I work at a university and we get people trying to pass all kinds of stuff off as originals (transcripts, reference letters, language scores, etc.). Some of it looks so fake that it's laughable. We insist on original, sealed documents sent to us directly from the issuing institution. For reference letters they must come directly from the referee in a sealed envelope. If it comes to us by email it is considered unofficial if it comes from a gmail, hotmail, etc account. If it's emailed it needs to be from the professor or referee's professional work email and followed up with an original in a sealed document. This last application cycle there seemed to be a huge increase in questionable documents over previous years.
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