Have any of you been scammed by a fake university? I’m a journalist and I’m looking at these degree mills. If you have either sent money or been a victim of their hassling sales tactics and would like to speak with me, please let me know. It would be a great help to try and tackle this problem.
For the people in these comments who already paid: the question that matters now is what you do with the credential, and the answer is stop using it the moment you know. Being deceived by a fake school makes you a victim; continuing to list the degree after you know is where real trouble starts, with employers especially. Quietly remove it from resumes and profiles, and if it comes up, the truth works fine — “I enrolled in what turned out to be a scam and reported it” is a story hiring managers understand.
And ignore the scare calls about your name being “on a list of students under investigation.” That line exists to make you pay the next fee. Enforcement in these cases has mostly focused on the operators selling the paper, not the people they fooled — one more reason the right move is dropping the credential, reporting it, and moving on.
For the people finding this thread after being scammed — including the commenters in this thread describing calls from the “US Department of Education” — that call is the scam’s second act, not the government. Real Department employees don’t cold-call about a degree you bought, and every “fee to fix your file” or “legalize your diploma” pitch is the same operation coming back for more. Don’t pay, keep everything (emails, phone numbers, payment records), and report it twice: to your state attorney general’s consumer division and to the FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov. Those reports are what investigators and journalists — like the one who started this thread — actually build cases from, so filing one helps more people than you.
And for anyone starting fresh, the habit that ends this cycle: before money moves toward any school, look it up in the Department of Education’s accreditation database at ope.ed.gov/dapip and check that its accreditor appears on the recognized lists ED and CHEA publish. Legitimate schools pass both checks in minutes.
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I been through this problem and I need help.
I went to Stevens Henager College for my Associates degree in business management, and finished in 2011. Since then I have been looking for a company that I can shine. However, I was lied to about transferrable credits when I went to BSU, they almost laughed about the school. I wanted to get into Project management, which Stevens Henager don’t have that program. Therefore, I have a $50,000 bill with a $14 he job, still. This is DEFINITELY A School for profit, and a terrible investment, & waste of time. BE AWARE POTENTIAL STUDENTS!!!!!!
Have any of you been scammed by a fake university? I’m a journalist and I’m looking at these degree mills. If you have either sent money or been a victim of their hassling sales tactics and would like to speak with me, please let me know. It would be a great help to try and tackle this problem.
There is this university named University of Mayford which is providing online distance learning and education. Wanted to know if this university is REAL or FAKE in the USA. They have already called me more than 3 times and with strong sales tactics trying to voo me into making payment for their accrediated online courses.
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There is this university named University of Mayford which is providing online distance learning and education. Wanted to know if this university is REAL or FAKE in the USA. They have already called me more than 3 times and with strong sales tactics trying to voo me into making payment for their accrediated online courses.
PLS HELP!!
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Hi I got a call today from someone claiming to be from the Us department of education, I did a degree unfortunately with a mill university and after all the money I paid now this issue.
They Informed me that my name is on a list of students being investigated for fraud certificates. I have the option of paying $1995. To take my name of the system or $6000 to transfer credit to another university. If I don’t my name would be publish on national television and legal action would be taken against me.
I have been a victim why should I have to pay more money.
The numbers I got the calls from were from the embassy and consulate since I’m from another country.
The thing that got me was the third number that called was registered to creek university, I started looking up this university and found this site.
Can someone please help me, this doesn’t make any sense at all.
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