While there are lots of legitimate surveys carried out by genuine companies and marketing agencies there are unfortunately also plenty of duds. One of the recurring scams we see time and time again involves the promise of large amounts of money for completing online surveys. Some of these ads will claim you can make hundreds of dollars per day doing online surveys for a couple of hours form filling.

I came across surveypolice.com which attempts to list the genuine sites and weed out the
survey scams and looks to be doing it very well. The site is full of helpful info and articles. There is a list of ranked survey sites and a complaints board where you can see which companies have been troublesome to deal with. There are tips on finding good surveys and how to spot the scams. Some of the usual alarm triggers are evident; lack of contact and address info, lack of a privacy policy and the promise of easy money.

The site seems genuine, certainly someone’s gone to a lot of trouble to pack it full of info and in the articles section you’ll see a FAQ section which gives you a more realistic view on what to expect from surveys, in short you get to give your opinion in return for rewards which may range from cash to prize draw entries or merchandise. They say quite clearly you are unlikely to get rich but you can have some fun and gain reasonable reward for a few minutes effort!

If you’d like to gain a few dollars here and there by all means try the surveys listed and let me know of any problems by leaving a comment below.

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