As an employer do you think you'd be able to spot someone with false credentials? Would their interview reflect inexperience, or would their documents would be out of order if they weren’t legitimate? With the surge of people getting fake online degrees and other phony documents, you'd better take another look. Or, better yet, let EBI take a look at them.

New trends in faking credentials range from low budget methods, to new technologies designed to fool even the experts. The apparent quality of these false documents is making unqualified applicants increasingly bold. Recently in fact, several false diplomas, some from Harvard, were uncovered when individuals took a professional certificate, earned legitimately by someone else, and erased that person’s name. Professional quality copies were then made of the certificate, and a new name signed in. Presto: instant credibility!

If you think these kinds of forgeries couldn’t possibly work, keep in mind that credential evaluators believe that at least five percent of all applicants apply to jobs with false documents. Five percent means that even in a small company of 20 people chances are one employee hasn't got the credentials they claim they do. In a larger company, the numbers add quickly.

And then there’s the internet. Recent totals list more than 160 fake accrediting agencies that bring in a staggering $500 million a year in false credentials. It's big business. That’s a lot of money being spent in order to trick you, and put your company at risk. For example, a certificate or degree can be bought online, with a valid serial number and student identification, for as little as $100. An extra $25 will even buy you letters of recommendation, all printed on professional school letterhead, and designed to dazzle you with qualifications that your applicant just does not have.

EBI has experts in:

education credential verification

professional licence credential verification

employment verifcation

military record verification

We can do the legwork to thoroughly research employee credentials in any field and any area for you, and save you the time and hassle of having to track down the right people to verify a potential employee.

EBI offers a credentials check that's quick, confidential, and thorough, evaluating and verifying everything from an Aerospace Engineering degree to transportation credentials like DOT certification. Don’t let the high-tech tricksters use false documents to take advantage of you; let EBI do the legwork and keep those five percent looking elsewhere.