Dear all
Please read the email below. A Lancaster student has been contacted by a team who have used a scam to take money from them.
Please read below for what happened and if you are contacted by anyone who says that they are the police, immigration, or a Visa authority for example do not provide them with any personal information or make any payments. Please report it as soon as possible.
Approximately 3 days ago a current Lancaster student was contacted on their phone from a Chinese phone number that they did not recognise. The caller explained that they were from a police station in China calling about an anomaly with the student's Visa. They said if they did not follow the next instructions the Visa would be invalid and the student would be arrested in the UK.
The call was transferred between the 'police officer' and someone who said they were from immigration. Between the 2 persons they explained that the student needed to make a bank transfer from the account used to apply for the Visa to verify its authenticity, which was done. As there has been a Visa fraud involving a lot of people the student was asked not to talk to anyone about this and to delete social media from their phone.
The student was asked to install a program called 'Telegram' on their phone where the callers would contact them by text and voice message to continue the discussion. The student was asked for personal information about their home and UK address, how much money they had and their bank details.
Following conversation with the police the student was advised that the police and Visa authority would never ask for money in this manner.
今日，兰卡斯特大学给每名学生发来了提醒，警示谨防电话诈骗。学校表示有学生收到来自中国国内的电话号码，称自己是警局，移民局，或者签证处，电话里告知学生签证出了问题，如果不按照他们的指示去做，签证就会被取消，被遣返回中国。
电话会在自称是警察和移民局官员之间来回转换，要求学生将个人名下银行卡内存款转账，以便重新审核签证。还告诉学生在手机里安装某种程序，以便以后进一步接收使馆的消息。
请注意：警局或者移民局不会以这种方式跟申请人联系索要欠款，此种行为即为电话诈骗。一定要小心警惕。
新东方前途出国在此提醒各位同学和家长，只有在递签过程中，使馆会对学生的资金存款进行审核。在获签后，目前使馆无一例重新审核资金能力的案例。如有此类情况发生，请提高警惕，可咨询中介老师。 更多详情
