I can buy any university’s degree that is available. I can even get a diploma at the same time. All these without any studying, just using money to buy it, that’s all. I’ll probably get away with it for a maximum of 5 years before I get found out. This market seems lucrative, I get my preferred degree, some come with honours and authentic-looking transcripts.
Maybe in the past, it was easier to pass yourself off as a graduate from MIT, Monash or some prestigious sounding university. The papers weren’t verified or looked at much. Now, with technology, the market has gone online. A simple search produces 4.1 million results about buying degrees. University of Houston is aware of this since its published article online in 2003.
It’s easy to buy a degree and earn the big bucks fast because of your qualifications. However, those who buy such certifications will work in the area that is similar to the qualification but they will not work in that area directly.
However, this brings to question whereby what if there is an authentic online university that offers courses online? How do we know that the university is authentic? Do we avoid them totally? It’s like trying to block spam, you close down one that is selling fake degrees, another pops up. The only way is to stop buying. Once the market is no longer there, such mills will close shop.
What makes some people resort to buying fake degrees and diplomas? Most certainly is the major difference in price between studying for it and just buying the degree and not get caught for the fake one. Sometimes, it’s because of the reason that they have tried to pass the requirements to get to the preferred course but have been rejected. You want to study accounting but you don’t have the requirements, so what do you do? Find alternatives. Compare the alternatives. Actually, printing out the authentic looking degree seems to be the cheapest option so far. Transcripts with results also come with additional cost.
With more companies hiring degree holders, those who have been unsuccessful in earning the degree the studied way, maybe those mills will still be around for a long time.
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The whole concept of buying degrees is just scary, especially in a world where at the age of 29 my husband was asked to bring his original GCSE certificates (from 13 years previous) to a job interview. Who even HAS that stuff lying around?!
Scary alright. They can get away with doing the job and earning much more than those who have studied for the degree. I still have my certificates in a portfolio, except, it’s getting dusty.
How some people can get away with it truly baffles me.