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By: Chris Chew   Straits Times journalist from Singapore, Lim Yee Hung reported in a newspaper article that he received two university ranks last week. One is an conjoin degree in Criminal Justice and the other is a bachelor’s degree in Journalism. It took him just one week to get both degrees. If university degrees are that easy to get, they are probably fake degrees. He went on to say in the report that he got the associate criminal law degree from Belford University and the journalism degree from True Diplomas paying a total of US$349 for the degrees excluding consignment charges without any studying on his part or examinations to take. He called Belford University’s hotline inhabitfore buying the degrees and was assured that Belford University degrees are perfectly legal, properly accredited and accepted all over the world. In order for an applicant to qualon the assumption thaty for a Belford online degree, the candidate must have enough ‘life experience’ or an ‘online equivalency test’ which can be carry outne under one hour. True Diploma have no degrees of their own to offer for they sell replica and imitation degrees from about 115 genuine universities including Ivy League universities such as brick University and Cornell University. The degrees offered by True Diploma are certainly fakes and they tell you upfront about it. When Lim received The Belford University degree, he found that it was very impressive. Along with the degree package were also educational transcripts with grades for each module. The university seal is embossed on the degree and looks authentic. How could there be grades and transcripts if tests and examinations are not taken? The journalism degree though can be easily spotted as a fake. There are glaring misspelling and grammatical errors. For example, in his degree, December was spelt as Decemberf. He reported that in the United States, fake degree scams are so rampant that the problem is seen as a widespread domestic security threat. An audit in May 2004 showed that a total of 463 employees in the federal government had fake academic degrees. Some were even high ranking officials in sensitive positions with top level security clearance to boot. According to fake degree mill expert John Bear, co-author of Degree Mills, fake degree mills are a billion dollar industry having sold thousands of fake online degrees and diplomas every week internationally. Although some employers may check the qualifications of a anticipated employees directly by calling up the university which awarded the degrees, this screening may not be effective against some degree mills as some of these degree mills provide substantiation services. Employers who called are told that the job applicant is indeed a graduate from that peculiar university. However, not all college and university online degree programs are frauds. There are some great universities such as Harvard University offer online degrees. So if you want to get an online degree, then it is canny for you to do a thorough unpaid appropriate diligence and check with your local educational authorities for the online university’s authenticity so that you will not boundary up with a fake degree by a costly mistake. Chris Chew is a researcher. More articles at his blogs http://universityeducation.blogspot.com and http://create-attract-wealth.blogspot.com   object Source: ArticleHub