An international scam targeting medical students has recently hit India, said a report in this paper. Scammers have lured many students with promises of guaranteed seats in Spanish medical institutes, without requiring valid documents or entrance exams. They have a deceptively professional approach and many students are realising they’ve been cheated only after reaching the foreign land. A police officer cited in our report that many students are still stranded in Spain.

The scammers allegedly run an illegal agency which operates on Instagram without a registered office. While Spain is still new ground for Indians, one recalls that accredited and genuine Russian medical colleges who had admission agents here had also warned Indians about fake websites offering medical admissions in Russia. A doctor actually lost Rs 15 lakh he said in his police complaint after he was promised admission to a radiology course.