Scams targeting students

Scams aimed at students and recent graduates — fake scholarships, tuition fraud, and diploma mills. (79 scam types.)

High riskApp Review Job Scams
High riskCar Wrap Vehicle Advertising Scam
Medium riskClipboard Fake-Charity Street Scam
Medium riskCommission-Only Bait Job Scam
Critical riskCompound Job-Trafficking Scams
Medium riskContent Writing Upfront Fee Scam
Medium riskData-Entry Job Scams
Critical riskDeportation Threat Impersonation Scams
High riskEducation Debt Relief Scams
High riskExam and Certification Bribery Scam
High riskFake AI App & Browser Extension Scams
Medium riskFake Apartment Tour / Application Fee Scam
High riskFake Caregiver & Nanny Job Scams
High riskFake Certification and Training Job Scams
Medium riskFake Citizenship Test Services
Medium riskFake Court Interpreter Certification Scam
High riskFake Data Annotation Job Scam
High riskFake Education Government Grant Scam
High riskFake Embassy Emergency Scam
High riskFake Estate Agent Holding Deposit Scam
High riskFake FAFSA / Financial Aid Fee Scam
Medium riskFake Game Tester Paid Job Scam
High riskFake Government Grant Approval Scam
High riskFake Government Job Scams
Critical riskFake Immigration Scams
High riskFake Internship Fee Scams
Medium riskFake Internship Placement Fee Scam
Medium riskFake Interview Scams
Critical riskFake Landlord Scams
High riskFake Mystery Shopper Prize Scams
High riskFake Notarization & Apostille Scams
High riskFake Online Course and Bootcamp Scam
High riskFake Online Course Guru Schemes
High riskFake Passport Seizure Threat Scam
Medium riskFake Petition Signature Scam
Medium riskFake Proofreading Job Scam
High riskFake Recruiters
High riskFake Remote Assistant Jobs
Medium riskFake Renters Insurance Scam
High riskFake Scholarship Application Fee Scam
High riskFake Student Housing Abroad Scam
High riskFake Student Tax Scams
High riskFake Tax Refund Scams
Medium riskFake Textbook Rental / Marketplace Scam
Medium riskFake Transcription Job Scam
Medium riskFake Translation Job Scam
Medium riskFake Tutoring / Subscription Scam
High riskFake University Acceptance / Enrollment Deposit Scam
Critical riskFake Visa & Green Card Services
High riskFake Visa Enforcement Scams
High riskHoliday Rental Scams
Critical riskInternational Student Tuition Deposit Scam
High riskLinkedIn Recruiter Phishing Scam
High riskLoan Scams
High riskMail Rerouting Identity Theft
Medium riskMatched Betting / Arbitrage Scam
Medium riskMatched Betting Course Scam
High riskMLM Recruitment Scams
High riskMoney-Mule Bank-Account Recruitment Scams
High riskMystery Shopper Scams
Medium riskOnline Survey and Paid Panel Scam
Medium riskPaper Mill & Ghostwritten Thesis Scams
Medium riskPredatory Journal Publishing Scams
Critical riskRecruitment-Only Pyramid Schemes
Medium riskReligious Scholarship Fee Scam
High riskRental Deposit Scams
High riskRental Listing Scams
Critical riskReshipping & Money Mule Scams
High riskScholarship and Grant Scams
High riskShared House and Roommate Deposit Scam
High riskStudent Loan Forgiveness Advance-Fee Scam
High riskStudent Loan Forgiveness Scams
High riskStudy Abroad Agent Scams
Critical riskTask Scams
Medium riskTravel Document Courier Scams
Critical riskTuition Payment Scams
Critical riskVirtual Kidnapping Ransom Hoax Scam
Medium riskVolunteer Fee Scams
High riskWork-From-Home Scams