A few weeks ago I came across a website that allows college students to cheat on due dates, but without a “lame excuse.”  The website is Corrupted-Files.com.  This is a very witty way of using the complexities of technology to cheat.  Very interesting to say the least.  Here’s how it works…

• The student does not have a paper done by the assigned due date.
• The student can then go to Corrupted-Files.com and download  a corrupted file (Powerpoint, Excel, or Word) – the file doesn’t corrupt anything on your computer, it’s simply not able to be opened by the person receiving the file (which in this case is a professor).
• The student purchases the file, names it the title appropriate for the project that’s due, and emails the purchased file to the professor
• It will likely take the professor a day or two to get back to the student describing his/her inability to open the file.
• It may also take the student a day to get that professors email (which is likely intentional on the students part) – thus giving the student a minimum of 2-3 more days after the original due date to get the actual document completed.
• The professor just assumes that something happened to that particular file, not assuming anything is fishy with the interaction with the student.
• Meanwhile, the student is taking the extra time to get the assignment done.
• Once it’s complete the student emails the actual file to the professor without him/her knowing anything that’s gone on.
• The student is not likely to be marked down for being late because it was an “unkown error” that occured.

What are your thoughts about this site?  Actually, do you think I should've even posted this?  Do you think some people might see this - and then cheat?

For an article written about this website, click here.