Question: Should I take an on-line survey or is it a scam? I get so many e-mails a day asking me to take a survey and they will give me a giftcard for Taco Bell, Dunkin Donuts, Olive Garden, Red Lobster.....all these great places to eat, but I am afraid it is a scam....I just want to try one and see if it works but I am nervous about giving my info out, knowing it might not be the actual company but a hacker instead.

Answer: Do yourself a favor and don't do it!! You fill out one and then they direct you to another and another and another and so on. If you ever make it to the last survey, they tell you that you have to accept a least 1-3 offers before you can qualify, which means purchasing something. THEN the next day you will open your mail and find about 600 junk spam messages, which you will NEVER get rid of. I've managed to get mine down to about 200 a day. It has taken me months to get them off by repeated "spamming" and "unsubscribing" and some by writing really nasty letters to them threatening to go to the FCC. And you will still NEVER see the "free" gift you were promised. This is advise from experience. DON'T DO IT!!!
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