M4O

This is a SCAM. And I’m an idiot out $19.95 to prove it. They do not have anything to do with surveys or, for that matter, anything legitimate at all. They take your money (with the false promise of a refund if you’re not satisfied), and then give you a list of 152 web sites completely unrelated to participating in surveys or anything remotely like it. When I complained to them, they said they don’t give refunds, but feel free to write them snail mail and they’d be happy to throw my request in the trash.

Do not go near these guys. Some con artist on Monster.com, going by the name CeCe Records (cecerecordsadv1@yahoo.com) is running the following ad: “Survey Participants / Focus Group Panelist Starting $15.00 per hour” for all country regions. DO NOT FALL FOR IT. CeCe Records works for M4O simply to drum up business.

Yeah, I’m a fool for having fallen for their line and am twenty bucks the poorer to show for it.

Hope others read this before they make the same stupid mistake I did.

~Erikanna

Thanks for the feedback on this scam! It sounded to good to be true.

I am so happy to find your website with the truth about Money$Opinions.com.
I am a retired guy in Daytona Beach Florida looking for a way to make some extra bucks and ran across a bunch of job listings for cecerecorsonline.com. It did look “too good to be true” so I waited to find out more info before give up my $20.
Hey, your site saved me $20 and lots of heartache beside making a fool of myself.
I profusely thank you.

Thanks! I’m glad I searched and found you on Google before I forked over $20. 🙂

Hey guys, found this page right after I signed up. I spent a long time looking for info on them. I’ll let you know how it goes. I figured $20 is what I spend on a “light” night out and it was worth the sacrifice of one night to see if this is true. There corporate info on their web page has a California address which I reverse looked up on superpages.com. It seems to be a legit address and the only related business in that shopping center is Black Belt Programming (internet company)
13428 Maxella Ave, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292
(310) 821-2663. There is a lso an attorney in the same shopping center and you better believe I will retain their services if this is a full-blown scam. I will be an attorney myself very soon and will not stand for this fraud especially preying on college students. I’ll keep you posted.

Hey, thanks for the heads up!
I’ve fallen for a scam like this and lost my $ once and still I continue to search for the honest one’s.
I’d prefer not to part with any more cash in the process though.
Anyone know of anything out there like this that’s not a scam?
Thanks again, David.

Thank you for having this site. I too was tempted to plop down twenty dollars. I have emailed them several times, requestiing more information and havent received a response yet. Being skeptical I tried to find a review on them through Google and thank god I found your site. Someone needs to report these people. Again Thanks!

Hey! Do you know that CeCerecords has 2,970 postings on Monster as of today? What are Monster’s standards anyway? (Thanks David, for changing that red-green thing.)

This scam is up to 39.95!!

Thanks for saving me $20

Thanks for the warning. I’ll tell my other job-seeking and new to internet friends there are trustworthy sources of help.

david your site is a god send. My company reciently downsized and I found myself without a job, desperate to have money coming in for myself and ny young daughter I was almost lured into the scam. The price is up to $39.95, that’s almost a weeks worth of groceries. Thanks to everyone who commented and kept the desperate like me from falling victim

David~~~~YOU THE MONSTER!!!! Thanks for saving me $39.95! CeCe Records & Money4Opinions.Com are a big RIP OFF!!!!

This site saved me 39.95. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Monster.com should remove this scam asap.

thanks david. my husband lost his job recently and i was feeling quite desperate. Why does Monster participate is this nonsense?

David I saw the add while substitute teaching searching for work and e-mailed without success. I figured it was a dupe, but I did not follow it quickly and did not contact the company, but Google had your site pop right up when you searched for CECERecords.
Let me tell you I have been reading classifieds for years, sometimes one third of the adds are scams. If it is too good to sound true, then it is not.

Vic

Thanks for the notice. I was looking into making extra money and while looking into the CeCe records I found your site and am glad I went to it first. I would have thought that monster.com had better screening and prevented most of the scams from getting through. I have been looking for something I can do through my home, but have not found anything yet that doesn’t ask for a lot of money or legit. Still looking. Thanks!!!!

David— Thank you for this site. I figured it was too good to be true, however they are operating under a new name on monster— surferstaffing.com so it did not have a link to bring up. Can you fix that? I am a HR Manager in the Anchorage, AK are and having been slow I was trying to help some of my employees find supplemental work. I told them I would search for info tonight and thatk God I did. You are a God send David, keep up the good work.
God Bless,
Jenn

A few months ago i forked over a hard earned $20 and thought ignorantly “Hey I can make that twenty back in no time”. I was lazy for a few months and then remembered I could fill out surveys and get paid. SO when i went to the money4opinions.com website to start working, voila~, it’s not up anymore! Isnt this totally illegal somehow and cant the feds track these crooks down and refund all of us?

by the way, check out their new site….conveniently titled
http://www.opinions4money.com

Why is this all in caps? the caps-lock is off. Anyway…….I was one of the idiots who fell for this trick too with m4o.com. i feel like we should all sue them, but how? I paid $20 for that stupid thing and they listed a bunch of stupid survey sites! the real ones you get pai d $3 for each survey and it doesn’t cost money to join. I asked m4o.com for my money back, but i haven’t heard from them since! ahhh!!!! so mad. i hope they get sued big time.

