Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Paid Survey Scams - The Truth About On Line Paid Surveys

By Ash Ford


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

A very heavily promoted scam is "paid surveys". You must have come across claims such as "Earn $100 per hour filling out simple surveys". How this scam works is that people are asked to pay a fee ranging from $35 to $50 dollars in order to gain access to a list of companies that offer paid surveys.

The companies that run the surveys do not even charge you for taking their surveys. What they do is pay you if you complete their surveys subject to certain rules set out at the begining

Many of them compile personal information about you to sell to other marketers. Some others require you to pay to access a database of survey opportunities that you could find on your own for free. Many, if not most, paid survey offers do not deliver the rewards they promise, so beware. There are a number of ways that paid surveys inconvenience or mislead participants.

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 seem legitimate because they feature phony testimonials from 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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