Scammers are using TikTok and Instagram to sell fake GCSE and A-Level exam papers to students. Many students are reportedly paying between £7.50 and £4,000 per paper.
to try and swindle pupils out of hundreds of pounds for fake exam papers.and Instagram to try and sell copies of what they claim are genuine, leaked GCSE and A-level exam papers.
One GCSE pupil was quoted £500 for a paper by someone on Instagram, but fraudsters are charging anything between £7.50 and £4,000 per paper,The pupil said the idea exam papers might be up for sale was ‘the most talked about hype’ of the exam season – but regulator Ofqual says any pupils caught cheating could be banned from taking their exams.
One pupil, 15-year-old Jade*, first saw accounts claiming to sell GCSE exam papers on TikTok, but she was then told to contact the seller through Instagram.‘Anywhere north of £500 for a paper was the typical offer from multiple accounts for one exam paper.’Previous papers have been doctored by scammers to appear legitimate Jade added some pupils are panicking because
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