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Reserved places? Internal indicators? Stop being fooled by these college entrance examination admissions scams

author:CCTV News

Recently, the results of the college entrance examination have been announced throughout the country, and the work of high recruitment and admission has also begun, and today we want to remind candidates and parents that we must be vigilant against those who claim to spend money to "modify the results", and through the so-called "supplementary quota" and "internal indicators" and other channels to achieve low scores to enter prestigious universities. Let's first look at a case recently announced by Beijing.

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The defendant Liu, with a master's degree, has an art education and training institution in Wuhan and branches in other cities across the country. The procuratorate alleged that in the process of education and training, Liu showed the parents of candidates that he had been deeply engaged in art training and education for many years, and had cooperated with many famous universities in China, and could help cultural courses pass the line through "reserved places in the plan". Candidates who have passed the passing line but are not within the admission range of professional courses enter some famous art colleges in China through "internal indicators", or art majors in some famous universities, but it costs money to get these indicators, and they also sign a contract with the candidate's parents, promising a full refund if they fail to achieve it. The procuratorate alleged that the defendant defrauded nine parents of more than 900,000 yuan in Beijing and other places.

Reserved places? Internal indicators? Stop being fooled by these college entrance examination admissions scams

Judge Liu Lu of Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court: Many parents began to bring their students to participate in some cultural and art training courses. During the training process, I learned that he was the person in charge of the cultural and art training center, and I also felt that he should have such a path. So he publicized to parents in this way, he had internal quotas, internal channels, and won the trust of some parents.

In fact, Liu's education and training institution does invite some teachers from famous art colleges to participate in the training, and also knows some people in this field, but the so-called "planned reserved places" and "internal indicators" are completely scams, and the money he collects from parents is used to pay off debts and squander. When he was urged by parents, he made up all kinds of lies to deceive parents, saying this month that he would personally find a related person to get the admission notice for the child, and next month said that it was done, let the parents take the child to the school for an interview, etc.

Reserved places? Internal indicators? Stop being fooled by these college entrance examination admissions scams

Judge Liu Lu of Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court: Because many of them are art admissions, and what is promised is admission, he asked some parents to go to some colleges and universities to wait for re-examinations and interviews. But in fact, after the parents arrived there, several times, due to their various reasons, the time dragged on for a long time, and in the end there was no retest, and there was no interview. Parents have no way to take their children back with them.

By the time of the case, Liu still had more than 520,000 yuan not returned to his parents. In the end, Liu was sentenced by the court to 11 years in prison and fined RMB 110,000 for fraud.

Can you spend money to attend a well-known military school? The defendant was sentenced to 5 years in prison for fraud

Coincidentally, in the following case, the defendant also deceived the victim's trust as a so-called "military cadet".

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The defendant Zhao is 21 years old this year, and the procuratorate alleges that between May 2021 and May 2022, he defrauded the victim Wang of a total of 452,000 yuan on the grounds that he could help the son of the victim Wang to be admitted to a well-known military school.

Reserved places? Internal indicators? Stop being fooled by these college entrance examination admissions scams

The judge introduced that the defendant and the victim are acquaintances, and the reason why he can win the trust of the victim is that everyone around him believes that he entered this well-known military school through this special relationship the year before.

Reserved places? Internal indicators? Stop being fooled by these college entrance examination admissions scams

After collecting the money, one day the defendant Zhao was mysterious and went to the victim's home to install a software on his computer, and then entered with a specific password and asked the victim to answer the questions, saying that this was the internal enrollment test of the military school.

Reserved places? Internal indicators? Stop being fooled by these college entrance examination admissions scams

Judge Zhu Xiaoxiao of the Third Intermediate People's Court of Beijing Municipality: After the victim answered the question, the defendant said to the victim that the result of answering the question was not satisfactory, and the well-known military school that was originally agreed upon could not be attended. But the defendant has other relationships that can help the victim go to college.

While waiting, the victim saw that the university had been open for a long time, and his children's schooling was still fruitless, so he kept urging, and the defendant delayed on the grounds that it was being processed, and also took screenshots to lie that he knew a certain leader on TV, and there was no problem with the matter. It was not until May of the following year that the victim called the police when he saw no hope of going to school.

Reserved places? Internal indicators? Stop being fooled by these college entrance examination admissions scams

Judge Zhu Xiaoxiao of the Third Intermediate People's Court of Beijing Municipality: After the victim reported the case, through the investigation of the public security organs, we discovered that the defendant's identity as attending a military school was also fictitious, and the school's admission notice was forged by the defendant himself. The defendant lied to his family that he had gone to school, but in fact lived with some of his friends and lived together in the house rented by his friends.

The so-called military school exam was also a question that defendant Zhao himself found on the Internet, and after piecing it together, he put it on a third-party cloud examination platform, falsely claiming that it was just an internal examination of the military school.

Reserved places? Internal indicators? Stop being fooled by these college entrance examination admissions scams

In the end, the defendant Zhao was sentenced by the court to five years in prison and fined 50,000 yuan for committing fraud.

The grapevine is not credible College entrance examination documents should not be posted on the Internet

There are various types of college entrance examination admissions scams, which ones are more common? And how to prevent it? The judge sorted out the following points for the reference of parents and candidates.

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There are mainly the following types of college entrance examination admissions scams:

1. The "early score check" scam. At the end of the college entrance examination, students and parents want to know the scores the most, and fraudsters may carry out scams through parent groups or accurate individuals sending fake links to "check scores in advance".

2. The "modifiable grades" scam. Fraudsters falsely claim to have connections to gain points for internal operations, or claim that they can change points through hacking techniques to commit fraud. Similarly, there are scams set up in the name of "replacement quotas, internal indicators", etc.

3. The "scholarship" scam. After fraudsters obtain candidates' identity information through illegal channels, they impersonate education department staff to fraudulently obtain deposits or handling fees on the grounds that they qualify for "scholarships", "grants" or "college entrance examination subsidies".

4. The "forged admission notice" scam. Scammers impersonate college admissions officers and send fake admission notices to candidates, asking them to transfer tuition and fees to designated bank accounts to defraud them of money.

Reserved places? Internal indicators? Stop being fooled by these college entrance examination admissions scams

The judge reminded that candidates and parents must inquire and obtain high-recruitment information through the official websites of the education department and universities, and do not listen to all kinds of gossip.

Reserved places? Internal indicators? Stop being fooled by these college entrance examination admissions scams

Judge Liu Lu of Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court: We must seriously and deeply understand the admissions policies of the colleges and universities we like or want to apply for, and do not believe in the so-called internal channels, other special admission channels, as long as such information is a fraud trap.

Reserved places? Internal indicators? Stop being fooled by these college entrance examination admissions scams

In addition, some documents related to the college entrance examination cannot be posted on the Internet at will, such as college entrance examination admission tickets, college entrance examination transcripts or score inquiry pages, college entrance examination volunteer newspaper pledges, university admission notices, etc. Because these will have the candidate's photo, name, ID number, admission ticket number, admission major and even university student number, etc., if it is mastered by criminals, the probability of being defrauded will be greatly increased. (CCTV reporter Ji Chenghai Hao Liang)

Responsible editor: Jia Hongwei