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Facebook did something similar and I entered 'Bovine University', which it turns out has tens of thousands of students.

The University of Northern New Jersey would be a fun choice. A fictional school created by US Homeland Security for a sting operation.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Northern_New_J...

Edit: 72 Alumni and 2 employees on LinkedIn. Heh. https://www.linkedin.com/edu/university-of-northern-new-jers...

You could also go for the University of Southern North Dakota at Hoople.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Schickele https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._D._Q._Bach

> The fake university was recognized by the State of New Jersey and was accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC).[3] The director of the ACCSC confirmed that it had accredited the "university" to cooperate with the federal investigation.[6]

Thus bringing into doubt any ACCSC accreditation. I pity the innocent student who, at best, wasted time researching UNNJ, and possibly moved forward without realizing where the trail was leading.

They appear to give out accreditation to massage schools, schools of "hair design", and so forth. I don't know that they reached a new low or anything. Homeland Security didn't appear to arrest any students, just the brokers. However, they did appear to let the students get screwed out of their time and money, and then deport them.

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