Pay for Everything but SEO is for Free ?

Last night I received an email from a person with a business proposition. He is appreantly a middleman who have got a client who has around 400 domains and he wants to monetize them. This gentleman wanted me to take up the project for a 50% revenue share of what he would get which is approx $2000. Working on 400 domains for $2000 ??? Well, there is more to it…. the funny/sad part follows this…

He wanted me to send him
a) The BEST SEO-Experts Portfolio
b) One 3 page real-life advise with specific examples on how to make money from Adsense
c) Few of your great innovative ideas on how to make money in Internet

I wasn’t sure if he is oversmart or is he a newbie who is not sure of what he is asking for . I sent him a mail as below…
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I got a feel of the job however, I didn’t get the exact requirements/deliverables for the job from my end. Can you please explain exactly what are the things you will need me to do ?
For detailed discussion you can also call me at 09963111179
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And his reply was just a one liner

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Kindly follow the first e-mail. Details will be provided after getting the proper response.
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So, someone with whom I am speaking for the first time expects me to send

b) One 3 page real-life advise with specific examples on how to make money from Adsense
c) Few of your great innovative ideas on how to make money in Internet

FREE OF COST…. without even knowing the project or the person. Am I a fool or am I dying for a job ?

Also on a few minutes chat on Gtalk he asked for the same information and when I informed I provide these services only for a payment he told me there are 1000s of SEOs in India who do this for free and that was the end of it. I asked him to find one that is gullible to this offer and excuse me.

This guy would probably not ask a tax consultant or a lawyer or a doctor to provide free advice for a week before he is satisfied and starts paying him for his advices in future, would he ?

If people can pay for all other professional services why would they have to make such ridiculous demands when they need service from some Internet marketing professional ?

This reminds me a of a similar post that I read a few months back at Lee’s Blog

When will people understand that Internet marketing is a specialised services and SEO / SEM professionals are actually “PROFESSIONALS” and the services we provide do require payment ??