Several months ago I stumbled upon an online ad that promised me cash if I completed an internet survey.
The advertisement I read appeared to be just right for me. I did not need any particular background and I was assured that my services completing surveys are in great demand. If I did enough surveys I could make 1000′s a month.
Of course I constantly require money. So I decided to pursue getting it the survey route.
The first survey I completed required what appeared to be a huge quantity of information about me. They wanted to know how old I was, my educational level, my marital status, the number of kids I had, and on and on.
Then they wanted to know about what I spent money on. What type of laundry detergent did I use? Did I color my hair? Did I ever use a dating service? Was I overweight? How frequently did I buy jewelry? The questions never seemed to end. They asked some questions several times.
Not knowing about surveys, I figured the personal questions were legit. After all I knew all these things were put into a data base and analyzed. And of course they had to know my opinion concerning things for sale in the market place. In view of their stated intention the questions seemed OK.
Then, after about forty five minutes of answering questions, I found myself at a page where I was supposed to select from among products to purchase. They didn’t just want my opinion, they really wanted me to purchase something.
They had six different categories and about 5 or so products in each category. If I purchased one product from each category I would be a “gold” level person and I would get a check for $250. The only difficulty was that the products I was supposed to buy cost more than $250. And who’s to say they would pay me anyway? I stopped right there.
Here’s the kicker. About 3 months later I noticed a charge for $9.99 on my cell phone bill for “downloads”. I didn’t recall downloading anything. I called my cell phone company.
The charge turned out to be from the “survey” company. I do remember giving them my cell phone number. They had put a charge on my cell phone bill and I had been paying $9.99 per month for three months and I wasn’t aware of it.
It would seem that in answering questions on the survey I had given them my cell phone number. They texted me some quick message, then started billing my cell phone. I ought to have paid more attention. Luckily I was inside a ninety day window and got the fees reversed.
Later I did find some authentic surveys to do. It’s just that the false survey companies are more aggressive advertisers.
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