Re: Bi-Lingual? Talk on the Phone to Earn Money and Support Linguistic Research!

LDC Fisher Project <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Chat on the phone to support scientific research and earn up to $242 for
>about two hours of your time!
>Participants will be compensated as follows:
>
>For each 6 minute call you will receive a base of $6.00.  Upon
>completion of
>all 12 calls, you will be rewarded with a target completion bonus of
>$50.00.
>Additional bonuses are provided for completing calls in foreign
>languages and
>by taking calls on different phones.  A detailed description of the
>bonuses can be found at http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/Mixer
>
>In addition, for each call made, participants will be eligible for 1
>chance at (6) $500.00 lottery prizes.

What is the scam here?  This seems like a high pay for a fairly minor
duty.  I've been seeing this (or similar) posting for a couple of
years now.

And especially, why a bonus for multiple phones?

Is the sponsor of the research establishing a business relationship to
allow future telemarketing?