Survey sites are a popular way to make a little extra cash online because anyone can join. Sadly, this has also led to a lot of survey scams, where you can lose money instead of making it.
We’ve tried a lot of survey sites and found some that are really good and some that are really bad. In this article, We’ll tell you how to spot survey scams by looking for the right signs.
There are some easy ways to spot scams and find out if a survey site is real or not.
Before we talk about how to spot a scam, let’s talk about what a survey scam is and how we define it in this article, as well as what these sites are for.
There are many different types of fake surveys. From what I’ve seen, these can mostly be put into three groups:
• Sites that try to get your money
• Sites that want your contact information to sell to a third party
• Sites that try to get your money
Some sites only have a small number of surveys for a certain country, so it can feel like a waste of time to use them. That doesn’t mean they are always a scam, and some people might find them very helpful.
There are also “aggregator” sites where you think you’re signing up to take surveys but really you’re just signing up for their email list or getting a list of real survey sites.
Most of these aggregators only link to legitimate sites, so they are not really scams. However, I think they are a waste of time and sometimes misleading.
Then there are sites that are set up to trick you out of your money. Those are the ones you should really learn to spot and stay away from. So let’s look at how to spot these sites that try to trick you.
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