Harvard Study Group would like to speak to me about my Ron Paul contributions?

My neighborhood list was split D/R.

It sounds like only Ron Paul supporters got the letter - because we're reading about it on RON PAUL FORUMS! If you're on here, and you got the letter, I'm sure you donated to RON PAUL!

The question remains if anyone got the letter who didn't donate to Ron Paul - but to answer that we have to know someone who donated to someone other than Ron Paul. Everyone I know either donated to Ron Paul or didn't donate to anyone. Does anyone know anyone who donated to someone other than Ron Paul?
 
V3n said:
My neighborhood list was split D/R.

It sounds like only Ron Paul supporters got the letter - because we're reading about it on RON PAUL FORUMS! If you're on here, and you got the letter, I'm sure you donated to RON PAUL!

The question remains if anyone got the letter who didn't donate to Ron Paul - but to answer that we have to know someone who donated to someone other than Ron Paul. Everyone I know either donated to Ron Paul or didn't donate to anyone. Does anyone know anyone who donated to someone other than Ron Paul?
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I did some googling and the only things I found are all coming from RP people.
 
I got the same letter and tossed it. It also showed the people in my precinct that donated to political people or parties and let me know how they got the info.
 
Cowlesy said:
Right, so, they don't ask you to report any information. All they do is put the website on it. So, they are likely tracking from what areas they receive web-hits, or, from what sites do they get linked (i.e. if you hyperlinked there from here).
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Their research is probably studying our reaction to the letter. :)
 
Actually it is not a study at all. The globalist are scrubbing their RP address database much like a spammer cleans his list of bounces. They are removing all the returned letters for people who have moved so they can be more efficient in rounding us up for FEMA camp reeducation. :p
 
airborne376, did the letter you received contain a table of contribution amounts with your full name, presidential campaign donation amount and party affiliation and those of six or ten of your "neighbors" with the initial of their last name? I wonder which variables they are studying.

I received a different creepy letter in Houston, Texas from this outfit. It has a table of my full name and a contribution amount and those of nine purported neighbors (all identified as being to the other political party) and less specific information about political contributions being public information. It doesn't give the FEC website link or suggest looking up family, friends and neighbors. The contribution amount on my letter is inaccurate. Did they design the letters to be creepy, mysterious and annoying or is it possible that the research team is so inept that they actually think their survey instruments are neutral?
 
Hi all,

I did not receive a letter but reading about 50% of the posts in this thread and looking at the photographs taken, I believe that this is a scam and not a real research study. Notice that the address given 108 littauer center, is not a real place. You can google it and find out.

The research is supposedly being conducted by Harvard researchers, yet they are NOT using Harvard e-mail addresses.

There are numerous regulations for real research studies in terms of protocols, explaining the purpose of the study, explaining your rights, etc, and all of this information is missing from the letter.

Also there is no Harvard-affiliated group called "Harvard Research Group" which is supposedly the organization.

It's not at a harvard.edu website.

I don't know what this group wants but I bet there is no Harvard affiliation and it is completely a scam. I would not respond to whatever they want.
 
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Sounds like a fraud. Dirty tricks dressed up as research, trying to slow down funding of pro-liberty candidates in the future.
 
To clarify, the letter I received said it was from "Information Dissemination on Campaign Contributions," which would be a study group (lower case) at Harvard--rather than an entity calling itself "Harvard Study Group." There might be reasons that they chose not to be part of the harvard.edu website if it is legit research, even though it seems odd.

Littauer Center appears to be a real building that is part of Harvard University, housing the Economic Department. Both Google maps and the Harvard.edu website show Littauer Center, 1805 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. I don't know whether there is a room or box number 108 inside Littauer.

This outfit isn't asking me, a recipient of the letter, to do anything. Earlier in this thread, cgainey posted two interesting responses from the research team's email address. Apparently, they are going to compare future political contributions. Based on postings by people who say they have received a letter in this thread and linked to it, the outfit apparently has sent several different versions of letters. These differences could possibly allow them to look at different variables in a scientific manner if their study is designed well. I still have several concerns.
 
L4Tx said:
To clarify, the letter I received said it was from "Information Dissemination on Campaign Contributions," which would be a study group (lower case) at Harvard--rather than an entity calling itself "Harvard Study Group." There might be reasons that they chose not to be part of the harvard.edu website if it is legit research, even though it seems odd.

Littauer Center appears to be a real building that is part of Harvard University, housing the Economic Department. Both Google maps and the Harvard.edu website show Littauer Center, 1805 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. I don't know whether there is a room or box number 108 inside Littauer.

This outfit isn't asking me, a recipient of the letter, to do anything. Earlier in this thread, cgainey posted two interesting responses from the research team's email address. Apparently, they are going to compare future political contributions. Based on postings by people who say they have received a letter in this thread and linked to it, the outfit apparently has sent several different versions of letters. These differences could possibly allow them to look at different variables in a scientific manner if their study is designed well. I still have several concerns.
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Searching "Information Dissemination on Campaign Contributions" also brings up nothing on google. Rather suspicious for a real study group.

And the letter shows an address of "108 Littauer Center," not the BUILDING Littauer Center. It's a hoax.

Is the Harvard logo on the letter? If not, another clear sign. B/c Harvard could go after them for infringement if they use it.
 
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zeloc said:
I don't know what this group wants but I bet there is no Harvard affiliation and it is completely a scam. I would not respond to whatever they want.
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I'm telling ya, if it is a real research project; its probably them studying people's response and how it travel online in social networks and whatnot.
If not, it sounds like voter intimidation. if I got one, I'd probably be contacting the school to find out if it is legit.
 
I'm fairly certain it's a hoax. But there is one way to determine if it is real. Someone posted a name toward the beginning of this thread of someone with a harvard.edu e-mail address who was supposedly supervising the person doing the study. All that would need to be done is for someone to e-mail her and ask her if it is a real study. That would answer the question right there.
 
zeloc said:
I'm fairly certain it's a hoax. But there is one way to determine if it is real. Someone posted a name toward the beginning of this thread of someone with a harvard.edu e-mail address who was supposedly supervising the person doing the study. All that would need to be done is for someone to e-mail her and ask her if it is a real study. That would answer the question right there.
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What do you mean by "hoax"? Are you claiming the users in this thread that claim to have received the letter, didnt actually receive it? Or the claims in the letter are a hoax. If it is the latter, it seems to me to be running afoul of FEC rules.
 
Harvard confirms their affiliation with letter I received

Below is the email I received tonight (May 30th) from Harvard's Economics Department Director of Administration (Ms. Belynda Bady). I had emailed her harvard.edu email address for confirmation as to whether the letter I received is part of academic research at Harvard University. I sent her a scanned image of the letter I received.

"Dear [my name]:

Thank you for your enquiry. The letter you received is part of a research study being conducted by Ricardo Perez-Truglia, a PhD student in our department, and Dr. Guillermo Cruces. The project has been reviewed and approved by Harvard's Committee on the Use of Human Subjects in Research. The information in the letter is taken from the public records of the Federal Election Commission. I am copying one of the researchers incase you have further questions.

I understand that you have concerns about the study, and encourage you to express them to any of the researchers, who can be reached at [admin email address from letter]. The study website, [url from letter], also gives you other contact options including a phone number and email address for the Committee on the Use of Human Subjects in Research.
Best, Belynda

BELYNDA BADY
Director of Administration
[Economics Department url]

Harvard University | Department of Economics
1805 Cambridge Street, Littauer 202, Cambridge, MA 02138
Ph: 617.492H2185 | Fax: 617.495.7730
[her email address which appears on research website]"
 
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