Bogus Job Ads Stamped Out

Here's one of those, "if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is" stories. A Nashville-based company ran the following classifed ads across the country:

*ANNOUNCEMENT* HIRING for 2005 POSTAL POSITIONS $17.50-$59.00 Plus+ hour. Full benefits. Paid Training Vacations. No Experience Necessary. Green Card OK CALL 1-866-329-0801

Callers to the number were told that the firm they had reached was connected with the Postal Service; that postal jobs were available; that they would receive study materials that would help them pass the postal entrance exam; and that if they passed, they were guaranteed a job. Unfortunately, the Federal Trade Commission says, all those claims were bogus. Even the "paid training vacations"? Too bad.