“Scams are becoming creative,” wrote Roopa Rawjee, assistant dean of students and director of international student services at the University of Wisconsin—Madison, in an email. “Scammers are coming up with new ideas and quickly moving on.” An international student at UW—Madison almost lost around $5,000 to scammers in an incident that occurred earlier this month, says Marc Lovicott, director of communications for the UW—Madison Police Department.
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