Paid Survey Scams - The Truth About On Line Paid Surveys

By Ash Ford

Get ready to be shocked and even surprised by the paid survey scams and the truth about on line paid surveys

A very aggressively promoted scam is the "paid surveys" business. You probably have come across their claims that state that you can "Earn $100 per hour filling out simple surveys". The way the scam works is that 'suspects' are asked to pay a fee of $35 to $50 dollars in order to gain full access to a so-called private list of companies that offer paid surveys for part or full time work.

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

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 seem legal because they feature fake testimonials from allegedly '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!