My dear friends. Please do some research before writing a cheque. There are so many resources online to find out if a university its real. For example, Wikipedia provides a complete list of US colleges by state. Another source is national university rankings and many more. Another way to verify is that no US college will offer admission much less a degree to an international student without TOEFL, GMAT etc. Trust me I know because I went to two different US universities for bachelor's and master's.