There's even services that you can pay, that will claim to be the so_and_so's supervisor or colleague or whomever to play the references game. They are indeed

There's even services that you can pay, that will claim to be the so_and_so's supervisor or colleague or whomever to play the references game. They are indeed worthless. Well, unless you're going through clearance paperwork that requires proof of people for things you say happen. Don't like there. It will come back and bite you; with felonies.