# Do you see any red flags/scam-like things in this ad for home income? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 9, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-any-red-flags-scam-like-things-in-this-ad-for-home-income/432796 "2008-01-09T00:28:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tesseract](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@tesseract](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tesseract)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-any-red-flags-scam-like-things-in-this-ad-for-home-income/432796/21 "2008-01-09T06:46:51Z")
[QUOTE=Santo Rugger] This really reminds me of a movie, the name of which I can’t remember. It’s a lot like Half Baked, though… So High, maybe? In the movie, the two pot heads make money by placing ads in the paper somehow. When anybody asks them how they make money like that, their answer is, in a Chong like voice, “It’s complex, man!” That’s all I’ve got. [/QUOTE] Ha! That kinda makes me nostalgic for…earlier days. ---
**Author:** ![Amblydoper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-any-red-flags-scam-like-things-in-this-ad-for-home-income/432796/22 "2008-01-09T06:49:06Z")
Without reading anything but the thread title: The first red flag is **home income**. ---
**Author:** ![tesseract](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@tesseract](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tesseract)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-any-red-flags-scam-like-things-in-this-ad-for-home-income/432796/23 "2008-01-09T06:51:25Z")
[QUOTE=Projammer] Forward it to me. I’m curious and bored enough to find out what the hook is. Might even lead into some humorous scambaiting. [/QUOTE] OK, Projammer, I just sent it to the address in your profile. Let us know if anything develops. If you become rich and make $70,000 per day or whatever it is they say, you have to give me ten percent. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-any-red-flags-scam-like-things-in-this-ad-for-home-income/432796/24 "2008-01-09T15:49:13Z")
[QUOTE=tesseract] OK, Projammer, I just sent it to the address in your profile. Let us know if anything develops. If you become rich and make $70,000 per day or whatever it is they say, you have to give me ten percent. [/QUOTE] Got it. I’ll set up a couple of disposable email accounts tonight to respond to them with. While the posting claims to be a company in Paris, the text has a Nigerian feel to it so there’s definately a scam cooking somewhere. I’ll post the text of the email here if anyone is interested. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-any-red-flags-scam-like-things-in-this-ad-for-home-income/432796/25 "2008-01-10T14:27:43Z")
Interested - please keep us updated. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-any-red-flags-scam-like-things-in-this-ad-for-home-income/432796/26 "2008-01-11T03:16:16Z")
[QUOTE=CoG888] Without reading anything but the thread title: The first red flag is **home income**. [/QUOTE] See post #17 and others- which illustrate why it’s not a good idea to post without reading. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-any-red-flags-scam-like-things-in-this-ad-for-home-income/432796/27 "2008-01-12T17:51:12Z")
Bumping - any response yet, **Projammer**? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-any-red-flags-scam-like-things-in-this-ad-for-home-income/432796.md?page=1)