Re: Fake Student Applications/Registrations

["Tomassetti, Tina" <tomassettitm () SUNYBROOME EDU>]

I remembered this happening here too so I got some info from our Asst. Dir
of  Administrative Information Systems:

Yes.  We shut down all of the instant admission channels such as Banner
Self Service Non Matriculated applications and those now are done via
Wufoo.  We also added a Re-Captcha to the Wufoo form, and advised the
Registrar's Office on what to watch for on those forms that would indicate
an invalid application.  If they recognize those patterns they follow
through asking more information from the 'applicant' with a time limit for
response.  This has weeded them out over time.  We also inactivated all of
the invalid ones in Banner/Gmail, etc. that came in before we caught it.

Scot Beekman

Assistant Director of Administrative Information Systems
Information Technology Services
Phone: +1 (607) 778-5255
Email: beekmansa () sunybroome ed <beekmansa () sunybroome edu>

Tina M. Tomassetti
Assistant Director of Networking and Telecommunications
Information Technology Services
SUNY Broome Community College
PO Box 1017  MS# 63
Binghamton, NY 13902
PH: 607-778-5011
FX: 607-778-5119
tomassettitm () sunybroome edu <tomassetti () sunybroome edu>


On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 4:19 PM Wesolowski, Nathan R. <
Nathan.Wesolowski () nwtc edu> wrote:

> Hello everyone, this is my first time posting here.
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> Since last weekend we have observed an unusually high number of new
> student applications/registrations containing fake information.  After
> investigating, I discovered that our College was recently featured on a
> Chinese blog.  The blog’s “educational welfare” category lists dozens of
> other colleges and universities, along with step-by-step details for
> obtaining free accounts/email addresses  - hxxps://404edublog.cf/
> <https://404edublog.cf/>.
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> It is obvious that these scammers are after a .EDU email address.  With
> the ongoing COVID situation, we have waved or postponed certain fees in an
> attempt to reduce any registration barriers.  I believe that this is
> contributing to our problem.  While we have tools in place to help us
> identify and remove fake identities, I am curious to know what others have
> done about this problem.
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> Thanks,
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> Nate
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> *Nate Wesolowski*
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> Information Security Analyst
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> Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
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