I learned about this crap when I was a sophomore at ISU. Had a HS classmate, whom I'd never really known, call me out of the blue to say "Hey, I work for this company and we're hiring for summer interns. I think you'd be a great fit and it pays really well, like $8,000 for the whole summer." Me being a naive idiot thought "that sounds amazing!" so I met her and her boss at the Union. Yeah, it was a door to door book selling gig. They bought you a plane ticket to Houston and gave you $250 for your first week. Then, all your financial support was based on your sales. They did not provide housing or a ticket back home. "Where will I stay if I can't make any sales?" "You'll be selling so much you won't have to worry about it." Yikes. Thank God I got out of there before agreeing to anything.