Beware of Scams
The Internet and modern technology has no doubt changed our lives for the better in most cases. However, unfortunately it is also vulnerable to scams and fraud. Scams and fraud come in different shapes and sizes and occurs in different industries, which include the Australian immigration industry. This can be seen in the media:
- ‘We paid you $35,000 and we got nothing’: Migration business investigated for alleged visa rip-off
- Indian migration firm charged over $4 million Australian visa fraud
- Migration agent barred for five years over fraudulent conduct
- ‘Pay $6,000 or immediately leave Australia’ – Migrant duped in phone scam
- International students lose thousands of dollars in alleged visa fraud
- Vietnamese man ‘posed as a migration agent’ and swindled over $500,000
- Ripped off and kicked out: Immigrants rorted by dodgy migration agents
- Foreign Students Allegedly Scammed By Education Agency
- Singh Jailed for Running Visa Scam
- Cleaning Company Slugged $1 million for Visa Scam
- Businessman jailed on Fraud Charges Fake Visa
- Fake immigration agent avoids jail
- Ringleader of Melbourne Migration Scam jailed
- Immigration Audits Reveal Large Scale Visa Fraud
To minimise the risk of being a potential victim of a fraud or scam, we encourage visitors to ‘Migration Agents Melbourne’ to look for ‘Warning Signals‘ such as where a business:
- has no address
- has no phone number
- does not show its Migration Agents Registration Number (MARN), if a registered migration agent
To promote transparency and openness, we believe our clients (in particular overseas clients) should be able to check that our principal, Jay To is a:
