Online Learning Update Ray Schroeder, editor, OTEL - University of Illinois at Springfield

Bobby Approved (v 3.2)
Tuesday, October 02, 2001

http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/worldwide/story/0,9959,559718,00.html

Council warns of fake degree con
Joe Plomin, EducationGuardian.co.uk

Internet hustlers are trying to con people into buying fake US degrees. According to the British Council's office in Washington, which has been tracking these and similar scams, developing countries are a particular target. Advertisements to "buy your way to a better job" make tempting offers. All applicants have to do is call an American telephone number and send a cheque. However, according to the council, for $500 to $1,000 all you get in return is an embossed piece of paper purporting to be a degree, but which will not carry much weight with a serious personnel department....

 



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