# Ever seen these ads?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-these-ads/192819>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 4, 2003, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-these-ads/192819 "2003-08-04T02:54:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![bittersweet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@bittersweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bittersweet)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-these-ads/192819/1 "2003-08-04T02:54:18Z")

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**"EASY’ZZZ’ $10,600! Cash Research! Sleep, Beer, & Smoke/Non-Smokers. All Welcome. Pvt Info: 274-4960 [MoneyUSA.Org](http://MoneyUSA.Org)"**

These ads run all the time on the back page of a local rag. Has anyone ever called or visited the [site](http://www.confidentialreport.com/index.htm) , and ordered the book? If so, did you qualify for and make any money from the studies?

My mother always said, “If it seems to good to be true, it probably is.”

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**Author:** ![bittersweet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@bittersweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bittersweet)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-these-ads/192819/2 "2003-08-04T03:10:58Z")

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Oh come on…NO ONE has anything to share?

Not even a li’l bit?

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**Author:** ![verbenabeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@verbenabeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenabeast)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-these-ads/192819/3 "2003-08-04T03:31:21Z")

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dude… I was about to say “sign me UP!” Then I read the website… if they tel you “It is like gettin money for nothing!”… you can rest assurred that it is most assueredly NOT like getting money for nothing!.. that reads a lot like “Hell, it’s only ONE kidney! You GOT a spare!”

I am dying to see a response from someone with experience with this thing…

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**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-seen-these-ads/192819/4 "2003-08-04T09:57:59Z")

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Your mother incorrectly added the word “probably.”