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Checklist for parents: before you pay or sell anything

Read this with your child. Tick each line. If you cannot tick a line, stop, and ask the university yourself before any money moves. Being scammed is never anyone's fault. These people are practised, and they fool careful people.

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Confirm with the university yourself

  • We found the university's website by typing the address ourselves, not from a link or a number an agent gave us.
  • The university's own admissions office has confirmed the offer, the course and the fee in our child's name. We used the email address published on the university's own website.
  • We know that only the university can confirm an offer, a CAS (Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies), a CoE (Confirmation of Enrolment) or an I-20 (US Certificate of Eligibility). An agent or a website cannot. A letter that looks perfect can still be fake.

Check where the money goes

  • The payment page is linked from the university's own website.
  • The account name is the university's name, not a person's name.
  • Nobody asked for cash, crypto, gift card codes, a mobile wallet or a personal account.
  • We will keep every receipt, and ask the university in writing to confirm that it received our payment.
  • Nobody offered us a discount if we pay through them. Only the university can give a fee discount.

Check the agent or consultant

  • Nobody has promised a visa or an admission. Only the university decides admission, and only the embassy or the immigration authority decides a visa.
  • Nobody has told us to keep it secret, or to decide today.
  • Our child keeps their own passport, their own university portal login and their own visa account. Nobody has our passwords or one-time codes.
  • We asked the university, in writing, whether this agent represents it. If someone says they are government licensed, we ask which body gave the licence and for which service, and we open that body's own website.
  • We have a written contract, and a receipt for every payment, in our child's name.

Before you sell land, gold or a house

  • We have stopped. We have confirmed the admission and the exact fee amount directly with the university first.
  • We have talked to someone we trust.
  • We know that no real deadline needs property sold within hours. Real deadlines are published on the university's website.

If your child tells you something is wrong

  • Thank them for telling you. Stay calm, stay close, and do not blame them.

If money has already been paid, read this guide now: I already paid a scammer or fake agent: what to do now

Check it together. In the Check tab, paste the agent's message into Agent message, or think through a payment in Before you pay. Both are free, and nothing you type leaves your phone.

Need help now?

TaleemParakh has no human reviewers yet and no crisis service. These are public services you can contact yourself. Please also talk to someone you trust today.

  • Emergency in Pakistan: Rescue 1122 (emergency services), Police 15. If you are thinking about hurting yourself or ending your life, call Rescue 1122 now, or go to the nearest hospital emergency department, or ask someone near you to take you. You can also tell an adult who is with you. You matter. You do not have to face this alone.
  • Feeling low or overwhelmed: Taskeen ⁦0316 8275336⁩ (free, Monday to Saturday, 11 am to 11 pm). Rozan Counseling Helpline ⁦0800‑22‑444⁩ (free, Monday to Friday, 9:30 am to 5 pm; in Ramadan 9:30 am to 3 pm). These are daytime lines, and Taskeen is not an emergency line.
  • Online fraud, fake messages or hacked accounts: National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) helpline 1799, or complaint.nccia.gov.pk.
  • Fraud calls or SMS: report the number to your mobile company first, then to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on ⁦0800‑55055⁩ or complaint.pta.gov.pk.
  • Money sent from a Pakistani bank or wallet: call your bank's helpline at once and ask them to stop the transfer. If the bank does not solve it, complain to the Banking Mohtasib (free).
  • In trouble abroad: the nearest Pakistani embassy, or the Foreign Office Crisis Management Unit, ⁦+92 51 9207887⁩ (a Foreign Office advisory of March 2026 described it as working 24 hours).
  • Human rights legal advice: Ministry of Human Rights 1099 (free, weekdays 8:30 am to 9 pm).

Contacts checked on 13 October 2026.

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