Dubious employment opportunity of the week...

Name and phone number deleted to protect the guilty (though you can find it on Craigslist today):

Author more than half-way done completing a book on the secret causes of deliberate mass unemploymnet. Looking for an assistant or co-author for 10 or more hrs/week. Author is offering between 1/3-1/2 of royalties depending upon contribution made. Especially needed is someone to write letters asking for permission to use copyright material; write & organize end notes; and compile index. Due to the intense public debate on mass unemployment, the book has great promise for financial reward. Call XXXX at XXX-XXX-XXXX.

He didn't say he needed a proofreader, though! But I'm guessing that wouldn't hurt.