BEWARE DONT BE A VICTOM OF ON LINE DEGREE SCAMS

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Naveed Farooq
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Demand & Supply

Diploma mills capitalize on the consumer desire for a more competitive career edge. Those with an Associates degree want a Bachelors, those with a Bachelors want a Masters, and so on. The quicker, the cheaper, and the less work involved the better. They will even accept your work experience equal to your college degree.

Fake Degree/Diploma Business Growth

The flow of money in this fake degree business reaches up to $500 million dollars a year. Sounds like plenty of people buy these degrees. Slick online websites for diploma mills give the illusion that they are very solid and big intuitions of learning and education.

Location of the offices

Dig behind the domain name, however, and addresses in places like Liberia, the Virgin Islands, and the Middle East are common, including even remote states of America. Many diploma mills are located within the U.S.; in states like Wyoming, Mississippi, Florida and Alabama. As they will show that they have virtual class rooms and online education through internet .

Are Diploma Mills Legal?

Laws on fake degrees, both manufacture and use ofare spotty across the United States. In many other countries the practice is illegal, but loosely policed. In the U.S. the federal government largely puts the responsibility on each state. Because the business is a white collar crime, no large scale enforcement has been set in motion.

Similar name of universities

As the students dont know much about the listed universities of that country these fraud mills use such name which relates to some big education cites or universities.

University of BUsiness edUcation London

St. Johns University, Kishanattam, Kerala

OXFORD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE

Business school of Americans

ART SCHOOL OF PERIS

How Do They Operate?

Most diploma mills get by as registered businesses in states where fraud laws are flimsy at best. They peddle promises of easy, lowcost life experience degrees through aggressive emails and via print advertising. Diploma mills are considered white collar crime.

Fake Degrees
Outside the degree mill business, fake degrees may be purchased outright from hundreds of online peddlers. The biggest difference between this business and a low-quality university or degree mill is that there is absolutely no proof of past experience, no short paper to write, just a credit card, or in some cases, cold hard cash in exchange for your bogus degree.

If It's 'Quick and Easy,' Ask Questions

"People who want to further themselves see something that looks really quick and easy," "People should know that if they get a college degree, there is a lot of time involved." "Get a degree for what you already know!" It also offers "easy access" to degrees in all fields for "as low as" $249!"

The Cost of Fake Degrees

In monetary terms fake degrees cost from $50 up to thousands of dollars. Aside from the monetary cost, though, the business of diploma mills and fake degrees has undercut the value of higher education. Most hard hit have been legitimate online degree programs. Even the term accredited has been defaced. Accreditation mills are the new offspring of diploma millsfake agencies that purport to lend credence to low-quality online degree suppliers.

How to avoid being scammed

A real college degree takes work. But it no longer has to come at the cost of your career and family time. Excellent online degree programs deliver personal satisfaction, a study-at-your-own-pace program, and legitimate Department of Education accredited degrees. Where college tuition costs are the biggest concern, wannabe students must stay committed to the process of financial aid, scholarships and grants.

Protect Your Career and Reputation

Everyone has options. Right now enough misinformation still exists that consumers remain easily persuaded by degree scams. Get the resources you need to make informed decisions. And go with your gut instincts. If you have a bad feeling about some promise an online college is making, its most likely a scam. Remember, degree mills are not going away anytime soon.

Searchable Database

Recognition by Department of Education

The state of Oregon keeps a list of some of the institutions whose degrees cannot legally be used in the state because they're not accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or the state (www.osac.state.or.us/oda). In Pakistan you can confirm the university or institution from H.E.C and similarly in India from UGC.

Diplomas are for Sale online

The Better Business Bureau has received 139 complaints about Belford University, which sells diplomas online.

Belford University is an organization offering online unaccredited degrees for "life experience". The organization maintains a post office box in Humble, Texas, but its certificates are mailed from the United Arab Emirates.

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