It seems that about once every month a new “favorite” pitch gets added to the bottomless spam bucket, and this month’s flavor appears to be fake diplomas. Of course they aren’t hawked as fakes, and in some cases they truly are real diplomas made available to people who haven’t earned them (in exchange for a generous fee of course), but the end result is the same either way: Crooks and fakes passing themselves off as college graduates, with a diploma in hand to “prove” it.
It’s hard to believe that people actually fall for these types of scams, but fall they do or the spammers would have to look for another line of work. Perhaps it’s greed, perhaps it’s naïveté, or more likely a little of both, but spam is profitable because far too many among us are all too willing to take the bait. When will the gullible among us finally learn their lesson about dealing with such lowlifes as spammers and fraudsters? My guess is never, and that leaves all the rest of us having to wade though hundreds of garbage emails a day just to retrieve a handful of legitimate messages.
There are plenty of opportunities available for earning a real diploma, but they don’t come easy…or overnight. Legitimate online college degree programs abound, but just like the diplomas earned by attending brick and mortar colleges and universities, earning one requires dedication and hard work. No spammers need apply.