turg's Journal: It's not usually this obvious

Okay, so little things amuse me today. But anyway . . .

I assume that the envelope-stuffing make-money-fast schemes advertised in the newspaper classified ads are all some sort of scam but the ads themselves are usually a bit more subtle than this one:

Make Money Stuffing Envelopes!
Stuff 400 envelopes, get $800.
For information, send $2 to:
[etc.]

Obviousness is lost on some people.

[s20451]

Hilarious.

However, con games are usually intended for people who do not see the obvious. Maybe this is a subtle ploy to only recruit suckers and idiots?

Boyoboy

[LPetrazickis]

I am so doing that.:)

make $1,000

[heliocentric]

Receive over a thousand dollars from people all over the world!

To find out how, just send $1 to me!

Oh, that hurt...

[(H)elix1]

Time to clean the screen again. (grin)

Damn Near Made Me Spit Out My Soda...

[Trolling4Dollars]

I can just see the sucker who will see that ad and say, "Oh boy! This is my chance to live the Amuhrican Dream!"

I want in on this!

[dollar70]

I could really use information like this! Where do I send my $2?

My Uncle

[RevMike]

My Uncle used to quip "For $100 I'll send you a kit teaching you how to make money fast. For $1,000 I'll teach you how to sell the kits."

Jay Leno

[jeffy124]

recommend taking that clipping and dropping it into an envolope addressed to The Tonight Show. Maybe Jay will include in his Headlines set.

It's so tempting to do that.

[eugene ts wong]

I mean it's so tempting to submit ad like that to my local paper. Unfortunately, that scam really is a scam on so many levels. If it costs $.50 to send an envelope, then you'd only make about $1.50.