Many, if not most, paid survey offers do not deliver the rewards they promise. There are a number of ways that paid surveys mislead or inconvenience participants. Many of them compile personal information about participants to sell to marketers. Others require people to pay to access a database of survey opportunities that the participants could find on their own for free. Many of these paid survey scams sound like great deals, so it is important for people to be careful and exercise common sense before giving their time or money to any paid survey opportunities.

One of the major ways that paid survey scams make money is by selling the participants