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BigSpot Survey Scam
I am posting this both in updates and in the regular scam area of the site because of the amount of emails asking about BigSpot.com
BigSpot Surveys
If you watch TV, you’ve seen the ad for BigSpot Survey Company. As an avid survey taker, I perked up when the ad from BigSpot first aired but after I visited the site, I just shook my head thinking about all the poor people that would be signing up…
I received a few emails asking if we had used BigSpot and here are the results.
The people behind BigSpot are smart. The BigSpot owners like everyone, know that the economy is in the crapper and people are desperate for cash.
Generally, I don’t think it’s ok to prey on the American people…
When you head over to the BigSpot website, everything looks okay, to me, the website is a little generic to have a TV spot but we’ll overlook one the major warning signs I look for in a scam for now. And oh, look… a place to sign up to get all those “great” surveys.
STOP.
SIGN UP??
By giving any 3rd party your contact information you have just opened Pandora’s box of junk mail and worst case scenario – identity theft.
If you want to do surveys, never 1. Pay money upfront or 2. Give personal information to a 3rd party company.
Why does Bigspot.com need your email? They do not work for those companies. Your email SHOULD be worthless to them. Why can’t they just list the companies on the landing page / home page and just let visitors sign up? That would be more acceptable and upfront.
We did sign up, so you wouldn’t have to, and before we even had a chance to submit our form, we were offered 2 companies based upon our demographics. AND we did this more then once using MANY different demographics and we qualified NO MATTER what we put. How can EVERYONE qualify for the SAME exact survey companies?
Pshhhhhhhhh….
The 2 panels BigSpot offered to (us) the new user are the highest paying referral companies out there and haven’t been added to our list of scams yet… By referral, we mean that Bigspot gets $ when you sign up for these panels. Which is fine by me. They can make all the money they want as far as I am concerned. But do it with the legit companies you know, the ones that pay … and WITHOUT requiring visitors to give their personal information to Bigspot.
Then, after bypassing the first two offers, we are presented with an entire PAGE of even more spammy “survey” sites that we have “qualified for” that are infamous for redistributing your personal information to everyone and their Mama. Google ANY one of those companies and you will see THOUSANDS of complaints.
Finally, you get to a few legit companies after all. But, at the expense of what?? Why does BIGSPOT need you personal information and your email??? WHY?? There is no reason, which leads me to assume that they are doing horrid things with all that personal information regardless of what privacy policies they have plastered on their site. You can decide for yourself to give your personal information out. I personally, WOULD NOT.
BigSpot is a gateway to spam hell because of the sites they are affiliated with and as I said before, any personal information you give can lead to the possibility of identity theft.
The information you get on BigSpot , you can get here at WebFloss, or Google, or… Without having to fill out any forms, be presented with spammy offers, or be at risk of having your information sold.
Please be careful online and don’t just take our word for it! Do your research!!!
See other survey reviews from Webfloss.
MORE LINKS TO COMPLAINTS ABOUT BIGSPOT.com
- Suvey101
- AccidentalMommies – leading Mommy Bloggers / followup
- Mylot
SCAM = an attempt to intentionally mislead a person or persons with the goal of financial or other gain.
MANY of the companies BigSpot list are well known for not paying out. The TV spot is misleading because they claim survey companies you sign up for at Bigspot.com pay out. While a select few might pay out, the majority have proven time and time again to only offer SPAM.
REPORT COMPANIES that send spam to the FTC without giving ANY identifiable information.
Thank you for taking the time in doing this for the public. I was just about to sign up.
You right they suck i am looking also but ,i dont know who to go to ,do you know rosaleesmith57@yahoo.com email if you know.
wow wish i read this first what can i do if i seen this ad on tv and i went to the site and signed up. thank u sandy
Thanks for the info.Do you have any co. that are legit?
thanks for the warning,my dad heard about bigspot survey and asked me to try it.good thing i came here first.i almost signed up for some other surveys before but they all asked for my personal info,one even asked for my social security # (WTF???) why would i even have to give my address and phone# let alone that? now i just think all surveys are scams >_<
Thanks for revealing that scam. I was just about to sign up for a survey. However, I’ll be more careful now – especially if they are also into identity theft! Thank God I came across this post…
I am so glad I found this site. I was just about to join and didn’t feel good about it being legitimate. I have signed up to alot of sites, and their all full of spam. Any suggestions on trustworthy companies?
Thanks for the heads up.
Glad there are people who are willing to help get these scams out in the open!
Its a real shame that some companies are willing to stoop to such levels to make a bit of cash. People are slowly becoming more weary of these types of schemes but in desperate times (like now), people will try almost anything to make a few bucks.
Thank-You for this review! I figured it was a hoax and did some research before even going to the site. Thanks a lot for this!
im currently unemployed,have ample time,and have been in the marketing field for awhile,looking to make some sort of income anyway possible thru taking surveys.
