Is
getting a fake degree worth the effort. Will it get you a job in a Fortune
500 company?
Getting a fake degree may cause lot more problems than benefits. It is
a very big risk to buy a fake degree from a diploma mill as well as to
claim that you have a degree which rightfully you are not worthy of.
You are shelling out enormous money and the people who are scam artists
can get away with it but you can be victimized. The problem arises when
this life experience is not acceptable by state and federal laws and you
face a problem which acquiring a suitable job.
Students might be thinking that getting a diploma from an unaccredited
university will save them the drudgery of studying and they want to out
for an easy way out by just paying some money and buying a diploma.
The Diploma itself typically looks impressive and is indistinguishable
from a real college or university diploma. Clearly the diploma mills have
no integrity and are not worried about the injustice to the students like
you who have worked hard for your degrees.
The fake degree may even lead to your prosecution as in the case of a
dozen teachers in Georgia who claimed to have Doctoral degrees from the
bogus Saint Regis University were caught in 2003. Similarly in May 2004,
nearly 500 government employees lost their jobs when their degrees were
checked.
It would be sheer luck if you acquire a job in a Fortune 500 company
with the help of a fake degree as these companies undertake rigorous investigation
to check the authenticity of the degrees.
If by chance you manage to get a job, you are always under pressure
on when you might be fired, if they get to know about the fact that your
degree is a fake.
According to House Government Reform Committee Chairman Tom Davis, "public
trust in government is a key pillar of our democracy. There is no place
for diploma mill degree holders to work in our government."