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It is possible to find surveys that pay money but it is also possible to fall victim to one of the many survey scams that exist. Hopefully this article will help you to avoid those hoaxes and find legitimate paid surveys.

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There are several hoax sites around but the biggest problem is that once they are found out and shut down the companies behind these scams simply buy another domain name and start up again to prey on those looking for surveys that pay money. Here are some of the scams that these companies use:

The cell phone scam.

In this popular scam, you’ll be asked for your cell phone number to “confirm” your membership. Seconds later, you will receive a call on your cell phone. The call will end up costing you anywhere from $1.95 to $4.95. They will then periodically send you text messages telling you you’ve won a prize and to claim it, you simply need to reply to the text. This will end up costing you more money. Do not give out your cell phone number to any website.

The Switcheroo.

In this scam, you will be participating in a survey and then be directed to another website. They will ask you to show an “interest” in obtaining more information from one of their marketing partners. You will continue to answer “no” and keep getting more offers; the survey will never end until you answer “yes.”

Now expect to receive an average of 10 calls a week from telemarketers trying to sell you health insurance. The telemarketing company will ask you for both your social security number as well as your bank information (so they can send in a deposit with your application). It’s dangerous to give out such information to anyone over the phone; legitimate companies will send you any information you require by mail.

The phone bill scam.

You’ll sign up for a survey company and provide your telephone number. Then you’ll proceed in completing a survey and receive an offer for a free issue for a magazine. You’ll think to yourself – what’s the harm? You’ll give your name and address for the magazine and hardly notice when a fee for a year’s subscription shows up on your telephone bill. If you read the fine print, however, you will see that when you provided the company with your name and address to receive your “free” magazine, you authorized them to bill you via your telephone bill. They figure that you won’t even notice the extra $12.95 attached to your phone bill. And many people don’t.

Those are the basic scams available and any others are usually variations of these scams. As this post is now getting on a little I will make this a two part post.

UPDATE: Here is the link to the second post – How To Find Surveys That Pay Money Part 2