You've very likely seen pitches like this that you receive via spam:"Earn $140 per week! Earn $560 a week! Earn $6,270 a year! All by just sitting home, sipping coffee, and filling out surveys."Is this too good to be true?Yes. Although it does make sense that a few companies are willing to pay for market research by using online surveys, we believe this is not a good way to spend your time.Here's how the scam works: Scammers use spam and promise you quick money for little effort. They claim that you only need to spend a few minutes and you'll earn excellent money. Of course, you have to pay the "low" price of $34.95 to learn how to do this.So their goal is to get thousands of people paying $34.95 (or whatever amount is charged) for the info.This would be fine if they didn't spam -- and actually delivered what they promised. However, the vast majority of these online survey products are worthless.Now, you may be thinking, "Well, I'll go online and find a site that screens out the scammers and ranks paid survey sites, and that way I'll find the legitimate online survey companies."This makes sense on the surface, but unfortunately, many of these "ranking" sites may actually be middlemen who are paid commissions by the survey companies for referrals. Often, whoever pays the most to the ranking site gets the highest rating, and the online survey companies they rank well are not necessarily reliable.Are there legitimate online survey companies? Yes, there must be, but unfortunately, it's almost impossible to find them. It's like picking a needle out of a 77,300,000 haystack (type "online surveys" into a Google search for similar results).
(Hey guys! I included this article because I know many of us divorced men are looking for a good side income - the rest of this article can be found at the following link - this is also a good site to visit on other possible scams! http://www.scambusters.org/onlinesurveys.html )
Sunday, August 9, 2009
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