I've received an email for a survey &I took it and I answer some of it , tell me if that is safe?

Question

I'm asking if it is safe to take a any survey online?

Answer 1

Hard question to answer without knowing the name of the company that sent you the email..but from personal experience, I rather join a survey site and visit the site and do survey there than receive unsolicitated emails..I do belong to a "focus"survey site that send survey to my inbox but I requested to be part of this focus group! If you are interested in doing surveys (at their site) check out the link below that I found from a previous Yahoo answer!

Answer 2

Don't answer surveys you recieve by e-mail, unless they were sent from someone you know (some companies will let their members refer others--so if a friend is a member of a paid survey program and sends you a referal that's usually fine). But if you don't know who sent it, it may not even be from the company it claims to be from, but be a phishing scheme trying to get your informaion to misuse.

There are legitimate paid survey companies out there. They usually pay moderate or low amounts for surveys ($1-10 is normal). But there are pleanty of scams. If you want to take paid surveys I've listed some tips on how to spot the scams here:

http://www.windhavenweb.com/surveys/avoidscams.html

Answer 3

I certainly think that surveys are safe as long as they do not ask really personal questions. I certainly have taken a lot of them and I hove not had any problems (at least not yet).

Answer 4

If you are running a good anti-spy ware, anti-spam & an anti-virus, you MIGHT be O.K. I don't ever answer any questionnaires online. It leads to phishing, viruses & lots of other unwanted crap.