[OACRAO] Increase in Fraudulent Applications for Admissions

[Connie Klingshirn]

We had two recently.  Our IT department discovered it because they were
storing large amounts of data in their Google drive accounts, and
noticed that the IP addresses were in Vietnam and Korea.  We are working on
removing access, and from our SIS.

On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 3:18 PM Heather Rognon via OACRAO <
oacrao at lists.osu.edu> wrote:

> Hello, Recently, we’ve noticed an uptick in what appear to be fraudulent
> applications for admissions at our institution. Many of these applications
> include high school transcripts from out-of-state schools with mismatched
> dates. Upon contacting
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> Hello,
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> Recently, we’ve noticed an uptick in what appear to be fraudulent
> applications for admissions at our institution. Many of these applications
> include high school transcripts from out-of-state schools with mismatched
> dates. Upon contacting the high schools, we’ve confirmed that the
> applicants are not valid students.
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> I’m reaching out to see if any of you have experienced similar challenges.
> If so, how have you identified these cases, and what strategies or tools
> are you using to mitigate or address them?
>
> Your insights would be greatly appreciated!
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> Heather Rognon, M.S.
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> *Registrar/Assistant Dean of Curriculum *
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> P: 740.588.1301
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> A: 1555 Newark Rd., Zanesville, OH 43701
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> [image: twitter]
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://x.com/ZaneStateC__;!!KGKeukY!1g10XXdm-XNxTM4-wyDFHVltp91BaorlSZFe7WpIzOh1TlaWTvE_0WAF6buU7RLB-3kb09Lw3GItdWzWzXrDK7iewZ0APs3BmGw$>
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> [image: linkedin]
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.instagram.com/zanestatecollege/?hl=en__;!!KGKeukY!1g10XXdm-XNxTM4-wyDFHVltp91BaorlSZFe7WpIzOh1TlaWTvE_0WAF6buU7RLB-3kb09Lw3GItdWzWzXrDK7iewZ0AO7jgMmE$>
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> [image: youtube]
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.instagram.com/zanestatecollege/__;!!KGKeukY!1g10XXdm-XNxTM4-wyDFHVltp91BaorlSZFe7WpIzOh1TlaWTvE_0WAF6buU7RLB-3kb09Lw3GItdWzWzXrDK7iewZ0ARK5J5ew$>
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