The Australian Immigration Bureau lost money and dozens of overseas students were cheated.

Liuxue86.com provides overseas current affairs news for China students: "The money of the Australian Immigration Bureau has disappeared, and dozens of overseas students have been cheated", reported in liuxue86.com on August 8th. "R" said that she not only lost an astronomical amount of money, but also her visa would be affected, and she would face the embarrassing situation of leaving the country due. Like her, there are about forty or fifty applicants from China, Indian, Korean and other parts of Asia.

"Ensure success, and the fee will be refunded if it fails."

Immigration to Canada has become a hot topic, and students are pouring in.

In the letter of complaint provided by "R" to the Australian New Express reporter, these students said that an immigration agency "F" provided students with the business of applying for Canadian PR, and the fees ranged from 3,500 Canadian dollars to 28,500 Canadian dollars. This fee varies according to different types. For example, the cost of skilled immigrants in Quebec is 7,000 yuan, which is paid in two phases, 3,500 yuan each, and students need to pay 9,000 yuan for French study. According to the letter, the intermediary said that "it is guaranteed to pass the Quebec CSQ exam, and if it is unsuccessful, the original bank will return it", and claimed that "after landing in Quebec after getting the Canadian PR, you can apply to the government to get back all 9,000 pieces. If the student does not attend the French course provided by the intermediary and the application is unsuccessful, he will not be responsible. "

The other is the "PNP Yukon Government Nomination Program" with a higher amount. The intermediary was accused of asking as much as 85,000 Canadian dollars, and promised to "find a local employer and ensure that it will take about 1.5 years to get the PR and land in the Yukon of Canada."

As far as the reporter talked with many students involved in this incident, most of the money they lost was between 3,500 yuan and 28,000 Canadian dollars. The exchange rate announced by local Australian financial companies on Thursday shows that the exchange rate between Canadian dollar and Australian dollar is about 1: 1.03, and the cash exchange rate is higher.

If the figures given by the students are true, the amount involved may be as high as nearly 300,000 yuan, estimated at 50 people and 5,000 yuan per capita. It is worth mentioning that at the request of one of the company's partners, "J", all students are paid in cash. They are worried that this huge sum of money has been transferred overseas, and the mastermind involved may already be in Canada.

"They have moved away and will not come back."

The person in charge of the company went to the building overnight

According to the letter, the intermediary headed by two people seized the psychological difficulties of students applying for Australian PR to collect money. One of them, China man "J", was accused of not knowing English at all and never revealing his real name. He is a director of the company. Another China woman, B, was called J's companion by her classmates. In the whole incident, "J" and "B" became the focus of students' complaints and were responsible for the company's operation and financial operation.

In addition, "P", a partner registrant of another company with an immigration intermediary license, told the students that he obtained credit card and other information through "J" without knowing it, and registered the company with the type and name of "F", requesting to draw a clear line with "J".

In the statement sent to students, "P" claimed that its company name, immigration number, education license, personal passport and credit information had been illegally used by "J", president of "F" company, and asked the latter to "stop unauthorized illegal activities".

The statement said that his company and individuals have no business ties with "F" company, and pointed out that "F" company is not qualified to provide immigration services.

According to students, they didn't realize they were cheated until mid-July. "This company suddenly disappeared, and all employees took time off. J' and B' disappear together and don't answer all employees' calls. When students try to find them, they will reply to them by texting or hiding their phone numbers, saying that the company is on holiday and needs to deal with some internal affairs of the company and resume operations later. "

The letter said, "Because the company can't fulfill the course of French teaching, the phone number of the French teacher has been blasted by many students, and the teacher has not paid for a month. When the teacher called' J' for manpower, he was told,' Do you still want this job?' The threat of words made the teacher afraid to continue chasing. "

At the beginning of this week, the reporter came to the luxuriously decorated office of this company located at No.44 Market Street in downtown Sydney, and found that the name of "F" company was no longer on the information column in the lobby. An administrator on this floor told the reporter, "That company moved away last week and will not come back." She said that "F" company rented an office building here for about 1 year, and I don't know why and where it moved out. She admitted that "many students have come to ask questions recently" and she expressed sympathy for the students' experiences.

A brilliant move of "using students to deceive students"

"No one can be less" employees are also caught in a scam.

In the corner of a fast food restaurant in downtown Sydney, the reporter met nearly 10 students who came to seek media assistance. Many of them came from Wollongong to tell reporters about their experiences.

Lee from South Korea paid nearly 26,000 yuan to "J" in order to apply for Canadian employer-sponsored immigration. In the dark, she waited for the "good news" at home, and it was not until the day before the students met that she learned that she might have fallen into a scam. She said, "'J' told me that there are still 500 immigration indicators, and promised to help me solve all the problems of employer guarantee and PR, and let me pay 82,000 yuan in three installments. I have already paid the down payment."

Because "J" also promised to help her change from a student visa to a bridge visa, and the disappearance of "J" directly led to Lee's visa problem. Her visa will expire next month, and she is faced with the dilemma of having to leave the country and losing money irretrievably.

Another West Sydney student, "D", told reporters, "I hesitated at first, but I did find the company's registration number online, and Quebec did have a policy of absorbing skilled immigrants, so I gradually dispelled my concerns and talked with the company in detail for three times before signing the contract." After submitting the application and the tuition fee for the first French course, "D" paid 5000 yuan. However, after only one week of learning French, the company went wrong.

He said that "5,000 yuan is not a small sum, enough for my living expenses for half a year", and this loss made him face financial pressure. According to him, the French teacher told him that he had been "unpaid for two months".

The Indian man "R" is the marketing manager of "F" company, but he himself fell into the "game" and lost more than 20,000 yuan. He said, "'J' and' B' gave me a lot of promises, which made me believe that I had ample opportunities to immigrate to Canada. As a result, they absconded with money, which is a blatant scam. " He said that he "worked in the' F' company for about three months and gradually found that many things were wrong. My application has not made any progress and explanation, and I have asked' J' many times without results. "

He said that after the company closed, he tried to call their mobile phones. "J's phone can't get through, and B won't answer it, but sometimes I send a text message asking who I am. If I identify myself and call again, she won't answer the phone. If I change my mobile phone, she will reply to the text message and ask who I am, obviously avoiding us. " The experience of "R" in defending rights is consistent with that of many other students.

Another Indian student "G" told reporters that his life has been "completely changed because of this scam". He also promised him that "the employer's guarantee, PR and work can be done". After checking any information he could think of, he had full trust in "F" company and "J" himself, and finally paid 15000 yuan.

As a chef, he said, "I worked hard for a year as a part-time job and earned 15000 yuan, which went to Shui Piao." He said that economic pressure is only one aspect. In order to deal with the visa problem, he had to enroll in other courses to extend his visa, and then worked hard to earn tuition, and his life plan was completely disrupted. "Everything has to start all over again, which wastes me a lot of time."

Like many students, he fell into a scam in the introduction of his friends. They all think that the "cleverness" of "J" and "F" companies lies in "using students to deceive students, which makes us hard to prevent".

Postscript of interview

The students are angry, but they are also helpless. They have no choice but to turn to the media. In their words, "I'm ready to get my money back, but I won't let the liar feel better."

With the tightening of immigration policy, their stories are just a drop in the bucket among the frequent intermediary fraud cases in Australia.

Just when the reporter went to the "F" company for investigation, an employee of an intermediary company smiled and handed the reporter a leaflet with an advertisement of "immigrating to Canada" printed on it. In the subsequent unannounced visit, a female intermediary told the reporter with a serious face, "We guarantee that 100% will be successful, and you don't have to worry about anything."