South Africa has emerged as a hub of one of the world's biggest fake
university degree scams, offering diploma and degree certificates on the
Internet via email spam and telemarketing.
Fake degrees from the so-called "Harrington University" came to light after
a Bothasig woman accused a Maitland electronic surveillance expert of posing
as an academic doctor in electronics and later found herself defending a
defamation claim in court.
The Goodwood Magistrate's Court found that Maureen Gallon, a University of
Cape Town staffer, had not defamed businessman Klaus Knopf, who based his
claim on a certificate showing he had a degree from Harrington.
Knopf, who was being sought by German justice authorities for posing as a
"doctor", was listed by a special police task team in Cape Town as a wanted
fugitive.
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university degree scams, offering diploma and degree certificates on the
Internet via email spam and telemarketing.
Fake degrees from the so-called "Harrington University" came to light after
a Bothasig woman accused a Maitland electronic surveillance expert of posing
as an academic doctor in electronics and later found herself defending a
defamation claim in court.
The Goodwood Magistrate's Court found that Maureen Gallon, a University of
Cape Town staffer, had not defamed businessman Klaus Knopf, who based his
claim on a certificate showing he had a degree from Harrington.
Knopf, who was being sought by German justice authorities for posing as a
"doctor", was listed by a special police task team in Cape Town as a wanted
fugitive.
http://www.tscm.com/tscm-l/022704.txt
