Degree Mills: The Billion-dollar Industry That Has Sold Over A Million Fake Diplomas

Sure, you could sue a mill for fraud.

David Boyd's Taft University (now DETC) did one better than that; he successfully sued a whole ACCREDITING AGENCY for being a fraud.

But that's the con artist's ace in the hole; his victims usually can't afford to expose HIM because in doing so they will expose THEMSELVES.

If you have a doubtful doctorate, do you really want to suject yourself to the kind of cross-examination (in public, remember) that any decent defense lawyer would conduct? I don't think so!

Now, writing a bad check for an ILLEGAL diploma is a different question. I don't know! Usually, a contract to purchase contraband is no agreement at all as far as the law is concerned so I'd GUESS the bad check writer would be safe from prosecution or even civil suit.

But writing a bad check in exchange for an ILLEGITIMATE but otherwise LAWFUL diploma? That' could be a crime, depending on the circumstances.

 

By the way, as long as the 16th edition has come up, Amazon now has it up on the website. You can see it here:

Bear's Guide to Earning Degrees by Distance Learning

While not available yet, some may wish to take a look.




Tom Nixon

 

Shipping date is quoted as December 5th.

Cheers,

George

 

It's always interesting to watch the machinations of Amazon. I made this announcement last night, I'm sure we only sold a few copies based on that, and the book goes from 1.4 million to 177,000 in its rankings.



Tom Nixon

 

I just pre-ordered it. Thanks for sharing the link.

Congratulations. That is quite an achievent.

 

And thank you. I always appreciate a customer!