Some of the fraudulent Federal job companies simply sell packages of information, while promoting them as “inside track” reports. Others lead you to believe that taking their practice exams or filling out their application forms greatly increases your likelihood of landing a Federal job. The cost of these “Federal job aids” ranges from the ol’ bargain-basement price of $19.95 up to $80 or more.
But what they don’t tell you, is that Federal job information and application forms are always free and readily available from government agencies. In fact, these days you can even apply on line or submit your resume directly to most agencies. They also fail to mention that the Federal government has eliminated exams for many of its jobs. Even if exams are required, the agencies administering them typically offer free sample questions once they’ve scheduled you to take their exams. Some of the exams, such as for the U.S. Postal Service, test your aptitude. You can’t really study in advance for an aptitude exam. You’ve either got it already or you don’t, regardless of how many times you take so-called practice exams.
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There are many Internet business opportunities that exploit the novelty of the Web as a lure. If you nibble, they’ll further bait you with promises of freedom, esteem, high income and the good life. For a fee, they’ll set you up with a company-sponsored, duplicate Website, along with products or services to sell. But many will also offer you incentives to recruit others to pay the fee, which is really what these so-called opportunities are all about. They are among what the U.S. Federal Trade Commission cleverly calls Dot Cons.
The real business of these types of dot-cons is not wholesaling products or services. It’s selling the concept of the scheme itself, and duping you into reselling it for them. But by law in most U.S. states, one can’t profit from recruiting, with nothing changing hands but fees and commissions for the scheme itself. That’s illegal pyramiding. To get around it, these dot-cons sell tangible, “distributorship” Websites on which to seemingly resell their products or services. But a closer look reveals that, what’s really for resale, is the distributorship itself over and over again.