This company ran an ad on Craigslist that stated they pay $500 per month to bloggers. Then then asked applicants who responded to send in an article (they, of course, didn't offer any pay for that original article).

Then, they sent applicants emails asking them to write for NOTHING!

>> We were flooded with applications, and we have now chosen the
>> candidates to fill our paid writer positions. You are receiving this
>> message because you were not chosen for a position, but you still have
>> a chance to write for us.
>>
>> Since there was so much interest we have decided to allow a handful of
>> candidates to do either an unpaid internship or to be an unpaid
>> contributing writer.

ALL WRITERS ARE URGED TO **NOT WRITE** FOR THESE JERKS!