Australian police have issued a warning after a spate of ‘virtual kidnapping’ scams targeting Chinese students. 

Police in India have arrested a travel agent accused of forging college acceptance letters for international students in Canada.

A Chinese national who masterminded a scam to fake US university admission tests for wealthy Chinese students has been sent to federal prison. 

An advocacy group in the US has said they are grappling with an "unprecedented" number of arrests of Indian students who were enrolled at a fake university created by the DHS.

Chinese international students globally are being targeted in a new, two-way scam, with authorities issuing warnings for their student populations to remain vigilant.