I have paid for a “directory” of work at home “opportunities” which arrived originally in the form of 10 lengthy emails, and I get “updates” approximately once a week. All the listings are nationwide, so it takes quite a bit of sifting through. I did pay paidopinions.com $29.95 for what turned out to be a list of websites on which you have to sign up in order to be sent surveys. It does save time re. the research, but that’s about it. A list of sites that pay cash only would be helpful. So far I have received about four surveys an was entered in to a drawing each time.
Speaking of CeCe records, I remember that ad on Monster and applied with no response. Also Onebox Enterprises posts “positions” for catalog workers and other at home jobs. It is impossible to get a response from them via email. I keep getting emails from them and other companies saying they have these positions, but the inquiring emails I have sent come back as undeliverable. What is the point? I also have informed monster.com of these issues.

I filed a report at this address: http://www.fraud.org I suggest everyone do the same as the case will be stronger.

I fell for the freakin scam to, and paid 39.95 for it. There old website is closed down, but thanks to one of the people that posted to this list there new site is Opinions4Dollars.com. I probably wont get my money back but….and in response to #15, its not the fact that we paid for a listing, but they suckered me in by promising that the minimum I would be paid was 15 bucks per survey. the ones I have filled out only entered me into a drawing. I dont even really care about the forty bucks to be honest, but I would love to see them go down for the deception.

ANOTHER $39.95 MISTAKE!
You know, I SHOULD have smelled a rat when this whole thing started, but being that my wife and I were “OPEN” for this type of garbage, we fell for it and we paid. Although $40.00 isn’t a HUGE amount of money, it’s the thought that some FOOL and his friends are laughing at all the ones who were IGNORANT enough to do this that STEMS me!
We vowed that we would not do ANY more internet “Work From Home” schemes! A couple months ago, we were blessed enough to find ANOTHER home-based business that actually CARRIES OUT what they PROMISE to do! We have made and continue to make GREAT money and we’re running an HONEST and ETHICAL business that allows us to sleep at night! I only WISH I would have found the business we’re in now, before being scammed by these fools! Listen to the testimonies and steer clear of CeCe Records and money4opinions!
(Seattle, WA)

Thank you David! Like “Cindy in Denver”, I have just found one of the ads on monster.com for opinions4dollars.com (3/23).

The ad states, “If you are interested in participating in online surveys that pay $15-$125 guaranteed(cash only)from any computer with internet access, please visit our website for immediate participation at:http//www.opinions4dollars.com.”

As Ray Magliozzi of “Car Talk” would say – “BOGUS!”

I was skeptical too. I adhere to the notion that if something sounds to good to be true, it really is too good to be true. I see that there are many here that propose the same. I never really thought that it could possibly be true, but I was curious. It’s amazing that there are so many unscrupulous individuals – grifters in the game of e-commerce. They are parasites!

At this moment there are 54 ads posted for Opinions4dollars by POWERHOUSE TRUCKING.

Let the buyer beware!!

To contact monster.com: click on help, a popup dialog box appears – scroll to the bottom, then click on the contact us link. To reiterate “Cindy in Denver’s final ending thought – I think that she “hit the nail on the head.”

Once again David thanks!

Thank you all for posting such altruistic, informative comments!

Hey folks… just wanted to thank everyone for the heads up. I am planning to forward a copy of this website to my state attorney general for review. If anyone has specific information that might lead to fraud, please send me an email. Again, thank you all for the warning.

Best,
me

Thanks so much for this page. I also received the Monster job notification on this company. I thought it sounded too good to be true. I sent an email to Monster about it. I hope they will remove the listings quickly. In addition, I noticed that they are currently using an America Online email address, so I sent notification to them, as well. I don’t know if they can do anything about the website, since it doesn’t reside on their servers, but maybe my report will cause them a little bit of grief and/or inconvenience. Thanks again for saving so many people from this scam!

david, thank you, you just saved me $40!

I recently published a large ebook about how to protect yourself from scam artists such as Opinions4Money. You might check it out and read some free stories at: http://www.stangrist.com/private_investigator.htm
Next week I will publish a new book about how to match up abandoned money with rightful owners. This is a legitimate way to earn money from home. I have been doing it for more than 10 years in both Canada and the U.S. Good luck to all!

I thank everyone especially you Dave. I found the ad from http://WWW.ALLWORKATHOMEJOBS.COM via Monster during a desperate period that I went through a couple of months ago but something just wouldn’t let me take the gamble. I could really use extra money to help me recup and catch up on somethings from that period and like the rest of us on this site we are people willing to do honest work to pay for what we need or want. I was just about to fold and decided to load the website into MSN which returned a not recognized message back. I loaded it into Yahoo where they came up with your site as well. So here I am. Thankful to you and everyone who placed their comments about their own personal experiences. I pray that GOD give a special blessing to Dave for caring enough for us all to create this site and His blessing to Dave and all of us who want to obtain our needs and desires of our hearts the honorable way. AMEN

Thanks so much you saved me from giving away my money to some jerks. Are there any real work at home jobs out there. Or are they all scams? If any one knows of any real ones E-mail me chantallc1j@eatel.net

This is a total scam! I paid the $19.95 and every survey that I tried to participate in was down and not accepting any new feedback. Also, I’ve just tried to access the site again and it seems to have been shut down. I actually saw their posting on monster.com and monster should be made aware that this “company” is a fraud.

