There are so many scams out there you really need to be careful. Many people expect to get scammed when seeking adult content or information on casinos or get rich quick scams but you let your guard down when you are seeking things on the Internet that seem very plain and professional. Here is the top scam people have problems with when seeking an LPN to RN program.
Book Scams- They lead you on and have you think they are a college and then you find out the 1,000 to 2,000 you are spending is just in buying their nursing books. After you have spent all that money they direct you to excelsior or some other correspondence college that has nothing to do with them. I was sucked into that scam and I came right out and said. “are you affiliated with a college?” “are you just selling books or are you the actual college?” I know it sounds so far fetched but this has happened to intelligent nurses and paramedics in the field looking for programs. The truth is that you just find your program and then get the list of books you need then you can order them from regular book companies, amazon, eBay or even Craigslist for hundreds of dollars less.