Scam Alert- European Union Africa Scholarships
Few days ago, nosotros received an e-mail from a schoolhouse called 'Hull University, Malta' requesting us to seat out a scholarship they were running inwards conjunction alongside the European Union. We obliged them, in addition to on Saturday, Apr 19th, 2014, nosotros published the EU Africa Scholarships at Hull University for Undergraduate in addition to Postgraduate Africans whose application deadline is slated for xiv June, 2014.
Since then, nosotros gain got seen like scholarship publications all over the cyberspace whose publishers may gain got either copied from us, or maybe were equally good contacted past times the schoolhouse to seat out the same article.
We gain got equally good received several complaints from many of our readers who gain got tried to apply to the school. Complaints gain got ranged from the infinitesimal issues to the really obvious facts, therefore nosotros decided to investigate the schoolhouse in addition to its scholarship offering ourselves.
This is a 'never-never' for a schoolhouse deemed alongside such repute.
Few days ago, nosotros received an e-mail from a schoolhouse called 'Hull University, Malta' requesting us to seat out a scholarship they were running inwards conjunction alongside the European Union. We obliged them, in addition to on Saturday, Apr 19th, 2014, nosotros published the EU Africa Scholarships at Hull University for Undergraduate in addition to Postgraduate Africans whose application deadline is slated for xiv June, 2014.
Since then, nosotros gain got seen like scholarship publications all over the cyberspace whose publishers may gain got either copied from us, or maybe were equally good contacted past times the schoolhouse to seat out the same article.
We gain got equally good received several complaints from many of our readers who gain got tried to apply to the school. Complaints gain got ranged from the infinitesimal issues to the really obvious facts, therefore nosotros decided to investigate the schoolhouse in addition to its scholarship offering ourselves.
Our findings
Our findings gain got been listed below.1). Suspicious Links on the Official Website
On visiting the official website at www.hulluniversitymalta.com, was dismayed to notice that all social media icons located on the footer of the site were all broken. None, non fifty-fifty one, was active in addition to working.This is a 'never-never' for a schoolhouse deemed alongside such repute.
Schools of the magnitude of the so-called Hull University inwards Republic of Malta would ordinarily gain got thousands of their students signed upwards on the university's Facebook page, Twitter handle, YouTube channel in addition to LinkedIn fellowship page.
However, all of the links to these were broken, in addition to going further, all these social media sites confirmed they had no such academy registered alongside them.
H5N1 farther search on Wikipedia gave prove that soul had of late tried to in addition to successfully created a 'Hull University, Malta' page on the pop reference Wiki website; but the said page was promptly in addition to summarily deleted. The explanation past times Wikipedia gives prove for this:
In addition, the alone academy alongside a hollo approximately 'Hull University' that nosotros could describe in addition to confirm was inwards the United Kingdom; in addition to located at http://www.hull.ac.uk/. Its Wikipedia page is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Hull.
cannot confirm what the people behind this hopes to achieve; however, nosotros are profusely sad to gain got published that scholarship article inwards the outset place.
We accept all the blame, in addition to STRONGLY advice that yous desist instantly from whatever associations whatsoever alongside the entity called 'Hull University, Malta'.
We volition before long last taking downward the published offending scholarship article located at /search?q=european-union-africa-scholarship-programme.
We are genuinely sad for this fault in addition to apologize.
We teach ahead to give thank yous all our readers who gain got written inwards to convey this to our notice. Thank yous equally nosotros together dice along to search for in addition to convey honest in addition to genuine scholarships to you.
Related: Scholarships inwards the UK for International Students
However, all of the links to these were broken, in addition to going further, all these social media sites confirmed they had no such academy registered alongside them.
2). Suspicious Internet Presence
Doing a uncomplicated forensic search alongside the Internet Time Machine, in addition to the pop search engines - Google, Bing, etc; revealed that the official website had merely been of late created.H5N1 farther search on Wikipedia gave prove that soul had of late tried to in addition to successfully created a 'Hull University, Malta' page on the pop reference Wiki website; but the said page was promptly in addition to summarily deleted. The explanation past times Wikipedia gives prove for this:
This page has been deleted. The deletion in addition to displace log for the page are provided below for reference.You tin come across this on this Wikipedia page.
22:45, 12 Apr 2014 RHaworth (talk | contribs) deleted page HULL UNIVERSITY, MALTA (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion)
In addition, the alone academy alongside a hollo approximately 'Hull University' that nosotros could describe in addition to confirm was inwards the United Kingdom; in addition to located at http://www.hull.ac.uk/. Its Wikipedia page is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Hull.
3). Interaction alongside authorities
Finally, an e-mail to the European Union returned a response confirming that the European Union was non collaborating inwards whatever agency whatsoever, nor connected, to whatever scholarship offering alongside whatever Hull academy inwards Malta.Our Conclusions
Following our investigations, in addition to the number of our investigations equally listed above, we gain got come upwards to the determination that at that spot is no such school equally 'Hull University, Malta'. And equally good that the scholarship beingness offered past times the said schoolhouse is zero but a charade in addition to a fraud.cannot confirm what the people behind this hopes to achieve; however, nosotros are profusely sad to gain got published that scholarship article inwards the outset place.
We accept all the blame, in addition to STRONGLY advice that yous desist instantly from whatever associations whatsoever alongside the entity called 'Hull University, Malta'.
We volition before long last taking downward the published offending scholarship article located at /search?q=european-union-africa-scholarship-programme.
We are genuinely sad for this fault in addition to apologize.
We teach ahead to give thank yous all our readers who gain got written inwards to convey this to our notice. Thank yous equally nosotros together dice along to search for in addition to convey honest in addition to genuine scholarships to you.
Related: Scholarships inwards the UK for International Students
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