Graduating Students’ Selfie Warning

Saturday, 24th July 2021 at 11:51am

According to the FE News website, a degree fraud service is warning students that sharing photos of graduation certificates on social media drives the multi-million pound trade in fake degrees.

Fraud experts fear a surge in graduation selfies appearing on social media such as Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter as students look for ways to mark their achievement online.

Using the latest technology, photos of certificates showing latest logos, crests, signatories, stamps, holograms and wording can be used to make forged versions which can then be picked up on trading sites such as eBay for a few pounds.

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