Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Avoiding Paid Surveys Scams

By Ash Ford


Paid survey scams and the truth about on line paid surveys will surprise and probably shock you

How paid surveys scams work is that your are asked to pay a fee anywhere from $35 to $50 dollars to get access to a listing of organizations that offer paid surveys. A very heavily promoted scam, "paid surveys" have very bold claims of income potential

The surveying companies themselves do not charge people for taking surveys, rather they pay participants who complete their surveys subject to certain requirements such as age, demographics, gender etc.

A lot of the paid survey offers do not deliver on the rewards promised. There are a number of ways that paid surveys continue to mislead and inconvenience people who take part. Many of them pull together personal information about you the participant and sell that information to marketing firms.

Survey databases can cost participants money. Many databases let people have access to lists of paid survey opportunities for a subscription fee. Once people have paid the fee, they discover that many of the surveys listed do not pay, and that nearly all of the listings are available elsewhere for free.

Many of these offers are very legitimate looking due to the fact that they feature phony testimonials from these anonymous satisfied users.

Some people might be fortunate enough to earn some regular cash, however, it will never add up to much, probably no more than a few hundred dollars a month at most!

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