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    Glastonbury University? Beware of this fake UK varsity

    British authorities here have uncovered a scam aimed at luring international students to come and study in the UK by designing a glitzy website of what was called 'Glastonbury University', which simply does not exist.

    October 05, 2011 / 19:35 IST

    British authorities here have uncovered a scam aimed at luring international students to come and study in the UK by designing a glitzy website of what was called 'Glastonbury University', which simply does not exist.


    Glastonbury, with a population of nearly 10,000, is a small town in Somerset, south-west England, better known for the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, which has attracted thousands of people every year since the 1970s.

    But Glastonbury has lately been in the news after the Somerset County Council uncovered the Malaysia-origin scam that used the town
    first published: Oct 5, 2011 07:30 pm

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