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