The World Wide Web isn’t a safe place anymore. It is has become a perfect haven for those who thirst for more information or more income, it’s also an avenue for scammers to take advantage of other people.

The same story can be told to online surveys and GPT (Get Paid To) websites. Truthfully, there are legitimate ones. Yet it seems like for every 1 real site, there are 100 fake ones. So which ones should you trust?

• Real survey sites won’t ask for any joining fee.

If you’re trying to earn income through writing reviews of free offers or filling out surveys, then you shouldn’t be paying for any joining fee to a website which has a good list of paid survey or GPT sites. There are still websites out there which can provide you the same kind of information without any cost on your part. They simply enumerate all those paid survey websites, according to what the author thinks are real good. They can even provide you with techniques on how to generate more money through paid surveys.

Other websites do it the other way around: they pay you! Their signing bonus can even go as high as 3 to 5 dollars, once your membership is verified.

• They produce hard-to-believe income.

A lot of fake paid survey sites guarantee you of huge income just in filling out surveys. Their ads will claim that for every completed survey, you can earn as huge as $250. You may even get a staggering $150 just for an hour of criticizing free offers.

Now who wouldn’t be lured? Why sweat too much when you can simply sit in front of your PC and answer yes, no or rank characteristics on a survey? The problem, however, is that this isn’t actually true. In fact, what you can actually earn from real GPT sites isn’t even half or a third of what the ads are saying. Common payouts for filled-out surveys range between $1 and $3 only.

Some well-established consumer companies can give $25 or $75 for every completed survey. Yet this doesn’t happen regularly. They will only request for that 2 or 3 times per year. Furthermore, you should be qualified to answer these surveys. It should be based on your educational background, location, age, gender. So if you’re a woman, don’t expect you’ll be given $50 worth of paid surveys to answer about men’s cologne.

• There’s no such thing as free trial offers.

Free trials are only fitting for software and other computer programs but not on paid surveys. There are fake companies that will provide you of free trial offers. You only get paid if you make a purchase. Aside from this is highly illogical, considering that it’s the survey you’re actually interested in and not really on the product, you may even get billed repetitively if you push through.
Don’t think that all paid surveys are scams. As a matter of fact, it’s a great way to earn money on your spare time. Yet beware of fake ones too. After all, they’re only after your money.