I am a recent college graduate (4 year degree from an accredited university) & was looking for a job in the Criminal Justice field. I was made aware of a program that was being offered in a major local city where you could learn how to get a job with the federal government. I told a friend of mine in the same prediciment about this & she agreed to go with me.
We went to the location, all decked out in professional attire. We arrived about an hour before the presentation was to start to ensure our acceptance to the speech. When we finally were allowed into the room, there were about 50 others who looked like they walked in off of the street. Despite that, we were very attentive through the whole presentation given by a gentleman who claimed that we could all get jobs with the federal government within 3 months. Furthermore, he explained that the company would be sending out 12 lessons to us & we'd go over the material & then take a 100 question practice civil service exam. We would do the test, send it back in a pre-paid envelope & get it mailed back to us within 2 days.
Many questions were asked, most of which unintelligent, and we were left with the impression that we basically were paying for an actual civil service exam. He also told us that when we go to take the test, we tell them that we took this program & would be tested away from all other applicants because they were extremely sure that we'd pass the test with well above average scores. He assured us that he was taking this lesson after his stint in the military & that a counselor would mentor us through the whole process.
After he explained the cost ($900.00), most of the room cleared out immediately after his presentation. There were about 7 of us total who stuck around for further questions & an interest to sign up for the lessons. My friend & I were hesitant at first because of the high cost, but after being assured that we were basically paying for the answers to the civil service test, we agreed to sign up.
After the inital $100.00 deposit, we were told we'd be receiving our first lesson in a week. HA, first lie. After waiting for 2 weeks & getting nothing, I finally called the company. They said that they received the paperwork & would be sending out the material in a week.
After getting the first lesson & reading the information, I felt like I was back in college. They were saying stuff that I just spent the past 4 years of my life learning. The quality of the material was horrible. Lots of tyops & not professionally done. There wasn't a copy of a civil service test, only direct word-for-word questions from the reading material. So, I sent the test back with high hopes for lesson 2 to contain the test. Nope... Same as the first lesson. After sending about $200.00 total, doing about 7 lessons, & repeatedly calling them to see when I'd actually get a civil service test & not some 4th grade quality information, I got nothing.
DO NOT fall for this scam like I and my friend did.
Maddie
tanzanite
Zimbabwe
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