Out $20 bucks!

I am also out $40. That is ridiculous.

Does anybody know anything about theanswerto.com?
Supposedly you can work out of your home.
I am trying to figure out if it is a scam.

Is paidopinions.com another one of these scams? It sure sounds like it. Anyone have any info on them?

it’s kind of funny how people are linked these days. it seems that you’re doing a great service to all of these people, however not saving quite enough people from the scam.

i’m glad i never came across anything like this, but i’m apologetic to those who have given their money away. thank goodness for search engines like google.

Thanks! I found this on hotjobs.com and I can’t believe that nobody verifies this information. Take up to 1000 surveys a day paying between $15-$110 a piece. Give me a break. If you also notice that on paidopinions.com there are no to terms and conditions on the site and when I went to MSN and ran a search there were no matching records. These guys obviously change their name when the heat goes up and try and land the next set of desperate people looking for a buck. With all the scams and spam it will be necessary to put regulations in place to combat these $%^#$%^’s that will, of course affect the rest of the on line population. I wonder how all these thieves would fair in jail because that it where they belong. As long as there are no reprecussions what is going to stop them. Harsh emails, I don’t think so. The Monster/ Hot jobs type websites really need to be more proactive. It’s a shame, nobody gives a damn anymore. Maybe I am wrong you care, wish there was more of you than the other way around.

Thanks for posting something about this. I smelled SCAM from the start, but I figured I’d look it up and see if anyone had any experiences with them. Thanks again.

Thanks for looking out for Internet fraud. PaidOpinions.com has just posted another request for online surveys/focus groups (6/22) and I’m glad I found your site here after trying in vain to get anything from the Maryland Better Business Bureau. Apparently PaidOpinions is a “subsidiary” of DPH Inc. with an address in Columbia Park, MD and no phone number. If you search for DPH Inc. on switchboard.com, you get a phone number that is an answering service, asking you to identify yourself before the call goes through. How dumb do they think people are, anyway?

hi!
I was looking for the site paidopinions.com and I found you, I think it is too good to be true. they mean it won’t cost me a thing, I just have to find the website paidopinions.com and participate… I would get 10,00-150,00 an hour… I doubt about so much good luck.
It says: Survey and Focus Group Participants Starting $15.00 – $110.00 per hour. There are no limits to the amount of focus groups you may be asked to participate in and no purchase is necessary. You are not under contract and there is no obligation for you to participate if you decide not to. We appreciate your interest and if you would like details on participating in short 15-30 minute surveys please visit our website at paidopinions.com.

Thank you thank you thank you for saving me 29.95. I was tempted to do it, it was connected to Monster.com, so I figured it must be legit. However, the skeptic in me KNEW there had to be something whether good, bad or indifferent, about them on the web. Lo and behold here it is. I’m assuming Money4opinions.com is the same deal as “paidopinions.com” – which is the site I’m writing in regards to. I think I’m going to spend the $30 you saved me on some MAC lipstick at the mall today! Thanks!

Karen

Thank you thank you thank you for saving me $29.95. Just a waring – http://www.paidopinions.com is at large on http://www.monster.com. I hope that everyone does a little bit of research before pulling out their credit card.

I am so dumb, I paid the 19.95 for money4opinions.com and went to all the sites to register for surveys. The only surveys I received were ones for prizes that I will never win. I was desperate and now am out 20 bucks. I wish I would have seen this site first.

Thank you so much for bringing this scam to my attention. Has anyone heard about a company called Procard International? Are there any legitimate work from home oppertunities?

There is a website coming out called cash4surveys.freegreen. They are a scam too. Just the same as the rest do not fall for it.

Thank you so much for your website, David!

You had a post on March 22, 2002 from E.B. Hopkins who stated that he finally found an honest and lucrative home business. Could you please give me more info on this or let me know how I can contact him?

Thanks again.

Char

What should I think of this? I sent an email to paidopinions.com and receievd an answer within the hour. Is this also a scam? (please read below)

In a message dated 8/12/2002 12:23:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
pplummer52@attbi.com writes:

> Thank you for your attention:
>
> If I am not offered any surveys that fit my resume, can
> I have the $30 initiation fee refunded?
>
> Thank you!
>
>

Absolutely! Just contact us with in 60 days.

Thanks for the fair warning . I almost join them for additional income . But it sounds a bit fishy . I will tell you a way to earn extra cash . I find this the most effective and hassle free . Look in the yellow pages , Market Research and start calling all of them . Your key words : “Do you have any Focus Group I can join” , these are focus/opinion discussion groups and you earn money at the end of the sessions .

