# Work At Home AD SDMB is Scam **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 11, 2011, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-at-home-ad-sdmb-is-scam/588681 "2011-07-11T22:57:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lilbug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b487fb/32.png) [@lilbug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilbug)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-at-home-ad-sdmb-is-scam/588681/21 "2011-07-13T14:39:24Z")
Yeah, I see the ad is still here. “Fighting Ignorance Since 1973…” How 'bout start by not contributing to it. I can’t stay on a site that knowingly promotes something that has no purpose other than duping folks. “Straight Dope”…unless bullshit pays the bills. This site has lost all credibility in my eyes. Please delete my account. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-at-home-ad-sdmb-is-scam/588681/22 "2011-07-13T14:43:37Z")
This stuff takes some time to deal with. Your patience is appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Razncain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@Razncain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Razncain)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-at-home-ad-sdmb-is-scam/588681/23 "2011-07-13T15:07:27Z")
> [@lilbug](#): > > Yeah, I see the ad is still here. “Fighting Ignorance Since 1973…” How 'bout start by not contributing to it. I can’t stay on a site that knowingly promotes something that has no purpose other than duping folks. “Straight Dope”…unless bullshit pays the bills. This site has lost all credibility in my eyes. Please delete my account. That could make for a new catchy slogan: “Straight Dope, Fighting Ignorance Since 1973, but letting Bullshit pay the bills.” Best part of these scammers posting here though, is that they should get little takers in these parts. I think most would still like to see them go though. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-at-home-ad-sdmb-is-scam/588681/24 "2011-07-13T15:09:54Z")
So, **Marley** , does that mean you guys are dumping all the rest of the misleading and inaccurate ads? :innocent eyelash flutter: ---
**Author:** ![paperbackwriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@paperbackwriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paperbackwriter)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-at-home-ad-sdmb-is-scam/588681/25 "2011-07-13T15:12:23Z")
Doesn’t “misleading and inaccurate” describe on some level pretty much every single advertisement in existence? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-at-home-ad-sdmb-is-scam/588681/26 "2011-07-13T15:12:36Z")
I’m not sure I can remember any ad from SDMB that didn’t obviously lead to a scam; maybe there are ads for dating sites in some of the dating threads. (And I guess some of the “earn a degree online” ads are arguably not total scams). ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-at-home-ad-sdmb-is-scam/588681/27 "2011-07-13T19:48:21Z")
> [@paperbackwriter](#): > > Doesn’t “misleading and inaccurate” describe on some level pretty much every single advertisement in existence? If you don’t understand the difference between typical advertising and the sort of grossly misleading ads you often find here, I’m not sure what else I can say to you. > [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > I’m not sure I can remember any ad from SDMB that didn’t obviously lead to a scam I’ve seen some for Jimmy John’s and the Raffe. Those are the ones I can recall off the top of my head; I’ve been a paid member long enough now that I don’t remember more. The vast majority, however, are trash. But, of course, it couldn’t possibly be more cost-effective to set up ads to things that SDMB readers might actually have an interest in. Or to sell merch that looks like it’s designed to be worn by someone who has something vaguely resembling a fashion sense. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-at-home-ad-sdmb-is-scam/588681.md?page=1)