A group of York students has won the opportunity to have their very own I-phone application developed after winning The App Challenge final, held at the Ron Cooke Hub on Wednesday, January 18.
YUSU Welfare officer Bob Hughes has warned students to be vigilant after a student loans phishing scam has been revealed.
Her Majesty the Queen will be visiting York on Maundy Thursday, 5th April, as part of the 800th anniversary of York’s Charter for the traditional “Royal Maundy” ceremony.
A flood caused by a heating system “failure” forced the university IT services to shut down many essential systems on Sunday night, causing problems for many students on the eve of their exams and assignment due-dates.
There has been an incident of a student living off campus being "conned" out of £200 by two males in a white van speaker scam.
The student was duped by the men who said they were from a delivery company meant to deliver 14 sets of speakers valued at £3,000, but the client had only ordered 12, leaving them with two sets to spare. A set of two speakers was offered to the student who bought them for £200, but then later found the same speakers were on eBay priced at just £50.
The van has since been seen on campus but no further incidents have been reported so it may have been a one-off event. But in the case that the same men try to scam another student, the advice from campus security is not to purchase anything unless it is from a reputable source.
YUSU Welfare Officer Ben Humphrys echoed the opinion of security, saying that if it sounds too good to be true then it probably is. He also urged students not to be taken in by door-to-door traders, claiming that they are usually out to scam you.
That exact scam was on 'The Real Hustle' two weeks ago!
How embarrassing! Though I guess the temptation is always there to buy with scams like that...
I don't really get the 'scam' part of this. Just because something's valued on eBay at £50, that's not necessarily its real value. If the speakers are working fine, then it's exactly the same as buying a TV in Fenwick's only to find out it costs £100 less at John Lewis, no?
Hahaha! OWNED!
Natalija, the scam is saying the speakers are worth 3k, when really they cost next to nothing, it's possibly the oldest trick in the book, a friend got caught out by this in York last year, no sympathy whatsoever for the mug who was stupid enough to hand over 200 quid to such an obvious scam.
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