Hey…I sent this post to Monster. Here’s there reply I got.

C
************

Connie

Thank you for bringing this situation to our attention. Please know that
our Sales Representatives do their best in screening potential Monster
customers in regards to making sure they meet our Terms of Service.

I have forwarded your information to our Product Department and they
will look into this matter.

Sorry for the inconvenience!

For further assistance, our specialists are available to help you
Monday-Friday 9:00 am – 8:00 pm EST at 1-800-MONSTER.

–Original Message–

Hey, you guys need to read the comments on this post and do something
about it.

I think you have a great site, but these guys are abusing your service
and
it make YOU look bad.
C

http://www.davidgagne.net/archives/004800.shtml

Just another Joe Schmoe wanting to say “Hooray” for this web-site, the only one that told me what I wanted to know, the truth about d4o.com… thanks.

So is http://www.dollars4opinions.com a legitimate site to make money off of surveys?? yes/no?

Suggestion: david can you please find out how much it would cost to ratify your feelings with the survey industry? How much would it cost to settle with your comlaints listed on the website succh as refunds and yourself and even donating some money. Now are you willing to get paid for your opinion so we can work together…if you would like to ratify your complaints on a honest amount please post message with reply. Looking forward to creating peace among the society. Do Not Email!

FTC BBB and othe Local Investigators:

Report these scam sites immediately!

1. 4my2cents.com (Scam)
2. totallyfreecars.com (Sam)
3. paidopinionsnetwork.com (Scam)

4my2cents.com (Scam)
totallyfreecars.com (Scam)
paidopinionsnetwork.com (Scam)

These 3 sites are completely fraud. I hired an investigator to track down this person. So far we’ve spoke with Clickbank and the BBB in Idaho, and they confirmed it is a female from California with fraudulent leads to Washington. We are currently going to conduct a investigation in Washington as well. The phone number available on the website is a Seattle location. They are currently have 3 counts of fraud so far on their hands.

1. No business license to conduct business in Washington, Utah, California or Hawaii.

2. Federal Fraud insufficient mailing information.

3.Fraud Fictitous Ownership.

People are urged to contact Clickbank at:

Keynetics Inc.
915 W. Jefferson St.
Boise ID, 83702 USA

Clickbank has advise our investigation with the local police departments in Los Angeles and Seattle with the following message “we have several complaints of fraud against 4my2cents.com, totallyfreecars.com, and paidopinionsnetwork.com however we have been advised by FEDERAL AUTHORITIES to leave this account open to build substantial evidence to prodive to STATE and FEDERAL COURTS. All funds will be return to buyers and instructions will be given on how to prosecute” Clickbank ensured me that this female scam artist will not get away in the end.

I will be visiting this site again within the next few weeks with valuable information. I will be providing the following information on the scam artists:

Full Name
Social Security Number
Addresses From Credit Reporting
Age
Race
Gender
Bureau Phone Numbers (Affiliated Friends and Family Members)

For your sake please remove these 3 scam fraudlent websites:

4my2cents.com
totallyfreecars.com
paidopinionsnetwork.com

My next step will be FBI Federal Bureau Investigation! I will be posting valuable information, links, phone numbers to local state law authorities. Your compliance is greatly appreciated.

Hello folks. dollars4opinions have posted an add in the Daily Collegian, the school newspaper and it seems like they have been hitting other large college campuses. Once i saw a membership fee in the fine print, I knew something was wrong. Thanks to this site, I saved myself 39 bucks. Hope you discovered this site before you sign up. Cheers.

I was ready to spend $29.95 with 4my2cents.com today and am glad I didn’t. I guess I should’ve known it sounded too good to be true.
Thanks!

Thanks for saving me $40.00 ALmos tfell for dollars4opinions

I’m so glad this website is out there. I almost spent 39.95 if it wasn’t for the only website that has the truth

I almost fell for paidopinions.com – so glad I found this site first and saved my money – thanks!

P.S. Found it on Craigslist

ThankGod for this website. It saved me from derision and 40 bucks. Yet I still am interested in making honest money at home. Anyone out there have any luck? Or tips for that matter? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Don’t fall for Dollars4Opinions!

Glad we saw all this first…hope they do get the FBI involved. Sounds like enough ppl lost enough money to do it…only takes 2000.00. Please go for it!!!!!

I got screwed by 4my2cents.com also. I found the postings here too late. I sent the the company an email with the URL listed for this site that shows posting # 110 by Jennifer regarding this scam. Anyone have additional info? They aren’t listed at BBB.com.

I cannot find my first comment on here. I don’t know why. But someone from m40.com is paying attention. I recieved this e-mail today:
Regarding remarks on your site relative to 4my2cents.com

We have reviewed the URL of davidgagne.net. We find in your archives page, postings which are clearly libellous and will be persued under Federal Law, unless removed from the site.

We contacted Clickbank to verify their position. We sent to them, the quotes as noted within your webpage. Clickbank states they ‘definetly did not say those things!’ Furthermore, they say they’ve never spoke to ‘FEDERAL AUTHORITIES’. Nor is it their policy to ever ‘leave accounts open to build substantial evidence to prodive to STATE and FEDERAL COURTS.’

