Ghost Research Project Scam

It's nothing more than a money making scheme, but rather than simply make money off of people's gullibility, we make money off of their desire to be vindicated in it.

Some people truly believe in ghosts. And many scams are out there making money off of these people selling them products, ointments, incense and what-have-you that ostensibly address these phantom problems. We can do something similar, but I would feel better about it if we were (only slightly) more up front regarding our true intentions. And I think we will still make money.

Here's how it works:

We advertise in paranormal publications for people to participate in our research. We identify ourselves as skeptics hoping to disprove the existence of ghosts.

All you have to do is purchase one of our "ghost repellent crystals" that a "certified" spiritualist has "blessed" or whatever it is they do. Once they receive it, they must follow our spiritualist's instructions for its use and report back to us the results of our simply survey: Did they experience more, the same, or less paranormal haunting after using the device? In other words, did the crystal function?

We promise that at the end of the research period we will publish the results and identify whether the crystal showed any statistically significant difference. If so, we will concede that their belief is vindicated.

Of course, it goes without saying that our results will be positive, so we will simply publish on our web site a pre-defined set of results admitting our defeat. By then we have deposited their checks and run off, but the whole scheme will no doubt satisfy our customers, so no one will be looking for their money back.