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Two Zambians Swindled In China In A Suspected Bursaries Scam
Two Zambians are among several international students that have been swindled out of thousands of dollars at a named university in China in a suspected bursaries scam.
The students were each asked to pay US$4,000 to a Ghanaian student, Isaac Ntiamoah, who is also a pastor of students’ fellowship at the university in order to win a full bursary.
Despite making the payment earlier this year, the affected students stated that none of them had received a full bursary, a situation that had forced them to demand for a refund.
One of the affected students, Namatama Mulonda, told the Times of Zambia in an interview from China that the scholarship had turned out to be a scam.
Pastor Isaac is said to have been collecting money from international students since March this year, particularly those from African countries with a promise of securing them full bursaries.
However, when contacted, the clergyman vehemently refused to have swindled the students, saying a refund would be made to those that had not received the sponsorship.
“There is nothing like that (swindle). By today, these people that have not been granted their bursaries will get their money, so there is no need for anyone to worry,” Pastor Isaac said.
He said some of the students had already been refunded after failing to get the sponsorship.
Apart from two Zambians who are based in Hunan and Shanghai provinces, there are a number of international students from Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Pakistan, among other countries, that have lost their money.
Ms Mulonda, a second-year student studying medicine at the university, said she was currently pushing for a refund after failing to receive a scholarship after being promised.
“I talked to the school about it but they don’t care what transpired. What they want is their money (tuition fee), (but) no money has been refunded yet from this man and I sent him a letter that I want a refund.
“This is because when I was paying for the scholarship he made it clear if I don’t receive then he will refund me the money,” Ms Mulonda said.
She said most of the affected students were stranded at the university as they did not know whether they would be able to raise tuition fees for the semester after the incident.
Posted by Kunda
on October 3, 2015. Filed under LATEST NEWS.
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New Educated Zambia©❤√
October 3, 2015 at 10:13 am
This is what poverty under pf and poor education can do. Very sad as that is a lot of money. Vote for change
Ng'ombe Mbuzi
October 3, 2015 at 10:22 am
Ukose mambala. Poverty of the mind is making you see PF in everything and God in nothing. If you are counting on politicians to better your life, you will die a miserable chap.
GM
October 3, 2015 at 11:59 am
NEZ WE CHIPUBA CHA MWAUME.WHICH POVERTY WE CHI NANGWA.IF DZ STUDENT WER POOR,WUD DEY B IN CHINA ND EVEN AFFORD 2 PAY 4000 DOLLARS 2 A CROOK.HOW Z DS DA FAULT OF PF?
Wanyafye Tigers FC
October 3, 2015 at 1:26 pm
NEZ uli cisushi iwe and out of choice…icifukufulu naco.
Wanyafye Tigers FC
October 3, 2015 at 1:27 pm
Fukufuku umwine mwine.
Nkandu
October 3, 2015 at 11:32 am
Imwe fyonse ma Politics, uli nshinsha sana
Chief of Grief
October 3, 2015 at 1:12 pm
ukushishita abaiche banomba,nga chashupa sana kubwelafye,mulenwufwa ama one ukubwela kubwela kwabula akapepala ka,just use sichilongo formula & tek materz into yo own hands,in short kumuponona nga’ashupa sana pantu sometimes ukuponona ekusova..
tutu
October 3, 2015 at 1:20 pm
my heart goes out to all those affected students! as some1 who has studied from abroad,I know how difficult it is to cope even under bursaries! chikala chakwe uwaku Ghana kumupononafye nokumuposa mukalyati!! elo ababene abaku Ghana tekuti ubalube,kumwenafye kukalukobo kwati nakalimo kalukasu,ababafikala fyatile bakubipa pamenso,bambi nabo pamenso kwati ninfinfi,babamo na nokufita,not ukufita kulya ukwachipale ukwachindama but kulya ukwabulungana ukwakasabana..nomba ichipapusha chakutila tunkashishesu tulabakonkasana pantu ubuteko bwabo bulabapela indalama ishingi..abena zambia bapoka $2500 per yr elo abena ghana bapoka $6000
Hello Haters
October 3, 2015 at 2:30 pm
These are the pastors who need prayers on the 18th of October.
Ching Li
October 3, 2015 at 4:16 pm
Zambians are so used to corruption, they are ready to pay anyone to get a favor. ……and that’s why these chaps were swindled. Stop the corruption culture!!!
observer
October 4, 2015 at 8:33 am
too bad, i their for employ the zambian embassy in that country to asist the chaps.
OMG
October 4, 2015 at 9:40 am
If a West African asks for money baice run with your wallet. They are the masters of scams from 419 to dead bit pastors.Watch out baice mwe bamuzed. Always get information about common scams. Before you paid the prick you could have researched. Sorry Zambian be careful abroad. Umwana ashen da.
Chitutuma
October 4, 2015 at 2:44 pm
Desist from dealing with chaps from West Africa, whether pastors or whatever. They are basically unreliable, putting it mildly.