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