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

LDC Fisher Project <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Chat on the phone to support scientific research and earn up to $242 for
> about
> two hours of your time!
> 
> The Linguistic Data Consortium at the University of Pennsylvania
> (www.ldc.upenn.edu) needs participants for MIXER, a new
> telephone speech study. MIXER is open to anyone who speaks both English
> and any
> one of the following languages fluently:
> 
>         Spanish
>         Arabic
>         Russian
>         Mandarin
> 
> The calls recorded for the MIXER Project will support linguistic
> research,
> technology development and education.  We will keep participant
> identities
> strictly confidential.
> 
> MIXER participants will take part in up to 12 telephone calls of six
> minutes
> each with other participants on suggested topics.  (Topics can
> be found at: http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/Mixer
> A robot operator will initiate all calls. Participants need only
> answer their phones during the hours of the day that they specify during
> 
> the registration process.
> 
> 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.
> 
> You do not need to be a US citizen to participate.  You need only have
> the
> ability to answer a phone in the US.  If you know of anyone who might be
> 
> interested in supporting this study, we would greatly appreciate your
> making
> them aware of this opportunity.
> 
> To register for this study please visit the following page:
> 
> http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/Mixer
> or call (800) 380-PENN for more information.
> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Dr. David Miller
> MIXER Project Manager
> 
> --
> David Miller                             Linguistic Data Consortium
> (215) 573-9458                         3600 Market Street - Ste. 810
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]                         Philadelphia, PA 19104

Is this real?  

Thanks,
   sw