Square Enix had the "consulting firm" HitDetection work on FF7 Rebirth
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When you pull the camera back far enough, not many. Even the ones who aren't personally scamming are usually helping you with needless regulations that were lobbied for by the same group that charges the consultants to be "certified" in their area. Or by some company that locks their documentation to paying consultants, forcing you to go through them to accomplish basic things. Who do you think goes to an Oracle or Salesforce convention? Why would those even have conventions without that artificially sustained consultant class?
On the other hand, security consultants and that sort can be okay. Situations where you explicitly want to test with an outsider.
The only time consultation isn't a scam is specifically the type of work that cannot be done in-house or through some kind of contractor work. If it can be done either other way, the consultation is 100% a scam, even those with good intentions. Why is it a scam? Because there are better ways of getting that work achieved.