Additionally, Clickbank assured us that if and when complaints do arise, they contact vendors immediately of such complaints. Along with Clickbank, we (4my2cents.com) have a clean reputation of satifying all complaints!

Your published remarks about us, and Clickbank are clearly libellous. By perpetuating libellous material, you are responsible under the law, and face serious consequences.

We suggest you retract these statements about 4my2cents.com which you’ve made public immedately.

If you do not retract all of these remarks immediately, you will be served by our attorneys.

Best wishes,
ask@4my2cents.com
http://www.4my2cents.com

This is what I sent back. I have had no further reply from them :Anything I said was true. I asked for a refund and they would not refund my money. I also sent them a letter in writting as they stated I needed to do and they sent nothing back in return. If they return my money only then will I retract anything I said.

They sent this back. This is getting stupid!! They think that I run this site. I don’t !!!!

We always satisfy refund requests! We will satisfy yours as well. Please reply with your name, email address, date of purchase and receipt number. (At the very least, we need a date of purchase)

Additionally, regarding your comments in your email below, please reply to us where you sent the previous letters for refund, and where you emailed ALL previous correspondence relative to this issue. We need exact addresses, URLs and names. (We never tell customer they need to send a ‘letter in writing’ to request refunds!)

Furthermore, Clickbank states they never said the things about us which you’ve posted. We have this in writing (signed by Clickbank) as supporting evidence for court that your remarks are false and libellous!

Unless we immediately receive the above metioned info from you, we will persue this, as your statements about us are completely false and libellous!

Regards

I did not post message #110. Do not say that I did. It was dan ravinsky. This is why I have been reciveing threatening e-mails from 4my2cents.com Please everyone, before you thank or congradulate anyone on any comments please make sure you have the right person. I feel sorry for Dan if theese people are truely able to find him. They are quick to accuse and at least seem over threatening.
Here is the e-mail I sent them once I realized what they had done:
Umm… This is so your fault!!!!!!!!!!!!! You have the wrong person!!!!!!!!!!!
The main topic of this chat is for m4o.com , not your company.
This is easy to confuse because the way the site posts who wrote what, but if go to the bottom of the messages #130 you will see my name BELOW what I have been posting. NOT ABOVE. My message is the one above the one that you are talking about.
The way you are looking at the site message #130 would have been posted by Mitch, and not me. I am the one that posted that. You should realy make sure YOU have the correct person before you threaten them. So now, stop threating me becuase that is illegal espically for something that I have nothing to do with.
No reply from this so I sent this:
Is this finaly done with? I haven’t recieved a reply back from my last e-mail. Please let me know by appologizing for false acusations.
This is what I finally got back.
Thank you for the clarification! We sincerely apologize for the confusion!

Best wishes.

This is a crapy appology for them threatening for over 3 days and telling me that I have to take back everything I’ve said. I’d hate to realy ever say anything with a real e-mail that is traceable by them. So some word of addvice, go get a hotmail account, make up everything about who you are and then use that e-mail to post how you truely feel about all of theese companies.

Thanks for putting up your site. I would caution anyone to stay away from any “Pay To Work” site such as PAIDOPINIONS.COM. As of Nov 6, the Better Business Bureau has attemped to contact DPH/Paid Opinions multiple times and they have not responded. The BBB simply requests information about a company’s services, products and the owners for listing information. Any legitimate business owner would respond to BBB inquiries expeditiously.

To anyone thinking about shelling out $29.95 for employment – do the math –
a simple posting on a nationally visible job website with only 1000 paid responses over a 30 day period yields nearly $30,000 to the posting company, all at arms length, faceless and convenient. Even with that small per-month number, that’s $360,000 per year. Plus, these companies now have your credit card information.

Some have been known to wait months before applying “mysterious charges” to the credit card numbers they have obtained, thus making the trail less visible/traceable. It’s easy money only for the company posting these scam jobs. They are usually networks of persons operating at various addresses around the country, changing names and info once a situation gets too hot. You can incorporate for as little as a thousand dollars and disolve a company for less than two hundred. With that in mind, shovelling out emails and links to survey sites that enter people in bogus drawings has very little costs for them and insures a high profit margin. Keep up the good work on your site!

WARNING

I’ve done extensive reasearch and Paid Opinions and other survey sites that ask for a nominal payment for a membership are designed to defraud consumers. Additionally these sites are set up as off-shore companies.

They remain under the radar of US law enforcement for two reasons 1) consumers are students or the working poor and 2) they hide themselfs very well in the WWW.

If you were duped into paying for access to there idex of sites consider it a life tutition payment.

I recomend a site “greenfieldonline.com” it’s a good site and you will make about $200.00 per year and there is no cost for sigining up.

Thank you all. You saved my marriage because if my wife found out I spent 29.95 on paidopinions.com she would have killed me. Are there any legitimate work at home job sites? Oh ya. I found paidopinions.com on hotjobs.com and I think its on yahoo too.

Dino

i am having trouble leaving messages here. This is a test message.

