Fake jobs postings

I have been applying to jobs for years now with little to no luck. 6 years and still nothing, I've applied for everything from me paying them to the high-end jobs but never hear anything back. Luckly, I don't give up that easily so I'm still trying.

The main problem is the false hope I get every so often from "fake" jobs.

Many are easy to spot and know it's most likely fake, but a good handful look so real that I apply anyways. I have had 30+ "offers" from fake jobs that I applied too. These "jobs" however would waste my time for so long. The number of questions they have me fill out and work on takes forever, the reply back takes a while and when I finally do everything they ask; they tell me I'm hired without a single phone call/interview/video chat...

Am I just being paranoid at this point? Do some remote jobs not require you to actually speak with a person but just emails and a few questionnaires before they hire you?

If this happened a couple times I wouldn't care, however, it has happened 30+ times that at this point I wonder if that's the new norm of hiring?