| FRAUD used by SCHOOLSStudents want to attend | | | | the backpacker and fine or close the school |
| high quality established schools. Schools | | | | for using an illegal worker. This scam would |
| will use fraud to attract students to their | | | | net the agent half a years regular office |
| school or attempt to appear more established | | | | salary. With 5,000 small language schools - |
| to qualify for government programs or | | | | there were plenty of uninformed new victims. |
| association membership. Schools that claim to | | | | That is also why these agents they use a |
| have specific affiliations, qualifications, | | | | different name or company name every six |
| assets, programs, staff or history that are | | | | months.FRAUD used by STUDENTSThe most |
| untrue are committing fraud. Schools have | | | | prevalent fraud is to use the student visa as |
| also used fraudulent statistics to show jobs | | | | an entry into Canada to work. These fraud |
| or salary upon graduation.A favorite trick is | | | | students take away jobs from Canadian |
| to name a language school as a "college". The | | | | immigrant newcomers and jobs for Canadian |
| word college in Canada is not an official use | | | | students. If one really looked at the reasons |
| name and anyone can name any building, house | | | | for Canadian student, youth and newcomer |
| or barn as a college. Students should not | | | | unemployment in Canada - significant culprits |
| choose a school simply because it has college | | | | are the employers who use illegal |
| in the name. College in the name does not | | | | workers.Students have hired imposters to take |
| mean anything in Canada.Another trick is to | | | | tests for them, paid exam proctors to |
| use the same name or almost identical name of | | | | complete exams, bought essays from "experts" |
| a famous school in the USA, UK, Asia, or | | | | to submit as their own and bribed school |
| Europe. If the famous school has not | | | | officials to change their marks in the |
| registered the name in Canada then anyone | | | | official records. The victims of this student |
| else can register the name without any | | | | fraud are all the honest hardworking students |
| affiliation with the original school at all. | | | | that were denied admission into restricted |
| Students should not pick a school because it | | | | programs because their marks were not as good |
| has a famous name in their country as it may | | | | as the fraud students who were admitted.FRAUD |
| have no affiliation at all and is designed to | | | | used by TEACHERSThe most used frauds are fake |
| trick students.Schools will appoint | | | | degrees, diplomas or fabricated resumes. |
| international agents or representatives to | | | | Because the demand is high for qualified ESL |
| promote and market the school to potential | | | | teachers overseas and these schools have few |
| students then not pay for the advertising or | | | | or no resources to check credentials many |
| not pay the agency fees. Fraud schools will | | | | fakes go undetected. There have been |
| defraud agents by stating students did not | | | | estimates that 30% of the teachers in Korea |
| register.Some of the schools are owned by | | | | used fake degrees to get jobs, and over 60 % |
| agents. When an independent agent presents | | | | of the teachers in China have absolutely no |
| the school with a potential student that | | | | qualifications or fake certificates.The most |
| student will be contacted by the head office | | | | common "Teacher Fraud" is traveling to |
| agency and re-registered in the name of that | | | | overseas countries on a visitor visa and then |
| agent thus defrauding the original | | | | teaching illegally.FRAUD used by Homestay |
| hardworking agent.FRAUD used by | | | | ProvidersHomestay can be a wonderful |
| AGENTSStudents looking for foreign schools | | | | experience for international students when |
| and teachers looking for overseas employment | | | | the host family is honest, provides all the |
| use agents to simplify travel and | | | | contracted services and quality time with the |
| registration arrangements that are usually | | | | students.Fraud by homestay providers occurs |
| made in a foreign language.Agents have used a | | | | when the family cannot speak English or there |
| number of practices to deceive students, | | | | is no food, heat, water, toilets or |
| teachers, schools and immigration | | | | electricity in the house. Some fraud homestay |
| officials.Agents committing fraud sell fake | | | | providers jam 5 or 6 students into an illegal |
| medical reports, fake police reports, fake | | | | basement apartment and some homestay families |
| bank deposits records, fake identities and | | | | work at their 3 jobs spending no time at home |
| travel documents. These illegal practices | | | | with the students. The dangerous homestay |
| include access to student visas, illegal | | | | providers are the sex predators looking for |
| access to free medical services and illegal | | | | new victims.FRAUD used by DEGREE MILLSA |
| jobs.There was a famous case in Toronto where | | | | degree mill is any organization that issues |
| fraud agents just sat in a coffee shop | | | | fake credentials. There are fraud schools |
| outside a language school. They approached | | | | that offer degrees for life experience and |
| Asian students and spoke in Korean or | | | | claim this is the equivalent of an academic |
| Japanese only. They asked students if they | | | | degree from an accredited university. Sorry |
| had signed up for the ajoining language | | | | but many believe this is fraud.The usual |
| school. They were also asked if the students | | | | price for a fake degree or tesl certificate |
| had used an agent. If the students had signed | | | | is $100 in Asia. Many of the schools are |
| directly they were made an offer that if they | | | | attempting to eliminate the frauds by asking |
| went back to the school and placed the | | | | for university telephone contacts or the |
| fraudsters name as agent they would get a 10 | | | | university transcript marks sent directly to |
| or 15% refund from the fraudsters.Agents have | | | | the school. The more aggressive fraud degree |
| promised teachers overseas jobs that do not | | | | mills are now selling "the package" degree, |
| exist. Agents have promised facilities or | | | | tesl, transcript and hotline university |
| accommodation or teaching resources that do | | | | contact # for the fake university for $600. |
| not exist. Wages that are not paid, work | | | | The frauds are faster than the police.There |
| visas that never appear and host of other | | | | are many ESL teachers who have taken a 10 or |
| problems.One agent operated a fake teachers | | | | maybe 20 hour program in a hotel room |
| "blacklist". He placed a few known criminal | | | | somewhere or completed some internet reading |
| schools then a few of the legitimate schools | | | | program and suddenly claim to be a certified |
| on the list. This agent was charging fees to | | | | TESOL, TESL or TEFL teacher. Many of these |
| the honest schools to be removed.There were a | | | | "certified teachers" have never been in a |
| couple of agents that were promising | | | | classroom. Sorry but many believe that this |
| backpackers jobs as English conversation | | | | is fraud.ESL in Canada has conducted several |
| teachers. They told the backpackers that no | | | | tours of ESL schools across Canada and the |
| visa or degree was required. They told the | | | | USA. Our fieldwork to collect information for |
| English school that they had a teacher with a | | | | the webpage directory has uncovered frauds, |
| work visa, degree and plane expenses. The | | | | misrepresentations and some very bad |
| school usually paid the agent upfront for the | | | | situations.For more info: or is a teacher |
| plane ticket, recruiting fee and expenses. On | | | | with 31 years teaching experience in |
| the second or third day the school would | | | | colleges, high schools, middle schools, ESL |
| realize the "teacher" was not suitable and | | | | language schools in Canada, USA, Mexico, |
| try to call the agent. The agent would call | | | | China and Korea. |
| his friend in immigration who would arrest | | | | |