UPDATE!!!! NEW INFORMATION!!!

I’ve done A LOT of research and asking around and I’ve found that the Home of Re-Ande Head (1324 W. 73rd Street), is located in the heart of South Central Los Angeles. Given this information and the demographics of this particular area, this scam is more than likely ran by African Americans or Latinos. Moreover, I found that the company addresses of both M40 and D40 are actually addresses of the postal service company Mail Boxes Etc. and not actual suites. How are they getting away with all of this!?! These survey companies are definitely illegitimate.

The general rule of thumb is if a site or job demands a down payment to “qualify” for employment, then it IS a scam.

When was the last time you had to pay a fee to land a job? Probably never.

If these sites are legit, and it is necessary for them to collect such fees, they could do so somewhere down the line as you make your profit, rather than up front.

Thankyou very much for posting this site. I came across an ad in my college newspaper about Dollars4Opinions. I new it was to good to be true so I wanted to check out some reviews on this company. I am pleased to announce that I saved $ 40.00. The best advice I can tell anyone is “go with your gut feeling”.

Does anyone have any feedback on http://www.careersfromhome.com/ ? This place is just *flooding* monster.com lately …

I am so glad i found out this info before i paid any money. thanks to everybody who did research and saved a lot of us some money. thanks again

Hello, has anyone heard about website stores that anyone can own in which you sell products for free and earn a $3 commission for each one bought by a visitor to your website? I received this offer for a free product webstore through my hotmail.

Just letting y’all know http://www.paidopinions.com is flooding hotjobs.com Thanks for this site! I hope everyone continues to post updates as they arise!

I signed up to efree stores. However there is not a number where you can contact them. There is a support email address, however they have yet to respond to my questions. I think this may be a scam. If it is indeed so, I just lost 20 bucks. I could not find anything on them concerning a scam. Buyer Beware.

Came accross the same adds for DPH. Why don’t people write to Hot jobs and other sites that are listing these postings and let them know about these scams?

I fell for this crap, I forwarded my resume via hotjobs for this junk, then I got a email directing me the paidopinions.com website, as soon as I got to the site I smelled !*SCAM!*, the didn’t have all the information, the language and wording seemed borrowed, no about us section when I looked up their record no contact info DPH Corporation with PO BOX 2331 with an admin email of dphservice@aol.com there is phone number there as well, I will call later on and ask.

Can’t you dispute the amount with paypal or your credit card company once you find out that this is a scam, I would urge all of you who paid to contact Paypal and your CC companies and file a dispute, they are a scam and you should’t be held liable.

What about this other site called Surveyjunction.com?
Has anyone heard abouit them? They sound like they’re doing the same thing that this other scam site was doing.
I didn’t do anything yet, but I did read through the whole thing and it sounds exactly like the other one!

oh wow….glad to have found your sight before i whipped out the credit card n paid 29.95 to FOCUSGROUPS@PAIDOPIONIONS.COM I found this ad for survey takers listed through hotjobs.com (which was given to me by the employment office). once again THANK YOU : )

Hi!
This site is terrific and enlightening. Just wanted to let everyone know that http://www.paidopinions.com has taken their ad off of hotjobs.com. I had been checking hotjobs.com almost daily since the end of last year and paidopinions had listed an ad every day. They listed 10 job openings in 20 different cities (changing the cities daily).
Maybe they will run an ad again because I just checked and their site is still up and running.
Hope this information helps anyone, but I’m writing this just to let you know the latest info.
I did notice, as all of you probably did, that a someone from paidopinions.com posted on this board on July 25, 2002.
Actually I’m not sure if they did really post or it was a cut and paste from another site? I say this because I didn’t see any responses to the person. I wonder if David, the owner of this site, posted it because he got it from somewhere else? I’m must sound kind of dumb here (I’m actually above normal intelligence I think ;)), but the paidopinions.com on post in July here was kind of confusing.

Thank you for this page!! I found http://www.paidopinions.com on Monster.com on their hourly/part time work section.. I got their email about the $29.95 or whatever, and was seriously considering just doing it because what the hell, right? But before I did all that I decided to search it just to see what came up, that $30 wouldve taken me a few hours of (conventional) work to make up and I wanted to make sure it was worth it.. heh.. well, lets just say I’ll be keeping my money and writing a nice email to the BBB… Thanks again for your site!!

Yuck. I just sent paidopinions.com my resume… Wish I had done the research 5 mins ago…

If you want to be paid for your opions try mystery shopping. There are many sites out there. Try Delphi Forums, Violition.com for example. I make about $300 in shopper fees and reimbursements. It’s a little lenghty at times and best of all you NEVER should have to pay to sign up.

Dave,
Just wanted you to know that you saved another person from being scammed. My credit card was out.. and somehow I was led here. Thank you and Bless you!!

Do you have any information on Procard International? Another scam?

Now they’re doing business as:

TheOpinionsNetwork.com …

What fun!

Surveyjunction.com is a ripoff. Because they got me for my money everyone can now sign on for free: login is 4my2cents and password is zero24grn. good luck

ANything on ProCard International?
It has a “satisfactory” rating with the BBB.

