A Vietnamese mother was scammed out of nearly VND4 billion ($153,000) while trying to enroll her child in a summer basketball class, Ho Chi Minh City police said.

That’s NOT TRUE!” he wrote on Facebook. Jabbara said the scholarship scams can be so effective because they play into people’s anxiety of whether students can afford their dream school or if ...

Scholarship scams are often a ploy to gain someone's personal information and relentlessly market to them or potentially sell their information to other companies. In more egregious cases ...

While this amount can be a lifeline for students and families, consumer experts warned about the dangers of scholarship scams when applying. Melanie McGovern with the Better Business Bureau (BBB ...