# Safe Sex Get Paid WTF? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 2, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-get-paid-wtf/232114 "2004-03-02T15:38:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-get-paid-wtf/232114/1 "2004-03-02T15:38:16Z")
Ok. I know that [this](http://www.safesexgetpaid.com/) is a scam. But like, what would I get if I sent them $19.95? Enquiring minds . . . ---
**Author:** ![Greymot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ebca7d/32.png) [@Greymot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greymot)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-get-paid-wtf/232114/2 "2004-03-02T15:53:54Z")
Looks to me like a pornstar recruitment site. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-get-paid-wtf/232114/3 "2004-03-02T15:56:02Z")
> [@Gfactor](#): > > But like, what would I get if I sent them $19.95? You’d get screwed. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-get-paid-wtf/232114/4 "2004-03-02T16:25:18Z")
[rimshot] ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-get-paid-wtf/232114/5 "2004-03-02T18:35:19Z")
Assuming there’s even a trace of legitimacy, I’d bet it’s some sort of sperm studies. Your “safe sex” involves a porn magazine and a specimin jar. Of course, all these studies have already begun by the time you find out about them, so the best they can do is put you on a list assuming there’s any follow-up study. And if you’re a smoker, drug user, ever had an STD, etc. etc., you probably don’t even qualify for the study. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-get-paid-wtf/232114/6 "2004-03-02T18:56:20Z")
Well, this is basically the PaidOpinions scam with a more prurient appeal, isn’t it? On the face of it, you pay twenty bucks and get a booklet advising you to look through the classifieds for paid gigs as a research subject, which isn’t a viable way to make a buck, and certainly no way to get your rocks off. According to the [Better Business Bureau](http://www.cleveland.bbb.org/misc/NewsDetl.asp?ID=51), they’re not satisfied with leaving it at that misleading but more-or-less honest come-on: > [@](#): > > **National Research Group** (despite what the name may imply to readers) doesn?t conduct the research described and doesn?t set or pay the fees. The company probably isn?t the best resource for this kind of information, which can often be obtained free on the Internet or through public libraries. _The firm and its parent organization, **One to One Marketing** , have an unsatisfactory record with the Tucson BBB. One to One bounced those who responded to other ads to phone lines in the Dominican Republic via 809-area codes, costing callers anywhere from $11 to $300, depending on the time of day and long distance carrier._ ---
**Author:** ![Ottoerotic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6de8d8/32.png) [@Ottoerotic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ottoerotic)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-get-paid-wtf/232114/7 "2004-03-02T20:07:43Z")
> [@](#): > > One to One bounced those who responded to other ads to phone lines in the Dominican Republic via 809-area codes, costing callers anywhere from $11 to $300, depending on the time of day and long distance carrier. Which would explain why the website says: > [@](#): > > You must call first to set a date. Sounds like a scam to me. ---
**Author:** ![mischievous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mischievous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mischievous)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-sex-get-paid-wtf/232114/8 "2004-03-03T04:42:56Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > paid gigs as a research subject, which isn’t a viable way to make a buck, and certainly no way to get your rocks off. Actually I made quite a lot of money off being a research subject in college - anywhere between $500 - $2000 per study, while restricting myself to studies I felt to be very safe (they have to tell you possible dangers ahead of time). I couldn’t have paid the rent this way, as these studies don’t come up that often, but I was making probably ~$300/month spending money. The key is that, being a college student, I had a flexible schedule, the willingness to travel all over NYC, and (ahem!) an admirable physique for obesity-related studies. I did eventually get screwed by a study (at a extrememly reputable institution) which didn’t accurately represent the amount of time or pain involved. While it didn’t do me any lasting damage, I was at that time close to graduating, so I stopped the process. I also wrote a long letter to their human subjects committee, which I sincerely hope closed that rat-bastard’s study down. mischievous