Chinese students in UK ripe target for scammers exploiting visa concerns

Chinese students in UK ripe target for scammers exploiting visa concerns

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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/19/student_visa_brexit_fears_scam/

Scammers are exploiting Chinese students' Brexit fears by targeting them with phishing emails claiming their visas could be revoked, threat intel researchers say.

The swindle, a latter-day variation on an age-old theme, consists of presenting a threat to students' immigration status "and uses various techniques to extract sizeable payments from the victims", according to Malwarebytes.

Chinese students in UK ripe target for scammers exploiting visa concerns

Sep 19, 2019, 3:24pm UTC
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/19/student_visa_brexit_fears_scam/ > Scammers are exploiting Chinese students' Brexit fears by targeting them with phishing emails claiming their visas could be revoked, threat intel researchers say. > The swindle, a latter-day variation on an age-old theme, consists of presenting a threat to students' immigration status "and uses various techniques to extract sizeable payments from the victims", according to Malwarebytes.