How to Avoid The "Earn Money Taking Surveys" Scam. About Survey Scams

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By Doodlebugs
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Have you found a site offering to make you rich just by taking surveys and are considering joining it? First read this about sites that trick you into thinking you can earn money taking surveys.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Step 1

First you need to determine if the tempting "Get Paid Now For Taking Surveys" site is legitimate or if it is a "funnel" site. Many people are fooled by "funnel" sites that lead you into thinking that you can make $4 or more just by reviewing a website. No you can't, and here is how they fool you.
Step 2

These "funnel" sites for paid surveys fool you by first allowing you to make several dollars by taking very easy surveys. In thirty minutes you can make $35 dollars but here is the catch. The minimum payout for most of these sites is much more than what you can earn. Once you complete the easy $4.00 surveys there are no more to take and the only way you can make money is to refer people. That's what they want you to really do, not take surveys and here is why...
Step 3

At the bottom of all of these "funnel" sites there are links that say something like "More Survey Opportunities" or "More Paid Survey Companies". You are really being funneled toward these sites, where you will have to pay a "membership fee" in order to "make money". It's all baloney and I once fell for it. If you have signed up for one of these phony funnel sites, hoping to make enough to get the $75 payout to your Paypal account, you have actually been tricked into becoming a recruiter for scam survey sites. Don't join them. There are some, very, very few, legitimate paid survey sites where you can make a few CENTS per survey, which take up to an hour or more, but there are literally HUNDREDS of sites that are trying to get you to be either a recruiter or a stooge that plunks down a membership fee. Stay away from these sites and save yourself a lot of wasted time. Writing quality, informative articles on E-How is a better way to go.

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saleens7r said

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on 6/28/2009 Awsome tips. thanks! well there's this site called CashCrate which is actually a legit site! I was very skeptic at frist thinking it was fake but it's real! sign up is free and you can earn dollars a day just on surveys! So Far I LOVE IT! Itssome good extra money to earn just by doing surveys and making offers over the summer!Take a look for yourself if anyone's interested:
http://cashcrate.com/1403925

Toshabntz said

on 12/27/2008 Those sites are terrible. While I have never fallen for one I keep getting many reminders as how I should always be on the lookout. THANKS!