Beware of the Economic Report

A couple weeks ago we got a call from this lady saying she was a assistant producer to the Economic Report TV show. She went on to talk about how the show is syndicated on CNN, /MSNBC, FOX News, and other major cable news outlets. She asked if I would be interested in being a contributor on these programs. Specifically she said they were looking for someone to come on when they had topics about making money on the internet. I said sure... Actually I was pretty excited about it. She said her producer would call me back. While on the phone with her a few things stuck out in my mind. She had a accent that was like part french part Nigerian and it was pretty clear she was a on VOIP system in a call center because I could hear tons of other people in the background pitching the same thing. Fishy... A couple days later this "producer" for the Economic Report contacts me and he sounds pretty legit. He asks me my thoughts on various topics and I get all excited cause I am trying to blow his doors off with answers showing him how much I know. Then he gets to the payment part and says its $20,000.00 per episode. Now there have been several times I have been paid to speak in public but DAMN 20 large everytime I go on this show as a contributor? Thats hot! Well in a very uncomfortable turn of events he says that I will be the one paying 20k per episode! WTF?????. I am helping you out Jack! Anyway I talked to a friend who works for the local cable company and he dove into it a bit. Come to find out it looks like they are just buying commercial time. (I have never seen the show and have looked for it) I guess its a localized market thing. What a scam this is though. Be careful of this Economic Report. They are going after online marketers.