surreal snapshot of a plagiarism scam service
Should you ever need anything truly horrid to show your students about why they shouldn't plagiarize, check out this site. It's a "dissertation writing" outfit. Now scroll down in their FAQ to where it provides "endorsements." Search google for "Adrian J. Seath". Notice the dozen other scam sites? Same people, obviously.
Of particular interest is this variation, a college entrance essay scam site, with completely different fake endorsement quotes attributed to the same two names.
In that one, the scammer claims some credentials for him/herself: "I am a PhD Professor and have a lot of “writing college-entrance-essays” experience, as I am a senior faculty member at Rochville University."
A quick search for Rochville University reveals this, among other gems.
Are there people out there who are both (a) dishonest enough to try this, AND (b) so blitheringly stupid that they can't even take 30 seconds to find out that they're giving money to thieves?
(Incidentally, I wonder if defamation suits will be forthcoming from any of the people whose names were attached to fake endorsements?)
Edit: I probably ought to cite my source for the original link to the first site. ;-)
Of particular interest is this variation, a college entrance essay scam site, with completely different fake endorsement quotes attributed to the same two names.
In that one, the scammer claims some credentials for him/herself: "I am a PhD Professor and have a lot of “writing college-entrance-essays” experience, as I am a senior faculty member at Rochville University."
A quick search for Rochville University reveals this, among other gems.
Are there people out there who are both (a) dishonest enough to try this, AND (b) so blitheringly stupid that they can't even take 30 seconds to find out that they're giving money to thieves?
(Incidentally, I wonder if defamation suits will be forthcoming from any of the people whose names were attached to fake endorsements?)
Edit: I probably ought to cite my source for the original link to the first site. ;-)