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Since then, many individuals and groups have offered similar monetary awards for proof of the paranormal in an observed setting. These prizes have a combined value of over $2.4&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.skepticreport.com/skepticism/getrichquick.htm | title=Get Rich Quick or Save the World| publisher=Skeptic Report | date= September 2003 | first=Claus | last=Larsen | access-date =2007-03-07 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070323193619/http://www.skepticreport.com/skepticism/getrichquick.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-03-23}}</ref>
Since then, many individuals and groups have offered similar monetary awards for proof of the paranormal in an observed setting. These prizes have a combined value of over $2.4&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.skepticreport.com/skepticism/getrichquick.htm | title=Get Rich Quick or Save the World| publisher=Skeptic Report | date= September 2003 | first=Claus | last=Larsen | access-date =2007-03-07 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070323193619/http://www.skepticreport.com/skepticism/getrichquick.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-03-23}}</ref>


The [[James Randi Educational Foundation]] offered a prize of a million dollars to a person who can prove that they have supernatural or paranormal abilities under appropriate test conditions. Several other skeptic groups also offer a monied prize for proof of the paranormal, including the largest group of paranormal investigators, the [[Independent Investigations Group]], which has chapters in Hollywood; Atlanta; Denver; Washington, D.C.; Alberta, B.C.; and San Francisco. The IIG offers a $100,000 prize and a $5,000 finders fee if a claimant can prove a paranormal claim under 2 scientifically controlled tests. Founded in 2000 no claimant has passed the first (and lower odds) of the test.<ref>{{cite web|last=[[Independent Investigations Group]]|title=Investigations|url=http://www.iigwest.org/investigations/index.html|access-date=2012-04-11}}</ref>
The [[James Randi Educational Foundation]] offered a prize of a million dollars to a person who