sherrie
I received an email from the "paid surveys at home" & to register they require a once off payment to register, the money they will pay for doing surveys sounds too good to be true has any one registered and found it to be a scam? appreciate any feed back sherrie.
4 Answers
bluedeath
Most are scams. All that require you to pay them money up front to get paid to do anything is a scam. For more information, you can check out the following website put up by the Federal Government: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2000/10/topten.shtm
According to the Federal Trade Commission and the owner of the site listed above, the following are the top 10 scams on line:
Internet Auction Fraud
Internet Service Provider Scams
Internet Web Site Design/Promotions - Web Cramming
Internet Information and Adult Services - Credit Card Cramming
Multi-level Marketing/Pyramid Scams
Business Opportunities and Work-At-Home Scams
Investment Schemes and Get-Rich-Quick Scams
Travel/Vacation Fraud
Telephone/Pay-Per-Call Solicitation Frauds (including modem dialers and videotext)
Health Care Frauds
| 13 years ago. Rating: 2 | |
Darci13
You can also go to Scam Buster's website: www.scambusters.org/backissues.html or this one, www.scamsonline.com - but I still like the Federal Trade Commission's site as a starting point.
| 13 years ago. Rating: 0 | |
sherrie
Thanks bluedeath for your very helpful information & the sites you gave me.Iwant be able to use the Federal Trade Commission as I live in Australia But the scam sites will com in handy Thanks Sherrie.
| 13 years ago. Rating: 0 | |
You can still use the FTC site because it is full of great information that would cover you too. It is a general clearing house for information.
You are welcome. Good luck and play safe on-line and off. Nice talking to you, but your standing upside down! LOL ;-) Goodnight. Time for bed.
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