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Diploma mill operators prey on the weaknesses of unwise individuals who are seeking a college shortcut to success.

Diploma mills draw in potential customers with a glossy website, friendly service and promises of a bright future with their official-looking fake college degrees.

Later, consumers often discover that the promised success was just a wolf in sheep’s clothing. The victim loses a job, career or reputation, while the diploma mills remain in business.

My neighbors have a beautiful dog that appears to be a Doberman/Rottweiler mix. The dog is friendly and personable — but she has a sneaky and threatening side that the owners do not see. When she is alone in the yard, she becomes aggressive and menacing toward us and our elderly dog. Her wagging tale returns when her owners reappear; but she is dangerous.

Similarly, diploma mill operators portray fake degrees as beautiful, wonderful products. They paint a lovely picture of the additional income, probable promotions and elevated social status that a fake college degree may help provide.

Diploma mill sales personnel downplay the negative news accounts of lost jobs, jail time or shame caused when fake online degrees are exposed. They don’t mention that the use of fake degrees is illegal in some states, or that the Internet makes it easy for employers to discover fraudulent college degrees.

As a result of the deception, consumers do not always recognize the dangers of a fake degree.

But a forfeited career, a fraud conviction and the accompanying fallout ultimately reveal to consumers the importance of recognizing the facts about fake degrees and discarding the superficial surface layer of hype.

Recently, our neighbors’ ’sweet, loving dog’ attacked and injured our blind, frail dog — resulting in a visit to the vet for wound and infection treatment.

So remember not to give in to the dreamy fairy tales and honey-smooth sales pitches of online diploma mill operators.

Otherwise, your fake degree could bite you where it hurts — in your job and career.

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