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Is getting paid for online surveys a scam?

Does anyone know if getting paid for online surveys a scam? I am skeptical.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I just started doing online surveys, and found out that there are lot of scams but legit sites do exist. You just have to weed out the bad ones. You can find more information here http://makemoneyonlinefreesurveys.blogspot.com/

    Hope it helps, Good luck!

  • 5 years ago

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I have joined few survey sites after reading a review about them, which pay me around $200-$400 per month as they send surveys for $25-$75 per survey And are free to join. In real I have recieved $75 survey only once but $55- $65 have been many times. They send me surveys for $2-$10 also but I only take them if they are not long enough I don't like filling survey forms for cents so I only take surveys that pay me according to my time. You can check reviews of those survey sites at link below.

    Make sure you don't land up in a scam where you need to pay for paid surveys. Legit sites never ask for joining fee as they want real interested people not customers. All sites I have joined are free to join and pay well specially in this time when each and every company wants to know what consumer thinks.

    There are few good comments also on his page.. check them too..

    You must be 18+

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes and No.

    Most survey sites are scams. If there is a fee or you have to sign up for any services/products, it is a SCAM.

    There are a few legit sites but they pay very little. I made $10 off of one after about 6 months. Another one credits me about $50 a year but I can not get cash. I choose to get airline miles so that $50 usually amounts to about $5 in "real" money.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I think like everything online it can get a bad rap, for every legit Market research company ten scam sites pop up. I have done them for about a year and make $200-300 a month, That's doing a hour or so a day. Its extra money not a career. http://www.esurveys.blogspot.com/ has a good list of free survey sites.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Theres a good top 10 survey site online called findmysurveys. I would look at them before you sign up with a "scam"

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Lots are scams, you need proof of payment first.

    I once got paid by Cashcrate, although only $28 :S (it was a check so I can't give you proof to reassure you).

    I've been paid three times by GPTHQ though (see the link) - it only shows two of them but it's like two weeks old; alexispetrov.com/images/paymentproof.jpg

    Hope this is at least a little bit useful :)

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  • 1 decade ago

    Many of them are scams however providing companies with market research by doing surveys for them online is a totally legitimate process for which you can get paid.

    So you can either sign up with these companies directly, like Nielsens who are always looking for online survey respondents, or sign up with legitimate online survey companies that can provide a decent amount of paid survey work to make it worth your while.

  • 5 years ago

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