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

Bobby Approved (v 3.2)
Tuesday, March 11, 2003
Bogus degree sites shut down - BBC

Several websites offering fake British degrees for up to £1,000 each have been closed down following a joint operation in the UK and US. The certificates, from 14 made-up institutions, were used by hundreds of unqualified people, mainly in North America, to gain jobs in areas such as teaching, computing and childcare. The operation, which employed 30 staff in Romania, targeted millions of people every day with circular e-mails.

 



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