The Home Office has notified Universities of the following scam which targets Tier 4 students whereby the student receives a telephone call from an individual who fraudulently purports to represent the Home Office.<\/p>\n
The caller instructs the student to verify their telephone number 020 7035 4848\u00a0on the\u00a0www.gov.uk<\/a>\u00a0website, search for Home Office, and then scroll down to the bottom of the screen so that they can verify that the caller is calling from the genuine Home Office number. \u00a0The caller ID on the student\u2019s mobile does show this number.\u00a0 The caller is in possession of the students full name, postcode in the UK and passport number, and asks the student to confirm those details are correct.<\/p>\n They then proceed to tell the student they have not paid for an immigration service and, as a result, have to pay a fine (usually \u00a31200 – \u00a31520) or they will be reported to the Police\/or the Home Office who will detain or deport them.<\/p>\n Please be aware that UK Visas and Immigration will not contact students in this manner.<\/strong><\/p>\n Students who have been targeted have reported that the fraudsters become increasingly insistent and verbally aggressive resulting in them feeling coerced in to making payment.<\/p>\n Further information regarding frauds and scams is available from:<\/p>\n UKCISA<\/a><\/p>\n HM Government<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Home Office has notified Universities of the following scam which targets Tier 4 students whereby the student receives a telephone call from an individual who fraudulently purports to represent the Home Office. The caller instructs the student to verify … Continue reading