I’ve been trying to research it for some time, so far it SEEMS legitimate, but I’m obviously still wary.

Nice one guys, thanks for all your research and sacrifice. I was just about to pay up the $29 just to see if it was all legit but now I’m glad I didn’t.

Anyone know where I CAN make extra cash writing and doing stuff on the net?
Let me know at aidanlean@yahoo.co.uk

Thanks for setting up this site David.

Aidan

I am trying to figure out if workonline4pay.com is a scam or is for real. Does anybody have any experience with them?
Thank-you

Thank you for setting up this site. Earlier today I was looking in my local newspaper when I came across paidopinions, it had been in the paper for 2 months now. I finally say what the heck Ill send them my resume. With in minutes I got a response directing me to their web site. The moment I saw that I had to pay THEM I became weary then I did a search. Hum how come there is nothing on this company? Thanks for the heads up, this was the only site that I found after a good 40 minute search. You just saved me some money!

Looks to me like http://www.ad-placer.com/ is another scam of the same “pay us $XX and we’ll find you work” variety.

About DPH Corp and paidopinions.com – yup, I called my VISA customer service and this charge can be disputed. My VISA company said it was very important to first contact the vendor disputing the claim, so I emailed both PayPal and dphservice@aol.com. That way my dispute and request for refund is in writing. Wish me luck. Camille

Your $1 tip is on the way. Thanks for posting all the comments on DPH Corp and similar misleading sites/companies.

Thank you. I came across this ad the other day and have been contemplating it since, I searched on google and found this site..I’m so grateful to you and to everyone who has confirmed your thoughts. Definitely to good to be true.

Thanks for this site. I’ve been searching for focus groups and came across paid opinions.com . It looked fishy so Im glad I came acoss this site. Kudos!

Hey as anyone that actually paid post some of the sites that were actually given? If its just a list of fous groups that would be helpful. 🙂

When I read all the comments on this o4m forum and was indeed intrigued. So much so, that I picked out the two only people who spoke up in defense of these money for survey sites. I wrote an email to each of them. One came from back the postmaster as being undeliverable, the other did not reply.

I merely asked whether they were still so upbeat and still earning money to “pay the month’s rent” and still felt it was on the “up and up”.

On the site opinions4money.com I then clicked on one of the links to “click here – join the panel – take the survey – earn money” and here is what came back: an error message, reading:

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Well, there you have it in a nutshell. The other actively flashing link on this website takes you to a gambling website with hotdog stand colors and the cheesiest slogans like “Fast Cash, Instant Check, Instant Cash and Easy Cash” – how insanely repugnant!

I just wanted to sympathize with everyone regarding m40 and paidopinion. I just read their article… I have one thing to say

Also… something a few of you may like the idea of.. I plan on e-mail bombing paidonion =D… if it’s a scam why not force them to read through about 10,000 e-mails…

I found the DHP ad on Careerbuilder.com. Beware. Thanks so much for the warning!!

The bottom line is….Any legitimate company will not ASK for money, they will pay money. Any fees will be deducted from your first check. NEVER, EVER pay money upfront, it’s a sure sign of a scam.

I’m sympathetic to all who lost money, I know how it feels to be unemployed and desperate to believe in these too-good-to-be-true scams, however my understanding of business prevented me from getting sucked in…IF MONSTER.COM AND OTHER JOB SEARCH ENGINES DON’T CHARGE A FEE, THE POSTING COMPANIES SHOULDN’T EITHER. That should be your first red flag.

I sent an email to Monster to complain, here was the response. Be sure to read the part about filing a police report:

Regrettably, from time to time, false job postings are placed on the
Monster Job Database which may be used to attempt to perpetrate a fraud
on unsuspecting job seekers. The placement of such false job postings
is a violation of the Monster Terms of Use and may also be a criminal
violation of federal and/or state law.

The Monster Terms of Use provide that Monster disclaims responsibility
for the information in any job postings and that job seekers’ use of
Monster sites and their reliance on material posted by third parties on
the Monster sites is at their own risk. However, when fraudulent job
postings are brought to Monster’s attention, Monster takes action to
protect job seekers. Such actions may include deleting the job posting,
blocking the access of the job poster to the Monster Job Database and
having our legal department work with law enforcement authorities. We are
currently working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in several
jurisdictions and several state law enforcement authorities which are
investigating certain parties who have placed fraudulent job postings on
the Monster Job Database.

To protect yourself from becoming a victim of these frauds, we suggest
the following:

· Do not give your social security number to any prospective employer
even if they suggest that it is for a “routine background check.”

· Monster’s Terms of Use prohibit job postings which require job
seekers to pay any funds prior to employment. Do not give your credit card
numbers, bank account number to and prospective employer or engage in
any transaction in which you are requested to transfer or exchange
currency or funds to or for a prospective employer.

· Be cautious providing any personal information over the phone or
online to prospective employers other than the information you have already
provided in your resume.

· Be cautious when dealing with individuals/companies from outside your
own country. Unfortunately, a disproportionate number of the fraudulent
job postings have been traced to companies and individuals located in
Eastern Europe.