I too jumped at the bait, after reading some of the comments I returned to my good ole’ SurveySpot and found a $5 survey on cars!!! I was half way through or more and it ended and they said something like due to overwhelming response….. trust me I used the provided email to vent.
Thanks for passing around the information about bigspot. I realy do not like that site and I think they harvest peoples emails. Keep up the good work your site looks great I just wish I was as computer savvy to make mine better. :)
A friend was almost scammed by a similar site.Thank goodness he hasn’t given a single dollar and comes his senses.I am sure a lot would easily fall on this since everybody wants good cash.Thanks for this warning
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I actually did do this. You do get bombarded with emails but I did do an at home survey and by the end I received a total of $150.00. I tested a new single cup coffee maker, got free coffee for like 6 weeks. Its not a get money quick idea but I did get $150 for just drinking coffee!
Great article and review these guys are only trying to scam people out of there money and give you sites that you can get on your own look around and you will see there are tons of sites that offer real online surveys and pay you. Dont fall into the hole that everything you see on tv is true because lord knows it is not that way.
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I just signed up how do I get out of it.
Thanks for looking out for others and letting us know about this scam. I was about to look it up and see what it was all about since I had just seen the commerical…Thanks
Thanks for looking out for others and letting us know about this scam. I was about to look it up and see what it was all about since I had just seen the commerical…Thanks
alright thanks.
what if i have already signed up?(was a bad idea now that i know this info)
how do i know if i’ve had my identity stolen?
It’s unlikely that you will be a victim of identity theft, but it opens the door for the possibility. Don’t panic :)
first, thank you for rthe heads up warning. I just heard this site advertised for the first time on tv. I am so glad that your site popped up.
Next, to all who are looking for legit companies – and they are out there, I suggest you go to the surveypolice website. There you can get a listing of all of the internet survey companies, read what actual users have to say about them, and if you have a complaint about a company, they will go to bat for you. They helped me get money more than once, from companies that were slow pay.
When you need extra money it is hard not to fall for this sort of thing. Thanks for being there for us. The T.V. adds are so convinceing.
I was going to sign up but after reading this, not me Im no bodies fool haha. Thanks so much for helping all of us out here who need money.
figured wasn’t for real but like u said will check stuff out when in bad shape, tried things before and never found anything legit or worth it yet if i,m supposed to get paid why should i have to pay anything, glad i read this first.
Thanks a lot for this information. Some people just have nothing else to do but to take advantage of other people. We should be vigilant because this is not the only scam out there.
Woah! Thank you so much for this information! I was about to sign up a few minutes ago, but I don’t know, doesn’t seem like a good site to me if it just gives you other sites to ’sign up’ too. I hate giving out my information to any site, so this way of making money, which I doubt is even much, isn’t for me. :)
I was thinking about trying BigSpot out….But I think I might not now lol :) Thanks!
SoFlossy:
Can you tell me some of the legitimate survey sites are referring too that aren’t scams?? Thank you for the warning about BigSpot. I’m glad I found this site before signing up.
Do you know any websites that will pay you to take surveys and arent a scam?
Yes ma’am!
Check out: http://webfloss.com/category/get-paid-to/survey-reviews/
And email with any questions: admin@webfloss.com
Thanks for visiting!
Hey – exactly the same situation, saw their ad for the millionth time, and decided to check it out. Google’d it first, came here, and learned. Thanks a lot! =D
HI thank’s for this important information. I too was about to look into this website, and possibly sign up as a new worker on this bigspot until I clicked on this web site first and was reading the major warning signs with-in this web site. I am very greatful for the information.
I am happy you found my site and I am glad you didn’t sign up. Remember, all the information Bigspot offers can be found free with NO signing up all over the web. If you want general information about any site, please, don’t hesitate to ask. :)
Good to know. What is word on this survey site…?
surveymonster.net?????
SurveyMonster almost had me fooled during the signup process. Opinion Outpost, Survey Spot, etc are all decent survey companies that were offered at signup. But then, I clicked submit….
First site offered: Panda Research. First site on my scam list: Panda Research. It was all downhill from there. If you want to make money online steer clear from any site that wants you to signup to get “a list” of ways.
Why do they need you to sign up? It would be easier to just list all the companies on one page. Signing up is a marketing technique, it makes you think that by signing up you are being offered exclusive deals or sites not available to the general surfer. Not true.
And I encourage you not to just take my word for it. Do your research before you hand out any personal information to any person, company, or site that you are not sure of. :D
Good luck.
I was just about to sign up good thing googled it first though. Are there any legit. websites that you can get payed for survey taking?
:) Glad to be of service
thanks for the info – i was about to look at them and sign up til i read this. good info to know – sounds like bigspot is a place totally garbage.