SCAMS Resources

10 ways to avoid SCAMS

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By following these 10 ways to avoid scams will help you from becoming a victim. Scam sites may look very professional and they may even work in the very beginning. Remember these 10 ways to avoid scams when you are looking a work at home opportunities like paid survey sites.

Never pay anybody to become a member of any "get paid to" website.

Once you have reached the minimum payment level, make a payment request.

These sites offer you a good way to make a decent additional income. A few people will be able to earn enough to make a living from these sites. If any site tells you you that you can become rich, then proceed with extreme caution.

Never provide your credit card number, debit card number, bank account details, SSN, etc to anywebsite. Many scamsters ask you to provide these details for "verification" purpose. They are only trying to get these details for misuse.

US law requires survey sites to ask for tax details once a person has earned over US$600 (this amount may vary from time to time) in a year. Provide this information only after you have earned this amount. Having paid this amount, the credibility of the site will not be in question.

Avoid sites which do not have any privacy policy.

Look at how long the company has been operational (working), the older the better. This is important as some sites will go out of business. If the site is relatively old, the chances of this happening is greatly reduced.

Do not join any paid to read email site which has a minimum payment amount of US$75 (or above). For survey sites, avoid sites which have a minimum payment amount of US$150 (or above). Such high payout requirement are not user friendly & reflect poorly on such websites.

If a site is offering you more than 35% of the your referral's income, be cautious such high referral payouts are not sustainable.

HYIP's (High Yield Investment Programs) tend to be scams. Avoid them. The chances of getting scammed is just too high.

PT R - Paid To Read Email

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PTR-Trading is a paid e-mail site offering a signup bonus of $6000, e-mails worth $600 and a $1000 minimum payout. The site's Terms state that payments will be made "within 30-90 days or a reasonable time after", though the complaints which follow show this not to be the case.

The first reason that PTR-Trading is on the boycott list is simply the non-payment of members. The complaints detail how members who have reached the minimum payout amount are not being paid according to the site's own Terms of Service. Support e-mails have not been responded to, members have not been paid, and so this program rightly belongs on the boycott list.

The second reason PTR-Trading is boycotted is the patent unsustainability of the site. Any site offering to pay such unrealistic sums for reading e-mails is not at all likely to pay its members. It should be clear that any program which offers to sell a $600 paid e-mail to over 8,000 members for just $2.00 must have no intention of paying its members. It should also be clear that such business practices warrant a boycott of this site.

Pay To Surf Scams

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As you will see we are trying to provide you with some of the scams to avoid remember not all paid to surf sites are bad but the ones that are = we are trying to let you know before you get on the internet. Paid to surf site have been in the past the quick road to a huge profit sometimes earning 300% returns in days, weeks or a few months. Here is a few Pay To Surf Sites to Avoid. Paid to Surf Sites are High Risk and High Reward. So do not loose money on these sites.

CashSurfers.com AVOID

Your Pay Out: 60 percent of advertising revenue.
Referral Tree: 10% / 10% / 10% / 10%
Information: CashSurfers.com actually updates their site frequently. Pay out has now become
extremely low. Currently I make pennies a month off this program and I have thousands
of referrals! What was a promising program is now a waste of time. Only positive thing I can say
is CashSurfers will pay you on time, so that's a plus.

DealsnCas.com (AVOID)

Same web site as Hits4Pay.com except a slightly different payment and referral scheme. $5.00 bonus. You will never get paid.
DonkeyMails.com (AVOID)
This site is a waste of time. In over 1 year I haven't made over $0.01 and that's with lots of referrals.

GainPay.com (AVOID)
GainPay keeps real time stats of payouts to its members. Payout threshold is only $1. GainPay.com has ten levels of referrals (10%-2%-1%-1%-1%-1%-1%-1%-1%-1%). Do not waste your time with this site.

Matrixmails.com (AVOID)
In a couple years with referrals I've made only $0.60. This site is a waste of time. Avoid.