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Fake Degree Scams Now Include Documents from Mainstream University Degree Programs, Warns Online Education Expert
Controversies surrounding diploma mills and degree scams have been making headlines for several years. The popularity of the Internet has resulted in the wide availability of fake university degrees to anyone with the money to pay. The latest threat involves not just documents from non-existent or unaccredited colleges, warns Robert Johnston of Degreeboard.com, but faked documents and transcripts from accredited and even well-known higher education institutions. "In the past, unaccredited distance learning degree programs were fairly easy to spot by an experienced consumer or employer," says Johnston. "But now no university degree program is exempt from being tarnished. Students, employers, and universities need to understand that scam artists are selling fake degrees and transcripts from accredited university degree programs to anyone willing to pay. Interested in a degree from Florida State University? If you don't want to do the four years of work needed to earn a college degree, you can buy one."
  posted by Ray at 2/20/2009 12:01:00 AM permanent item link   

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