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Fake Qualification, Bought ones too

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SarahSax1986	May 31 2007, 10:12 PM Post #1
Unregistered	So, does anyone on here have any fake qualifications that mean they can put letters after their name, or qualifications they have bought? I myself am able to put letters after my name.... Sarah ?????? Hkt.B (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Edit/ Also does anyone know of qualifications than one can simply buy?

nic	May 31 2007, 10:19 PM Post #2
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 600 Joined: 26-October 06 Member No.: 8081	No, I only have real ones after my name (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) What do yours mean, and why do you want to buy more?

A.U.K	May 31 2007, 10:21 PM Post #3
Prodigy Group: Members Posts: 1629 Joined: 17-April 07 Member No.: 10759	Hello Sarah... Why on earth would anyone want to put fake letters after their name...I can only see somone doing this if they wish to decieve people... Not quite sure as to the reason for your post...enlighten us please...do you wish to put letters after your name...if so why? if it isnt true and the person doesn't have the qualifications whats the point

SarahSax1986	May 31 2007, 10:21 PM Post #4
Unregistered	Mine are very special and are top secret (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) Ok, mine basically mean I am a Hereditary Knight of the Templar (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) I don't particularly want to buy any, I am just curious as to the availability of these qualifications etc.

nic	May 31 2007, 10:22 PM Post #5
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 600 Joined: 26-October 06 Member No.: 8081	Do you actually use those letters at all Sarah? And at the risk of being rude (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif) - did you actually pay for them?

SarahSax1986	May 31 2007, 10:26 PM Post #6
Unregistered	QUOTE(A.U.K @ May 31 2007, 11:21 PM) Hello Sarah... Why on earth would anyone want to put fake letters after their name...I can only see somone doing this if they wish to decieve people... Not quite sure as to the reason for your post...enlighten us please...do you wish to put letters after your name...if so why? if it isnt true and the person doesn't have the qualifications whats the point The topic has arisen from someone I know saying how they acquired a fake degree off of the internet for a small fee. I was just curious. I myself am not after letters to put after my name, as I do not agree with it. One should only use letters if one has aquired them in the proper manner. QUOTE(nic @ May 31 2007, 11:22 PM) Do you actually use those letters at all Sarah? And at the risk of being rude (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif) - did you actually pay for them? Haha, no I do not use those letters. I acquired them as a foke after my dad did some research on them after reading The Davinci Code. Of course I didn't pay for them. I have much better things to spend my money on, such as new saxophone reeds (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

nic	May 31 2007, 10:28 PM Post #7
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 600 Joined: 26-October 06 Member No.: 8081	Okay, it all makes sense now! I was wondering the polite way to ask how much money you spent (wasted? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/glare.gif) ) on them! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) It is a strange yet intruiging concept that people actually would pay money for these things. Especially if you're going to lie about your skills, you may as well not bother purchasing them & just use the letters anyway!

SarahSax1986	May 31 2007, 10:32 PM Post #8
Unregistered	QUOTE(nic @ May 31 2007, 11:28 PM) Okay, it all makes sense now! I was wondering the polite way to ask how much money you spent (wasted? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/glare.gif) ) on them! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) It is a strange yet intruiging concept that people actually would pay money for these things. Especially if you're going to lie about your skills, you may as well not bother purchasing them & just use the letters anyway! I guess it gives the people who fake their qualification a small feeling that their qualification is real as they had to do something to get it, the something just happens to be paying copius amounts of money in some cases.

Noodelz	May 31 2007, 10:55 PM Post #9
Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 4380 Joined: 30-June 05 From: London Member No.: 4025	You could just put letters on the end of your name and say it was given to you for the work you did helping your mum out at home. It's just that no-one would recognise it.

bevpiano	Jun 1 2007, 09:03 AM Post #10
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 738 Joined: 30-September 06 From: hertfordshire Member No.: 7837	It probably would be quite easy for someone to put false qualifications after their name - e.g. when advertising for pupils. I've certainly never had anyone ask for proof when enquiring about lessons. I did have to supply photocopies when joining ISM & EPTA & applying for a post-grad course, but I didn't when applying for my job as a peri (but I think I would have to if applying now).

Robodoc	Jun 1 2007, 04:34 PM Post #11
Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 2720 Joined: 30-March 07 From: Chorley, Lancs Member No.: 10431	QUOTE(bevpiano @ Jun 1 2007, 10:03 AM) It probably would be quite easy for someone to put false qualifications after their name - e.g. when advertising for pupils. I've certainly never had anyone ask for proof when enquiring about lessons. I did have to supply photocopies when joining ISM & EPTA & applying for a post-grad course, but I didn't when applying for my job as a peri (but I think I would have to if applying now). I heard of someone running a stables who always put MKC after their name. Turned out it stood for "Member of the Kennel Club"! In general terms I cannot imagine why anyone would want to pay for a false qualification - if it's false you may as well make it up yourself. Those who sell them are merely parasites preying on the gullible. I've worked with a couple of people who had forged real (medical) qualifications though. One of these doctors was simply awful and was detected within minutes by his complete lack of knowledge, inappropriate attitude etc. The other was actually rather good and was on his third 6 month job in a teaching hospital before, half way through a professorial ward round, he legged it to the back of the ward and down the fire escape about a minute before the police arrived to arrest him. We never found out who tipped him off (& they caught him eventually!) The point is, his MB BS & BSc were all forged - he had never been to medical school or any other university in his life, and yet his last reference was both genuine and excellent: He really was a good doctor and had natural gifts as a surgeon: If only he had bothered to go through the system . . .

AnnC	Jun 1 2007, 06:30 PM Post #12
Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 2649 Joined: 8-February 06 Member No.: 6097	I know of a music "teacher" who puts his nursing qualifications after his name on his music website. Joe Public wouldn't know the difference, so it is misleading. He advertises teaching his instruments to a MUCH higher standard than he is qualified himself. Phoney!

Soph15	Jun 1 2007, 08:41 PM Post #13
Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 6074 Joined: 8-October 06 From: somewhere only I know!! Member No.: 7906	Why would anyone want to buy a fake qualification... arent they only cheating themselves?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

Scaramouche	Jun 1 2007, 09:27 PM Post #14
Prodigy Group: Members Posts: 1372 Joined: 26-March 07 Member No.: 10322	How can one be allowed to have letters after their name for a "qualification" that comprises of merely joining an organisation? Is that not a bit pointless?

Deborah	Jun 1 2007, 09:42 PM Post #15
Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 5624 Joined: 16-December 04 From: Monsalvat, Valhalla Member No.: 2747	QUOTE(dcmbarton @ Jun 1 2007, 10:31 PM) It is a membership - just as one might be a MInstP in the science world. David, can you enlighten us on the entry criteria for the organisations which form part of your Scrabble set of post-nominals? Is it just "pay us your membership and have these letters" or is it "you need to have cleared this academic hurdle before you can join"? Husband has MA MIET on his business cards. The MA should speak for itself; the MIET is Member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology, who have strict entry criteria, usually a minimum of a first degree in engineering awarded by a recognised university.

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