paynow is the University of South Australia's own secure online payment method for student fees. The system is available through the student portal, myUniSA, on the my Finances pillar and is the fastest and preferred payment method.
paynow accepts VISA, MasterCard, American Express, Japan Credit Bureau and China UnionPay cards and meets PCI DSS requirements.
We have become aware of a scam targeting international students who are offered a discount to have their tuition fees paid on their behalf by another party. This scam offers to negotiate a reduced fee with the university requiring the student to provide their student logon and password to the scammer to enable payment of their fees for the discounted amount.
The student then pays the scammer the discounted amount and payments are made to the university using multiple stolen credit cards which when disputed by the credit card holder results in these payments being reversed leaving the student with the original outstanding fee plus bank dishonour fees.
If you are approached to have a discounted fee paid to the university it is likely this will be a scam. Approaches may come from other students who have unwittingly been caught in the scam or via direct contact through social media.
Under no circumstances should any student provide their logon and password to any other party or person as this is the only way you can be certain your information is secure.
If you think you have been caught by this scam please immediately change your password and advise the university at StudentFinance.Enrolment@unisa.edu.au so we can check and see if this has occurred.