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Post number 12556

mathowie — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 10:56:23 -0800

Money4Opinions claims to be a service that connects members to paid-for-taking surveys. It's costs $20 to become a member, and they advertise in all sorts of "tiny classified ads." David Gagne thought it smelled fishy, and found out it was a scam.

By: y2karl

y2karl — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 11:09:41 -0800

I thought it smelled like tuna, too. If only there was a way to funnel money into my little computer....::sigh::

By: whatnotever

whatnotever — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 11:17:45 -0800

One of my friends asked me to look into them about a month ago. I did some digging and determined the same thing. I found it cute that the guy's mailing address is a PO box at a Mailboxes, Etc. which also has boxes of many adult entertainment businesses. Is Marina del Rey, CA some sort of porn hot-spot?

By: delmoi

delmoi — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 12:16:40 -0800

I wouldn't put to much faith into a website that showed a graphic image of piles of money on their page...

By: Steven Den Beste

Steven Den Beste — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 16:56:47 -0800

Here's a simple rule: any time that anyone promises to give you money later if you give them money now, it's a scam.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 22:47:31 -0800

Dan looks forlornly at the FICA line item of his paycheck.

By: 7sharp11

7sharp11 — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 23:29:32 -0800

I think my mom is in on some kind of survey scam. Actually, she's done a lot of these paid survey type things and I'm not sure why. She had yogurt in a plastic tube long before it hit the stores (in the mid-90s I think), she's been sworn to secrecy over new-and-amazing washing machine technologies, and she even got to bring her favorite bra to one such meeting, only to be turned away ($30 cash in hand anyway) because the focus group was too full. I know you didn't want to hear this, but I swear I'm not making it up. Anyway, maybe she could teach us the tricks of the trade for, say, $14.95 or something...

By: jedro

jedro — Fri, 23 Nov 2001 08:38:46 -0800

This is off topic, but can anyone tell me what's on davidgagne.net that would lead to it being listed in the websense database of blacklisted sites.

By: shinybeast

shinybeast — Fri, 23 Nov 2001 13:32:07 -0800

Websense URL Lookup Tool Results The URL: www.davidgagne.net is classified by Websense under the category: Tasteless According to: Database version: 01231 Database date: 2001-11-21

By: GatorDavid

GatorDavid — Sat, 24 Nov 2001 00:26:19 -0800

Tasteless? Well. Gee. That's rather harsh, don't you think?