| The Internet offers a lot of options. It offers | | | | If you type 'GED' into Google, legitimate information |
| convenience and personalization. But it's riddled with | | | | resources come up, but the first things you see are |
| fraud: fake e-mails from banks or the IRS, pleas for | | | | probably paid advertisements from 'high schools' |
| international assistance promising wealth, and dishonest | | | | offering online courses. If you read the fine print they |
| buyers and sellers on E-bay. Now, online education is | | | | don't actually offer a GED (despite the ad's headline), |
| blighted with its own scam artists: fake high schools. 39 | | | | because the GED can't be taken online. Instead, |
| million Americans need a high school diploma to get | | | | legitimate-sounding high schools with |
| better jobs and higher education, and they are | | | | professional-looking websites offer you a diploma and |
| becoming victims of websites that prey on their needs. | | | | claim that they're accredited. |