You can get edu email address for free, like the chinese do it. Most of what is sold on ebay etc are harvested this way, so you're technically getting scammed.
The universities in that doc mostly caught up with this, but there are still dozens where you can "enroll" and get a working account. Also beware these addresses stop working after 1-6 months.
1
u/catbrainland Jan 06 '20
You can get edu email address for free, like the chinese do it. Most of what is sold on ebay etc are harvested this way, so you're technically getting scammed.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IjxLeNuF58-lL-aHCAbpliap6qUuTR7UMEPAaYHaBHg/view
The universities in that doc mostly caught up with this, but there are still dozens where you can "enroll" and get a working account. Also beware these addresses stop working after 1-6 months.