The Home Office emphasizes that if you accidentally receive a phone call, email or letter, call yourself the Home Office.

Then, please be careful, this may be the beginning of a scam, because the Ministry of the Interior will never contact visa applicants in the above way to ask for personal information or any fees.

The characteristics of these fraudulent methods are usually as follows:

The caller is in the UK or other countries outside the UK; Use the website to serve you, or use a mailbox that looks like the mailbox of the Ministry of the Interior.

Common deception

I've been cheated many times, no matter how stupid I am, I have to sum up a few common criminal methods.

Criminals usually try to convince you that they can easily provide you with some convenient services, such as obtaining a British visa, or tell you that there are some serious problems in your visa application.

They will try their best to make themselves very real, use the official language, and even get some basic information about you, such as your address, name or the type of visa you apply for.

After gaining your trust, you will be asked to pay or provide him with more personal information.

expose a fraud

In the face of all kinds of tricks, the Ministry of the Interior is also engaged in it all the year round? Against the enemy? Many doorways have been summed up in the struggle. There are rules to follow in cracking down on swindlers.

Deception 1: In Britain, there is no website that directly issues job opportunities and work visas.

If someone claims to be a staff member of the Ministry of the Interior, it is obviously a scam to let you log on to the designated website of the Ministry of the Interior and get a job opportunity directly, while you can apply for a work visa directly online.

Because this does not conform to the application process of the work visa system of the Ministry of the Interior, the provided website is also likely to be forged by criminals.

The real employer's approach is to guide employees to log on to the official website of the Ministry of the Interior in order to obtain more authentic official information.

If a job opportunity sounds too perfect and easy to get, it's probably false. The Home Office never guarantees a job opportunity in Britain.

Deception 2: For the work visa applicant, the suspect pretends to be a staff member of the Ministry of the Interior and asks the visa applicant to pay a deposit to ensure that he has enough funds to live in the UK before receiving his first month's salary.

This practice is obviously a scam, because as part of applying for a work visa, the applicant must provide evidence to prove that he has enough financial ability to support himself, but it is by no means direct payment of any form of cash as a guarantee.

Trick 3: Criminals pretend to be staff members of the Ministry of the Interior and go directly to the victim's residence to ask for visa fees for their partners or friends.

At this time, please note that the staff of the Ministry of the Interior never charge any fees, so it is obviously a scam.

Deception 4: A swindler calls a visa applicant in or outside the UK and tells him that there is a very serious problem in his visa application. The target of fraud is usually a student.

Their tone sounds professional and convincing. They usually provide the victim with a fake name and phone number, and urge the victim to pay as soon as possible to prevent some very unfavorable actions, such as repatriation or cancellation of visa application.

Similarity of fraud

In the process of being cheated, the Ministry of the Interior and visa applicants are constantly growing, and the characteristics of the scam are constantly updated:

1, a job opportunity that sounds too perfect to be true, very easy to get, or a chance to get a British visa quickly and easily.

Comments: There are so many good things falling from the sky in the world. Remember, being cheap is being fooled!

2. Liars usually ask the deceived person to pay in cash, transfer in cash, or pay by some unreliable payment methods.

Comments: Cash payment and transfer are the most convenient and safest for scammers, so scammers will not leave any personal information records, and there is no way to check them later.

3. Ask the deceived person to provide personal bank account information or other personal information.

Comments: Now you are in danger, from your wallet to your personal life, which is completely missed by criminals.

Most of these swindlers are trained and sound very official. At the same time, they will make you worry about major problems in visa application for various reasons and take the initiative to take immediate payment action.

Self - protection

Although deception is changing with each passing day, it is essential to master the methods of self-protection in advance.

Don't disclose your personal information to anyone easily. For those who claim to be official and have your personal information, you should carefully check the information provided to determine whether it is true.

Don't pay anyone cash. Once you find some suspicious people or websites, it is best to call the police or notify the Ministry of the Interior as soon as possible.

Now that the internet is developed, scammers usually contact you by email. Pay attention to the official websites and mailboxes of British government agencies, and never use free mailboxes such as hotmail, Yahoo Mail and gmail suffix.

The official website and work mailbox of the British Home Office usually have the following forms:

[mail? Protected]

[mail? Protected]

[mail? Protected]

Sometimes, the email address you see on the screen is actually a fake website or a fake email address format, but when you click it, it will create a new email and send it to another email address.

So, before replying to the email, be sure to check the actual address of your email.

If you find any suspicious behaviors or individuals, you can call the Ministry of the Interior at 0300 123 2040 to report.

At this time, I was cheated, first panicked and then cheated.

There are also some illegal intermediaries who tell you that you can get a British visa with false materials, or pretend to be an immigration official and ask you to meet outside the office.

At this time, you need to be careful, because the visa officer of the Ministry of the Interior will never interview the visa applicant anywhere outside the office, let alone have direct money transactions with the visa applicant.