TikTok scammers charging desperate students hundreds for fake GCSE exam papers

Desperate students are falling for scams on TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram and parting with anything from £7.50 to a whopping £4,000 to get their hands on a GCSE or A-level paper ahead of exam dayDesperate students are being sold fake papers (Image: Bloomberg via Getty Images)Scammers across social media are conning teenagers out of hundreds of pounds by offering them fake GCSE and A-level papers ahead of exam day. The desperate students are falling for scams on TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram and parting with anything from £7.50 to a whopping £4,000. One young student was reportedly charged £500 for a GCSE paper. The youngsters said they first saw accounts claiming to sell GCSE exam papers on TikTok, but she was then told to contact the seller through Instagram. She said: “I was taken aback because it was ridiculous prices. Anywhere north of £500 for a paper was the typical offer from multiple accounts for one exam paper.” Youngsters are targeted on social media apps ( Image: Getty Images/Westend61) She didn’t buy the paper, but said she knows students who have paid up to £900, according to the BBC. Even if youngsters do receive an exam paper, they are unlikely to
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