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phony diplomas easily boughtUSA - There's one thing wrong with the diploma from Cal State Fullerton, accompanied by transcripts showing its owner got straight A's:It's a lie.
The records, which look impressive and show the owner earned a master's degree in engineering, were bought by The Orange County Register last month for $295 off the Internet, to show how easily they can be obtained.
The selling company, which hides behind an anonymous offshore Web address, is one of a growing number of Internet sites where people can buy phony credentials from real schools, including Harvard University, the University of Southern California and some in Orange County. You can even hire a service that claims it will verify a fake degree.
"It's a national phenomenon," said Christine Helwick, general counsel for the California State University system. "Whenever we found someone out there purporting to offer our degrees, we demand they cease and desist."
Experts in the field say resumé fraud is on the rise, along with other ethical breaches in the workplace. As college degrees become mandatory for more jobs, more people go shopping for phony ones.
"I have run into scenarios where companies hired chief engineers that have problems with design issues, where they find out they don't have a diploma," said Philip Barquer, president of HR Alternatives in Newport Beach.
For decades, people have been able to buy fake diplomas from ads in the back of magazines. But the Internet has made the process easier, both for companies that print the fakes to hide their identities, and for buyers to find and order them.
Universities worried about their reputations have hired lawyers to halt the practice. Employers are hiring private-investigation firms to do background checks.
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