Another student ID theft case has been reported in central China's Henan Province.

Victim of a student ID theft, Wang Nana is now seeking help from the educational authorities to get the imposter's illegally gained college diploma annulled. The imposter used Wang's ID to get a place at college. [Photo: china.com.cn]

33 year old Wang Nana was born in a village in Shenqiu County, Henan Province. She gave up her studies in 2003 after she sat for the national college entrance exam and failed to receive an admission notice.

Just like millions of other young people from rural parts of China who fail to pass their exams, she became a migrant worker. For many it's a defining moment in their lives.

12 years later, she began to realise that something was wrong. An application for a credit card was declined because the personal information that she'd given didn't match official data.

Wang was told that the records stated that she had a college diploma. On her application however, she was claiming to be a high school graduate. That was when Wang realized that her name must have been used by someone else.

After many months of investigations, she built up a picture of what must have happened: the vocational college located in the city of Zhoukou, in Henan Province did indeed send out an admission letter, but it must have been intercepted before it reached her.

The letter was later sold on for 5,000 yuan to someone who used it to enroll in the college in September, 2003, using Wang's name and ID number. The imposter graduated in 2006 and became a teacher with her illegally obtained college diploma.

So far it is unclear who stole Wang's admission letter, or why the 'fake' Wang Nana was not exposed when she enrolled at the college.

Currently, Wang is seeking the help of the education authorities to get the imposter's college diploma annulled. Wang says, unless this is done, she'll never be able to get a loan or credit card due to the inconsistent personal information held on file.

Wang Nana is by no means the first victim of ID theft in China. Back in 2009, nationwide outrage was triggered by the case of Luo Caixia, whose identity was stolen by a police official and used to get his daughter into university. The scandal ended up with the cancellation of the imposter's university diploma.

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