Scam Could Cost U Washington Chinese Students $1M

A scam may have cost 90 Chinese students at the University of Washington up to $1 million, The Seattle Times reported. University police officials said a student from China spread word on a Chinese social media website that students could save about $600 on tuition for the summer by paying their tuition bill through an intermediary. Students paid but the money did not go to the university and now the students must pay again. Some students may have been duped into spreading word about the alleged discount without knowing that it was fake.