ISSO has seen an increase in scams targeting international students and scholars.
Scams are dishonest, illegal schemes to make money. These schemes often involve tricking people into providing personal information. Unfortunately, many scams target international students and scholars in the United States.
In one type of scam, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) has been made aware of a spoofing scam involving individuals using the SEVP Response Center (SRC) phone numbers (703-603-3400 and 800-892-4829) and claiming to be SRC representatives. The fraudulent callers are inquiring about Form I-94 documents and asking students to provide information regarding monetary transactions.
If you are a victim of this spoof call, or any kind of scam, please notify ISSO immediately!
Things to Remember:
- SEVP officials will NEVER ask stakeholders to provide credit/debit card/gift card numbers, wire transfers, or bank routing numbers, or to make bitcoin deposits for any purpose.
- NEVER divulge personal or financial information to unknown callers.
- Report all suspicious calls to the HSI tip line: https://www.ice.gov/webform/ice-tip-form
ISSO has resources on our website to help you understand the common scams out there and has a checklist for who to notify if you have been a victim of a scam.
More details at: https://globalnebraska.unl.edu/isso/scams