Online fake degree for just $250
August 16, 2013 - 1:02am
By: Foo Jie Ying
NOT ASSOCIATED: A Facebook ad with the unauthorised MOE logo next to a link to a degree mill.
The Facebook advertisement promised a degree - no classes, no hassle, no exams - for just US$199 (S$253).
Top up another US$26 and you have yourself a doctorate.
Though affixed with the Singapore Ministry of Education's (MOE) logo, the ad leads to an external website called Global Accredited Degrees.
After signing up for a degree on the website, The New Paper received an e-mail from Belltown University, purportedly an online university.
On Wednesday, MOE posted on its Facebook page: "It has come to our attention that the MOE logo is being used without authorisation by ads on Facebook that claim to offer degrees approved by MOE."
Read the full report in The New Paper on Friday (Aug 16).
