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Paid Surveys Scams, How to stay away from them

May 27, 2008 By: Newbornbusiness Category: Scam

One of the pitfalls for new people coming online and looking for ways to make money are paid survey scams. The promise of making money for very little work is appealing to all of us.

There are plenty of scammers who have happily flocked to the world of paid surveys online. Unfortunately they can show an outward appearance of professionalism that matches the big buys in just about every way.

Unfortunately, some of those providing the tools online are not entirely doing so for your benefit and in the survey arena, spotting paid survey scams has become a bit of an artform. It’s an unfortunate circumstance but it’s simply part of the online landscape which novices need to be aware of.

A paid survey online scam is easy to identify, as first it will ask you to pay for the information provided to you. A paid survey online scammer will never provide his or her contact information. Most of the time these scammers only provide their email or post box number and never provide their contact address, phone number, fax or other details.
Here are some ways with which you can keep away from paid surveys scams:

- Do not be fooled by any seals or stamps that these websites use, you should see how they present themselves. You will find them trying to use a bunch of cheesy testimonials as their main draw, promising huge rewards, and their graphics professionally done. These are usually the first clues that should give you that little sense of unease.

- Utilize Google searches to the fullest. Search for the survey site’s name and the word scam. That will usually pull up a watch list with real reviews of it. There are several websites available that offer full reviews of the many survey sites on the internet, and can help you identify the legitimate paid surveys. You can even use Whois.com to check the details of a survey site.

- Guarantees which seem outrageous should signal a red flag. The truth is, paid survey sites can really only offer to refund your money so there really is no incentive other than that for a site to make a guarantee. If you’re being asked to pay money for a list of survey opportunities then don’t.

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