How paid surveys scams work is that your are asked to pay a fee anywhere from $35 to $50 dollars to get access to a listing of organizations that offer paid surveys. A very heavily promoted scam, "paid surveys" have very bold claims of income potential
The surveying companies don't actually charge anyone for taking their surveys, but instead, they pay participants who complete the surveys subject to stated requirements like age, demographic information, your gender etc.
A lot of the paid survey offers do not deliver on the rewards promised. There are a number of ways that paid surveys continue to mislead and inconvenience people who take part. Many of them pull together personal information about you the participant and sell that information to marketing firms.
Survey databases can cost you money. Many databases let people have access to lists of paid survey opportunities for a subscription fee which means you get billed on a regular basis for the same amount. As soon as you have paid the fee, you'll probably discover that many of the surveys listed do not pay, and that nearly all of the listings are available elsewhere for no money at all.
Many of these offers seem legitimate because they feature phony testimonials from satisfied users.
Some people might be fortunate enough to earn some regular cash, however, it will never add up to much, probably no more than a few hundred dollars a month at most!