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The Cruel Truth About Fake Online Degrees

In these days anybody can finish their studies because through the internet you can attain an undergraduate and graduate education, specialized certification, or professional degree.The statistics behind online universities are impressive. International Data Corporation Online recently reported that online universities are growing by 33% annually.From here we can see that this is the fastest growing sector in the world of higher education.

Some people saw this as an opportunity, and this is the beginning of fake online degrees and diploma mills.

Now let's find out more about these fake online degrees.

What are these fake online degrees ?

Going online and doing a search for "fake degrees" using exact word match, you get 1,210,000 matches ( and the number is growing ), using just Google. Out of the first two pages of the search results, a few of the ads were for the purpose of selling fake degrees.Now if you visit one of the websites listed by Google you will see that you can get any diploma or degree at a small price, in a very short time, and with just a little effort, or no effort.This sounds very very tempting, and many people fall for this.In fact, these companies basically set up a website and sold a piece of paper.

How to identify a fake online degree university/college ?

• First you should look at the domain of that website, because in these day's anyone can buy a .com, .org, .net website.Usually an accredited online degree university should own an .edu domain.Good examples are :Stanford University, and University of Phoenix.
• Any school that claims you can finish a degree extremely fast or with minimal work is likely to be a fake. Deals that sound too good to be true usually are.Think about this - in college you spend three or four years to learn something, and suddenly someone came with a super short method that can resolve everything in a week or two.You are not a computer that can store four years of information in such a short time.A degree earned in a very short time, or several degrees listed for the same year, are warning signs for the hiring official or the person doing the preliminary screening.
• The prices are very small and very tempting, and the good part is that the degree or diploma is sent yo you very quickly. Some offered a downloadable kit, allowing you to print your own; and others would have your fake degrees mailed to you within a couple of days.

If you want to be 100% sure that you new college is accredited you can check :

• The accreditation at US Department of Education
• Check legitimacy of the Internet University at Council for Higher Education Accreditation
• This is also a great list of universities that are sketchy.

What are the risks of a fake online degree ?

• Getting a fake online degrees is a meaningless, waste of money because wherever, you use the degree; it will be validated as fake; this is true to a certain extent.
• There are chances that you will acquire a job in smaller companies who do not undertake rigorous screening of certificates of their employees. You might get away with it for sometime. However, as you go up the ladder or look for a job in established companies, who have more rigorous screening, you might come across the ground reality that your degree is just a piece of paper.



• You will always be under the pressure that you would be caught for your fake degree.
• In most places of business, perspective employees are not hired until everything on their resumes has been verified.And if it is discovered that you lied about your level of education, not only will you no longer be considered for the job in question, but you could also be arrested for fraud.
• You can get caught.In 2003, about a dozen teachers in Georgia who claimed to have Doctoral degrees from the bogus Saint Regis University were caught. In May of 2004, an investigation revealed that nearly 500 government employees got their jobs by claiing they had degrees from these diploma mills. This included 28 high ranking officials and 3 with US high level security clearance.



• If you think that a fake online degree can save you time and money think a little, and don't fall for this, because in fact you will lose time in money with your fake degree.In conclusion - Beware of shady "institutions" who offer diplomas for pay. It may be tempting, but it may cause more problem than benefits.Quality falsified college transcript or fake diploma is just like a beautiful reproduction of an original painting by Monet. The scary part of this whole scam is the range of degrees offered. You can get an Associates Degree, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, Doctorate, Law School Diploma, and even a Medical School Diploma. Imagine someone with a fake degree operating on you !


Finally I don't want you to think that online learning is totally worthless.I just want to raise your awareness about some things you should take care before enrolling to an online college.The truth is, schools that are accredited offer diplomas that are really worthwhile.