If someone is already a victim — immediate steps

1. Stop further payments and record the payer details and transaction IDs.
2. Preserve all communications: WhatsApp messages, SMS, emails, receipts, photos and screenshots (do not delete them).
3. Take dated screenshots and export chat backups where possible.
4. Contact your bank immediately to attempt a recall or report unauthorized transfers; ask about chargeback or fraud complaint procedures.
5. File a police complaint (FIR) at your local police station — insist on a written FIR number and keep a copy.
6. Report online/cybercrime: use the Indian National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (https://cybercrime.gov.in/) or your country’s official cybercrime portal.
7. If you are being threatened or blackmailed, inform the police and avoid direct confrontation; seek legal advice where available.
8. Contact ILMALINK for guidance and to help document the steps you have taken.

How fraudsters often intimidate or restrain victims

• Threats of exposing private conversations or fabricated documents.
• False claims that police or officials will take action unless money is paid.
• Repeated calls and aggressive messaging to pressure payment.
• Promises that paying more will solve the issue or remove evidence.
• Use of cloned letterheads or fake allotment PDFs to create urgency and fear.

If you are being blackmailed, preserve evidence and inform police immediately; do not comply with extortion demands without legal advice.

Official reporting contacts (examples)

• National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal: cybercrime.gov.in
• Local police station: call your city police control room or visit the nearest station to file an FIR.
• State-specific consumer helpline and police cyber cell — check your state police website for numbers.

Note: phone numbers and helplines vary by state and country. We will add verified hotline numbers once sourced from official websites.

Legal safe-guarding & evidence checklist

1. Export and back up chat histories and emails with timestamps.
2. Take clear screenshots that include sender/receiver and timestamps.
3. Collect bank transaction proofs and ask your bank for the transaction trace.
4. Keep copies of any documents or alleged allotment letters; do not alter originals.
5. Get a written acknowledgement of your FIR and keep the FIR number safe.

Fake allotment letter risk

Students have been warned in different counselling seasons to verify allotment letters only from official counselling portals. Genuine allotment must come through official systems, not through private WhatsApp forwards, email attachments or agent-created PDFs.

Confirmed admission scam risk

Reported admission scams often use emotional pressure, fake receipts, fake letterheads and “confirmed seat” promises. A promise is not admission unless the official counselling route confirms it.

NRI quota misuse and forged documents

Students should never use fake documents, fake NRI records or quota manipulation. A medical career should never start with fraud.

MBBS abroad agency fraud risk

Fraud risk also exists abroad. Students must verify university fee accounts, admission letters, recognition, visa route, hostel and total cost before paying any agency.

Fee-discount & cash-demand pattern

A commonly reported pattern: intermediaries claim a college can offer a large discount on official fees (sometimes many lakhs) if the family pays in cash. Victims are told to pay cash for 'discounted' fees; initially the arrangement may appear to work for the first year, but later the promised adjustment is not honoured or additional payments are demanded. In practice, verified official discounts rarely exceed ₹4–5 lakh; claims of much larger reductions are strongly suspect.

Advice: never pay large sums in cash; insist on official college invoices and signed agreements; make payments only through official university or counselling payment channels; keep bank proofs and refuse off-the-record cash transactions. If pressured or extorted, preserve evidence and report to police and your bank immediately.

Nepal MBBS: Not simple direct admission

Nepal MBBS should not be treated as simple direct admission abroad. Students must understand individual PCB and NEET benchmarks, limited foreign seats and matching rules.

Kyrgyzstan MBBS: Accreditation check is essential

Kyrgyzstan may be comparatively simpler than Nepal in eligibility, but students must verify latest accreditation, WDOMS listing, English medium, local licence eligibility, clinical exposure and NMC/FMGE compliance.