How to avoid being cheated by intermediary companies and how to see through them

The big secret of studying abroad scam [this article comes from: easy to send. Com www. 148365.com] "Do you want to study abroad? Pay, our company will do everything for you! " In Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu and other big cities, such advertisements can be seen everywhere, which makes people feel as if it is easy to move abroad. In the office building of a metropolis, the sight of the booming business of the study abroad agency makes you pay a lot of money without doubt. However, after going abroad, I found that I was cheated. Over the past 20 years of reform and opening up, more than 320,000 people in China have studied in 103 countries and regions, including more than 50,000 people studying in government schools, more than 6,543,800 people studying in government schools, and more than 6,543,800 people studying at their own expense. Studying abroad at one's own expense, as an important part of studying abroad, not only makes up for the shortage of national study abroad funds, but also allows more people to receive advanced foreign education. It is understood that more than 1 10000 overseas students have returned to China to start businesses. In order to meet this demand, the state has embodied the policy of "supporting studying abroad, encouraging returning home and coming and going freely", and adjusted the policy of studying abroad at one's own expense twice in the early 1990s. During the period of 1993, the State Education Commission promulgated the Notice on Issues Concerning Studying Abroad at One's Own Expense. The channels for China citizens to study abroad at their own expense are basically smooth, which greatly meets the needs of citizens to study abroad at their own expense. In the middle and late 1990s, the number of students studying abroad at their own expense rose sharply. Not only were TOEFL, gre and other registration test sites overcrowded, but the number of study abroad agencies in Beijing also soared to hundreds. In recent years, the age of international students has a tendency to spread to minors. According to the data provided by the Australian Embassy in China, from 1995 to 1996, a total of 104 visas were issued to middle school students, and from 1998 to 1999, the number rose to 620, which increased several times in two years. In Guangdong province, where economic development is one step ahead, it is more common for international students to be younger. Last year, there were 1 10,000 primary and secondary school students studying abroad, accounting for about 15% of the total number of students studying abroad at their own expense. Everyone who studies abroad has to face a series of complicated procedures, such as choosing the right country, school, major and applying for passports and visas. Many people are not familiar with foreign education systems and bidding procedures, lack effective information channels, and waste a lot of energy and financial resources in handling complicated procedures for going abroad. Parents who are preparing to send their children abroad for further study in the future urgently need specialized institutions to provide consultation and one-stop intermediary services. In this context, study abroad agents came into being. There were more than 300 entry-exit intermediary agencies or organizations in Beijing before the clearance of entry-exit intermediary activities from June 5438 to February 2000. What are the problems of illegal study abroad agents? Deception 1: illegal business only focuses on money regardless of danger. According to the relevant regulations of the state, the representative offices of foreign enterprises in China can only engage in business liaison matters and cannot engage in business activities. The relevant state departments clearly stipulate that foreign institutions and individuals are prohibited from engaging in any form of entry-exit intermediary activities in China. However, some foreign representative offices, with the convenience of contacting foreign schools and immigration agencies and maintaining good relations with foreign embassies in China, have seized the China people's mentality of "eager for success" and high trust in foreign companies and illegally engaged in entry-exit intermediary activities. Not long ago, the reporter inspected these institutions with Beijing public security, industry and commerce, education, labor and other departments. Walking into the Beijing office of a company from North America in an office building near the space bridge, the company lady immediately dispersed as soon as she saw the inspectors. However, from the photos of people who have successfully studied abroad and immigrated to North America posted on the office wall, we can see the scene of prosperous business. The spacious manager's office also specially put a blackboard, which read the work situation of the month: monthly index 12 to 14 people; Recruit new employees; Give lectures twice a month; Physical examination 19 people ... When the "work situation" was disclosed, the chief representative of the office quickly concealed: "This was the work situation in the previous year 165438+ 10, and now it has basically stopped