Hansford University is a scam! www.hansforduniversity.com,Global Academic Center (Merchant name when you do a payment),Graduate i I received an email from Hansford University sometime Sept 17, 2013 re: online scholarship Program and another email from Graduate in Minutes studentadvisor@graduateinminutes.com last October. Out of curiosity I registered from on the website via the email I received. cCouinting 2 minutes after received a call from a certain Alex Martin yesterday 24th December from U.S. offering an online degree study Program.  United States

Our conversation went below:

You are now chatting with 'Alex Martin'. Alex Martin: Hi Me??????: hello Alex Martin: Thanks for your prompt act Alex Martin: Let's start the discussion Me??????: how does your program works Alex Martin: Program Official Name: PLA (Prior Learning Assessment) or we call it working adult program Alex Martin: Description: Prior Learning Assessment is an internationally recognized and approved program through which you can get your prior knowledge and work experience converted into academic credit hours and on the basis of that you can earn credentials. PLA is also known as working

adult program in which you can utilize work experience to continue your studies. There is no study required and you won't have to pass any examination Me?????: ok Me?????: how long it would take Alex Martin: 30 days, starting from your registration Alex Martin:Sample of Documents Me?????: what do you require for me to complete the 30 days? Alex Martin: We follow a 4 step process Alex Martin: Step 1: Registration Alex Martin: You are required to get registered with Hansford University in the PLA program Alex Martin: Step 2: Assessment Alex Martin: An Interview session is conducted by one of

the professor from the university, over the recorded line. The interview would be over the phone and is of 45-60 minutes. This interview will be solely depending upon your work experience; you will have to prove your work experience in front of one of our professors by answering some general questions about your industry Alex Martin: Step 3: Verification Alex Martin: Verification of your credentials is conducted by a third party such as your Academic Certificates and Passport Copy. Alex Martin: Step 4: Shipment Alex Martin: Your documents will be delivered to you within 20-25 days at your given

address Alex Martin: Fee Structure: Alex Martin: Registration fee: $200 Alex Martin: Assessment Fee: $200 Alex Martin: Shipment and Administration charges: $100 Alex Martin: Total Fee: $500 (You only need to pay $200 at the time of registration and the remaining after receiving the documents) Me?????: How to do the payment? Alex Martin: Online from a debit or credit card on a secure payment form powered by Visa and Master Me????: ok Alex Martin: Do you wish to register now? Me?????: so i need to do my registration now Me?????: yes Alex Martin: Details Required for Registration:

Alex Martin: Complete Name: Alex Martin: Date of Birth; Alex Martin: Marital Status: Alex Martin: Current Monthly Salary: Alex Martin: Complete Shipping Address: Alex Martin: Mode of payment (Debit or Credit Card): Alex Martin: Kindly provide me these details one by one Me?????: ok Me????: XXXXXXXXXXXX (need to conceal my Identity) Me?????: August 1972 Me??????: Married Me????: $2,200 monthly salary Me?????: XXXXXXXXXXXX (Need to conceal my company name) Me?????: XXXXXXXXXXXXX Alex Martin:Click Here to Register Me?????: Credit Card Alex Martin: Kindly open the

registration link and fill it out accordingly Alex Martin: Once you are done, let me know to confirm your registration Me?????: ok Me?????: im not yet done Alex Martin: Kindly do it as per your earliest as this form expires within 10 minutes time due to security precautions Me???????: Hi Me???????: its done Alex Martin: Congratulations! You are successfully enrolled with Hansford University Alex Martin: Let me confirm the program details with you once again Alex Martin: Degree: Bachelors Alex Martin: Field of Study: Psychology Me??????: Yes Me??????: thats the one i needed right? Alex

Martin: You need to select one from the following majors Alex Martin: General psychology Clinical psychology Alex Martin: Counseling psychology Educational psychology Alex Martin: Organizational psychology Alex Martin: General psychology Alex Martin: Clinical psychology Alex Martin: Counseling psychology Alex Martin: Educational psychology Alex Martin: Organizational psychology Me???????: I want to pursue my Human Resources career upto director level Alex Martin: Alright, so I would suggest you to go with Human Resource Management instead of Psychology Me???????: Ok then pinky

payad: can I change it to that Alex Martin: Yes you can, I am doing it for you Me???????: i think it will be good following my ACI certficate Me??????: Thank you Alex Martin: You are most welcome Alex Martin: xxxxxxx is your nick , right? Alex Martin: Your revised program details, kindly check and confirm Alex Martin: Program: Bachelors Alex Martin: Area of Study: Business and Management Alex Martin: Major: Human Resource Management Me?????: XXXXXX IS MY NICK YES Me??????: ok Me??????: now its Business & Management Major in Human Resource Management Alex Martin: Exactly Alex

Martin: Now you need to give me the best suitable time to schedule your telephonic assessment Me????: Friday or Saturday after 2 pm Dubai time Me?????: today it 24th of December at exactly 2:15 pm Me?????: The education details update on my profile is pertaining to my previous education course right? Me??????: im just updating my profile now on my virtual office Me??????: virtual account i mean Alex Martin: Sure, Lets do the assessment on Friday at 5 pm as per your local time Me??????: ok Alex Martin: Done Alex Martin: I am sending you one email stating the documents we need

from your side in order to maintain your profile with the university Me????????: ok Me?????: shall reply on that e-mail Alex Martin: Yes please Me?????: I am editing my profile but it is not getting saved on the web Alex Martin: What error is it showing ? Me??????: Why is that? Me?????: nothing Me??????: ok let me close it and open again Me?????: off for lunch Alex Martin: Please check closely, there must be a section un-finished Me??????: will check your email later Me??????: bye Alex Martin: Sure, bye for now Alex Martin: Stay safe

I received an email from Hansford University Last September 2013 regarding an online degree program and a separatre email from Garduate in minutes last october 2013. email address of the scammers as follows: scholarship@hansforduniversity.com and studentadvisor@graduateinminutes.com out of curiosity i registered myself on the graduates in minutes via the email and counting 2 mins. i received a call from ceratin Alex Martin USA with no. +1 302 526 1253 and another unknown number asking me to log on the live chat (chat details indluded in the description0. I did logged on and our conversation went that I ended up paying the admission fee of 200 US Dollars via credit card. I was redirected to the website www.hansforduniversity.com wherein the domain looks real and they had immediately installed my virtual office prior to my registration payment. But to my surprise some functions of the website on my virtual office I cannot access, e.g loading photo and updating my details neither there is an option for changing your provided password from the pdf automated receipt I printed. Following day, 25th December, I opened again my virtual account but still not being able to update details, so i decided to check on the legality via google and gound out that the said domain website is a scam. Immediately I cancelled my credit card from my bank and forwarded a transaction dispute.

i received a call after same day from Alex Martin again but to my surprise his number is showing on my phone as +971 52 778 7548 when I thought He is from the U.S., I did answered the call but did not conversate and again he called another number appered like +1 (786) 522 3666.

A certain Davil Lloyd was trying to chat with me as i logged online and after he redirected my chat to Alex Martin Again. But I did not responded as from the net scam report I read that the same person names appeared on their scam/fraud complaint.

Please pay attention and dont give this scammers a chance to fool you. I guess they are prying on professionals from different places to be their victim.

Jaycee

United Arab Emirates

Dubai