Online College Degree Scam

Online College Degree Scam

Online College Degree Scam

Scams are everywhere, and education is no exception. The Internet is jammed with diploma mills that offer degrees for a fee. They are meaningless and not worth the paper they are written on. Employers do not take them seriously, and other schools will not consider their credits for transfer. Diploma mills have undermined the respectability of legitimate online college programs, and it will take solid legislation and consumer awareness to change that.

Diploma mills are not committed education. They are committed to making a quick buck. Phony degrees are nothing new and have been around as long as education has been in existence. The Internet has made it mighty easy to sell degrees and diplomas. In a highly competitive world, the pressure is on to have a degree of some kind. Diploma mills often offer degrees based on "life skills and previous work experience." It is an argument that must be pretty convincing because diploma mills do about a $500 million business a year.

Slick, and not to mention deceiving, advertising, give the illusion that these degrees are as solid as a rock and represent a hard earned education. What they are is a front for scam originating in places like Liberia, the Middle East and the Virgin Islands and in states such as Alabama, Mississippi and Wyoming. These are places where fraud laws are lacking serious bite allowing unaccredited colleges to flourish. There are usually no campuses, faculty offices, classrooms, text books or even professors. They are an individual or group of individuals with a computer, printer and bank account that is growing by the day.

The State of Oregon has taken steps to protect the consumer from falling victim to such a deceptive practice. The Oregon Office of Degree Authorization (ODA) maintains a list of unaccredited colleges that are known to take advantage of the uninformed consumer. The ODA also lists the states where laws are less than what they should be, and unaccredited colleges are a threat to legitimate education.

In many countries, diploma mills are illegal but loosely policed. The laws in the United States puts the onus on each state to police the diploma mills for themselves. Because diploma mills are considered a white-collar crime, no large scale enforcement has been put in place. A white-collar crime is defined as a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of their occupation.

To avoid being scammed out of any amount of money, always keep in mind it takes time, effort and hard work to complete a college education and earn a degree. Before handing over your hard earned dollars, check the accreditation of the college. If it is hard to find, it probably does not exist. If the college is legitimate, accreditation will be easy to find.

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