Afarand University Degree Fake American University Degree Scam Internet
On November 14, 2009 an arrest warrant was issued for Afarand Institution By IRI Department of Justice & Iran Ministry of Education and Training.
"Professors Against Plagiarism" blog has been campaigning against Afarand fraudulent activities since Feb 12, 2009. "Professors Against Plagiarism" blog has been established by a group of Iranian professors in cooperation with colleagues at other universities worldwide, aimed at building public awareness against companies such as Afarand who have been selling fake American University degrees in Iran and worldwide.
To find out more about Afarand Scam Degrees visit (Page in Farsi/ Persian): http://profs-against-plagiarism.blogspot.com/2009/02/blog-post_417.html
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Read the English translation here: http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=fa&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fprofs-against-plagiarism.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F02%2Fblog-post_417.html
It is amazing how both Google and NETWORK SOLUTIONS LLC refuse to take down Afarand's site and it's Pay Per Click advertisements when the arrest warrant has been issued and published online more than a year ago. Does anybody really care about the American Universities reputation anymore? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Supporting Evidence/ Newspaper Articles
***Arrest Warrant issued By IRI Department of Justice & Iran Ministry of Education and Training*** English Translation/ Mehr News Original Article: http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=fa&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mehrnews.com%2Ffa%2FNewsDetail.aspx%3FNewsID%3D981944
Original News Source [In Farsi/Persian]:
1-Mehrnews http://www.mehrnews.com/fa/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=981944
2-Sobhe Khabar http://sobhekhabar.com/news/news_item.asp?NewsID=271
3-Rahva http://www.rahva.ir/component/content/article/60-1388-07-27-10-37-04/4966-1388-08-22-09-34-13.html
4-Tabnak http://www.tabnak.com/nbody.php?id=14350
5-Jahan News http://jahannews.com/vdcd5j05.yt0k56a22y.txt
6-Farda news http://www.fardanews.com/fa/news/95590/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%DA%A9-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D9%BE%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3
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The latest REGISTRY WHOIS FOR AFARAND.COM
Domain Name: afarand.com Updated: 1 second ago - Refresh Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC. Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com Status: clientTransferProhibited Expiration Date: 2013-12-25 Creation Date: 2006-12-25 Last Update Date: 2009-11-14 Name Servers: ns10.worldnic.com ns9.worldnic.com See afarand.com DNS Records
AFARAND.COM WHOIS Registrant:Smith, Tom 228 Park Ave S #28010 New York, NY 10003 US Domain Name: AFARAND.COM Administrative Contact, Technical Contact: Smith, Tom @yahoo.com 228 Park Ave S #28010 New York, NY 10003 US 614-3403547
Record expires on 25-Dec-2013. Record created on 11-Nov-2009. Database last updated on 6-Mar-2011 12:14:38 EST. Domain servers in listed order: NS9.WORLDNIC.COM 205.178.190.5 NS10.WORLDNIC.COM 206.188.198.5 Information Updated: Sun, 6 Mar 2011
2 Updates & Rebuttals
AFARAND
AFARAND is a Lawful Company
#3REBUTTAL Owner of company
Fri, December 06, 2013
AFARAND as the leader institute of higher education services is a lawful company which has been worked for more than ten years.
AFARAND had some agents in IRAN few years ago, but because of their inaccuracy and students complaints we decide to discontinue cooperating with them.
All the complaints are at the time when our agents were working in IRAN.
There is nothing fake in our services and all the degrees granted from accredited universities based on evidential documentation from the students.
for more information please send your questions to university@afarand.net
AFARAND
United States of AmericaLawful Company
#3REBUTTAL Owner of company
Wed, June 22, 2011
AFARAND as the leader institute of higher education services is a lawful company which has been worked for more than ten years.
AFARAND had some agents in IRAN few years ago, but because of their inaccuracy and students complaints we decide to discontinue cooperating with them.
all the complaints are at the time when our agents were working in IRAN.
there is nothing fake in our services and all the degrees granted from accredited universities based on evidential documentation from the students.
for more information please send your email to university@afarand.net