Is this "education counseling firm" site real?

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For as long as I can remember my friend Stephen has been a loser. At age 24 he dropped out of his Community College and has since been living at home basically making a slob out of himself. He has lost countless girlfriends because of his habbit of getting drunk every other night, and has been pretty much the typical slacker. I always assumed that he’d end up working minimum wage at a gas station or convenience store somewhere.

I hadn’t seen him for a while and pretty much just forgot about him. The other day was a big surprise when he came to visit, driving up in a new BMW and telling us about his new 85k/year marketing job. After questioning him about how he got such a cozy position, he confided in me that he bought a college degree from the website http://www.diplomaforge.com, listed it in his resume, and was hired by a big marketing firm in a nearby city. Stephen told me that the “university” he got his degree from even verifies it as legit in case an employer ever enquired about it.

I don’t know, but this whole site sounds like a bunch of BS to me. Can universities really give out degrees based on work experience and history without the student having to take any classes?

― Digital Zombie (Digital Zombie), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 22:16 (twenty years ago)

I just signed up -- this is awesome!

― Confounded (Confounded), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 23:18 (twenty years ago)

It worked for me!

― Dr Ian Paisley (noodle vague), Thursday, 12 January 2006 00:30 (twenty years ago)

Dr. Ian Paisley! While you're here, could you advise me on how to get all the Papist stains out of my good orange shirt? I keep scrubbing but the green just won't come out!

― ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!! (ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!!), Thursday, 12 January 2006 02:12 (twenty years ago)

http://www.orriginals.com/images/pages/featured/phonics_thum.gif

― latebloomer: Let's just say I do for bullshit what Stonehenge did for Rocks (lat, Thursday, 12 January 2006 02:17 (twenty years ago)

Hey, I saw your profile and thought I'd say hi.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 12 January 2006 02:21 (twenty years ago)

I'm kind of new at this.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 12 January 2006 02:23 (twenty years ago)

Hello?

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 12 January 2006 02:25 (twenty years ago)

THanKs fOr ThE AdD!!!!

― John Justen (johnjusten), Thursday, 12 January 2006 02:36 (twenty years ago)

The job I worked in until yesterday was at a third-party pre-employment screening company, verifying previous employment and education for diff. large companies. There are a few companies like that which provide degrees, and we knew about all of them.

― naus (Robert T), Thursday, 12 January 2006 03:20 (twenty years ago)

in a nearby city

Yup. Yer slacker friend is selling drugs.

― Aimless (Aimless), Thursday, 12 January 2006 04:47 (twenty years ago)

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