studying abroad and emigrating." When the inspectors called up the "business list" of this office in the computer, it clearly recorded the company's recent business: an ip engineer immigrated to Canada, 250,000 Canadian dollars had been deposited in the company's bank account, and the agency fee was 5,000 US dollars ... The chief representative knew that he was wrong and stopped explaining. Deception 2: beyond the scope of business, the address is unknown and there is no truth. According to statistics, there are 2,235 companies registered in Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce, mainly consulting services, and only a few companies have clearly marked the contents of self-funded study abroad and entry-exit consulting services. In order to obtain high profits, some institutions engage in intermediary services for studying abroad beyond the scope of business types stipulated by the administrative department for industry and commerce. Last June, 5438+065438+ 10, a reader told reporters that he went to an intermediary company to go through the formalities of studying abroad for two children of his relatives. Not only did one of them not get a visa, but the visa fee of more than 3,000 yuan was also unknown. Another child who applied for a visa had another problem with his tuition fee: the tuition fee for one semester should have been 3,000 yuan, but the agency company wanted 8,000 yuan, plus the agency fee 10000 yuan. The reader spent more than 20 thousand yuan, and the child has not been abroad. In this intermediary company located near Baishiqiao, the reporter saw that the office was crowded. The business license shows that the company can operate more than ten businesses, from hardware accessories to technical exchanges, but there is no intermediary service. However, the staff here said that they can go through the formalities of studying in more than a dozen countries, and the success rate of going abroad is 98%. It is amazing that such an intermediary company without qualification certificate dares to boast such a high reputation. Trick 3: fraud, both sides are half-hearted. For applicants who are eager to go abroad, the biggest attraction of those illegal study agents is the packaging of the applicant's basic conditions. On the application forms issued by foreign embassies in China, the scores of different applicants vary greatly. In order to help the applicant reach the score line, some intermediaries will change the applicant's situation to their own advantage, and even spend money to hire people to take exams, fake marriage, and find some fake academic certificates in an attempt to legalize it. Miss Wu is a secretary of a company and graduated from philosophy, which is obviously the "soft spot" in studying abroad, but Miss Wu successfully went through the formalities of studying abroad. It turns out that she found a study agent to study in Canada last year. She was very sad when she learned her "weakness". She doesn't want the manager of the company to tell her with a smile that she can help her "do it". "You must change your education. If you agree, you can send 4500 yuan and three bareheaded photos tomorrow, and the rest can be ignored. " A few weeks later, Miss Wu was surprised to see her new "education": an undergraduate majoring in computer science in a university and a programmer in a computer company. Teacher Wu is both excited and nervous. Once these fake materials are discovered, her dream of studying abroad is really carefree. There are also some intermediaries who make false materials to help applicants apply for passports to go abroad, introduce overseas information in a hype, brag about how good the country where they study is, and run away as soon as they get the money. This is what happened to Tang Lei. 1990, Tang Lei overheard a piece of news in a tabloid: a Hong Kong-funded company opened a clothing factory and restaurant in a certain country and needed to recruit overseas workers from China. The Chinese workers recruited can not only make a lot of money, but also help the company to go through the formalities and study while working. Mr. Tang, who is in a bad situation in the unit, can't help but move his heart. He scraped together tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars, went to the agency of this company according to the advertised address, and went through the recruitment procedures. A few months later, I got my passport and visa, but the visa was a tourist visa. Mr. Tang also ignored it, because the other party told him that as soon as he got there, the local immigration bureau would reissue a new visa for him. 199 1 On June 28th, Mr. Tang finally set foot on the land of a certain country. Unexpectedly, no one met him at the airport. On the contrary, he met a large group of China people who had exactly the same experience as him. Only then did he find himself cheated. After wandering the streets of the country for three months without friends, Mr. Tang's family was informed and tried to help him return to the country. When Mr. Tang and his family found the agency of that company again, they found that they had gone empty. This is another "leather bag company" that is not registered at all [this article comes from: Fayi.com www.148365.com].