· When responding to individuals who purport to represent a prospective
employer, research the company to ensure that they are legitimate.

While the above precautions are designed to help you avoid a fraudulent
situation, they are by no means exhaustive, and you should exercise
caution in dealing with unfamiliar parties.

If you feel you have been the victim of a crime by a person posing as a
prospective employer who obtained your name and information from
Monster, please file a police report with your local authorities and ask the
police to issue a subpoena to Monster to initiate an investigation of
the prospective employer.
There are also additional authorities to whom you may report possible
fraud on the Internet, such as the Internet Fraud Complaint Center, a
partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National
White Collar Crime Center whose mission is to address fraud committed
over the Internet. You can file a complaint with the Internet Fraud
Compliant Center online by accessing its website at
(http://www1.ifccfbi.gov/).

* For additional information, visit Monster’s Frequently Asked
Questions at http://help.monster.com/jobseeker/FAQ/ or reply to this message
and we will gladly answer your questions (please do not remove the Ticket
Number from the Subject line).

The only “pay for your opinion” that is for real that I have is found is “Opinion Place” through AOL, you can take a survey 2x a month and get money credited to your AOL bill. It’s for real, thanks for the tip on the other frauds, almost lost 20.

Well, I am always looking to make a few extra bucks, when I saw the ad for http://www.paidopinions.com on Monster I checked out the link. It looked suspect to me, not a lot of real information although some name dropping of corporate logos etc. I thought I’d check it out through a Google search, found this page and now am convinced that I should save my 19.95, thanks for this site. I do have an issue with Monster posting this site, seems like they have been doing so for some time.
thanks again.

Thanks for saving me $20

The teachers say I’m Special. They also say I can spell real good. sometimes

by the way – here is the response from careerbuilder.com – fast, but ineffective:

“With over 400,000 active jobs, we cannot guarantee that every job that appears on our site will meet our house rules.

That being said, we do hold our job posters to the very high standards set in our Terms and Conditions. When a job that possibly violates our Terms and Conditions is brought to our attention, we immediately investigate the allegation and take action to remedy the situation. If the job is deemed to be in violation, we will take action, including, but not limited to, terminating the job posting as soon as evidence of the violation can be obtained. For legal reasons, we must have evidence of the violation on record before we can take action against any paid job posting.”

i guess the moral is to not count on these job posting sites to screen properly. job hunter beware.

Sites like paidopinions.com and paidonlinesurveys.com are scams pure and simple. The defraud people looking to make some extra money, and they do a tremendous disservice to legitimate market research companies like our own. No legit market research company would EVER ask you to pay ANYTHING in order to participate. None of the companies in the private “databases” of these scam sites are affiliated with the operators, and in most cases the research companies are unaware that they are being misrepresented by these sites. Market Research is not a way to make a living from home, any legitimate research company WOULD pay you for participating in a study but WOULD NOT want you to do more than one or two studies per year. I am in the process of getting our company removed from the sites I have discovered we’re listed with. I just noticed btw that the owners of paidopinion.com apparently also run dphresearch.com which blatently plagiarises entire passages of text from our website. Grrrr.

Good rule of thumb: Never pay for a cash making opportunity, and never trust a site that lists no phone number or address.

Thanks for the forum David–

Scott Bass
Blarry House Research

You should NEVER pay to get a free list of surveys – I use http://www.surveysam.com as a free reference. I have joined about 30 market research companies and I get about 10 survey invites in my email daily. Mostly from SurveySpot, Greenfield, Ciao! ang GoZing.

SCAM NOTICE: http://www.workonline4pay.com for $37.25 they claim you get instant access to online surveys that they supply. You never get access and try to send an e-mail with your complaint as they ask you to if you cannot access the site with the username and password they give you, you’ll never get a responce. I gave them the 2 full work days to respond to my e-mail and got nothing I e-mailed them several times and got no response. I have requested my money back at clickbank and am hopping although it’s doubtful that I’ll get my money refunded in full. I gave theses people 5 days to respond, 5 work days and nothing. DON’T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE!!!!

Hi – just wanted to thank you for saving me (and a lot of other folks, by the look of this page) from spending money on a scam. Thank goodness for common sense, Google and your site. Keep up the good work.

PLZ EVERYONE! DO NOT TRUST BBB! I was a member for many years & they are JUST A BUSINESS & DO NOT CARE WHATSOEVER about YOU, the consumer!…!!!

As long as you pay your yearly DUES they will tell ANYONE who calls on you (bad/complaint/whatever!) you are an “honest & upstanding company”

I KID YOU NOT!! ASK ANYONE WHO IS A MEMBER!!!!

Hello,

Never, ever pay for a list of paid surveys. There are SO many free survey directories on the web, and you can also use Google. One good website is http://www.boxticker.com , but there are many more.

Hi i’m from Shotland, I was wondering if cash4surveys.com is a scam or not does anybody know?

I did some checking in to them a while ago. And it was what everybody else says a Big Scam. It sucks that you have towade through so much crap to find the legitimate ones.