SurveyLot.com Review

...Is Survey Lot a Scam?

SurveyLot.com is another company claiming that they can show you how to make money taking surveys and evaluating products. Many people sign up with them because their services are free but quickly realize the real costs.

The SurveyLot website is simply a collection of various free and well known survey companies. In exchange for this information SurveyLot.com reserves the right to send you various offers and advertisements from their sponsors.

Normally this wouldn't be a big deal, you basically agree to receive some emails from them in exchange for access to a survey database. However, recently SurveyLot has been associated with a blatant check fraud scam.

They send their members on a "Secret Shopper" mission to evaluate the services of a local money-gram. People receive a check for around $3,800 which they're told to cash at their bank then use the money-gram to send some thing like $3,400 to a false name. The customer is told that after the wiring fees they can keep the difference, usually, $200-$300.

The problem is that the SurveyLot.com check is bogus and if you cash it you'll be held accountable for repaying the money. This is an awful scheme since these scammers' operations are based outside the US and it's difficult to find them after the fact. Thus, the folks who fell for this are left to payback the money on their own.

I would recommend staying away from SurveyLot.com, there's really no point in using their services. You can find everything in their database on your own and spare yourself the headache of dealing with their spam emails and potential scams.

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Customer Reviews for 'SurveyLot.com'

Comments to date: 28. Page 1 of 1. Average Rating:

Tina Texas	7:40pm on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
I unfortunately fell for this scam. I should of checked it out first. If I would of waited two more days to get the money out of the bank I would of been ok. My bank held onto it for only 3 days, not long enough for it to come back as a bad check. Now I am responsible to pay back over 4,000 to my bank. I will not fall for anything again. Hard lessons to learn. I did file a police report and going to contact the FBI to file a case with them.
Paula Texas	1:15pm on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
My friend was just scammed by this company. She lost almost $4,000.00 because she didn't investigate. Upon contacting the company to try to get her money back they had already sent her 2 more checks for the same amount, which also turned out to be bogus. She found this out by contacting the issuing bank that was printed on the face of the check. Beware people!
Tom CA	4:44am on Saturday, September 12th, 2009
Got the letter and check today. Glad that I found this website.
Colleen California	9:40am on Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
almost fell for it... thank you for this invaluable input/warning!
Alayne Australia	12:08am on Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
I notice all the complaints about SurveyLot.com are from America. Is SurveyLot.com just as bad in Oz? I've recently joined up with them but have not received any surveys yet. Then I discovered all these comments about SurveyLot and all the victims of this scam. Where are these SurveyLot bastards and their dodgy cheques?! Thanks for warning me about them before I get myself in trouble!
wayne nags head nc	9:53am on Thursday, May 21st, 2009
thanks everyone for your input i almost fell 4 it
pam tinsley martinsville	12:32pm on Monday, May 4th, 2009
this is a scam they sent me a check 4 2,925.00 i got a letter from mr toney call 1 647/832/ 6097 its a scam b on alert call police
teri florida	7:23pm on Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
Surveylot is a total scam.We got scammed out of $2100.00. These people need to be caught.This has been going on since 2007.
Tim Detroit, Michigan	5:00pm on Friday, April 10th, 2009
SurveyLot.com sent me a letter today asking me to deposit a check for $2,555.35 in my account, wait for the check to clear and then shop at Wal-Mart, JC Penny or K Mart. Sending a money gram was part of the deal too. The letterhead said that the company was located in California, the check was written from a bank in Colorado, and the person I called was in Canada but had a Nigerian accent. Thank God I saw this site. I called the local FBI office and they said it was a scam. BEWARE!!!!!!
Janice Louisiana	8:19am on Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
I just received a check from SurveyLot Marketing Services in the full sum of $2,410.00 requesting I make purchases at JC Penney for $100.00, Walmart for $100.00 and send a Money Gram for $1,900.00 and I keep $200.00 for training pay and expenses, this doesn't even sound logical. They claim they want you to follow company policy but there was no company policy information enclosed with the check. So people beware of idiots like this. I am going to turn this check over to the FBI and I hope the idiots be caught for such fraudulent behavior. Bye the way the company is located in Ontario, Canada.
Lana OH	8:21am on Thursday, March 26th, 2009
I have just received a check from survey lot. this is the third one like it they have sent to me. Lucky for me I had a friend tell me the first one was a fraud. I called the FBI! They are interested in the case. If you get one of these from any company out of Canada contact the FBI in your area right away. they will tell you where to send it and hopefully we can nail these money sucking pigs!!!
Bonnie Minnesota	5:05pm on Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
I was just about to look into joining this site. I had a gut feeling that it was a scam, and so I did research on it. Im so happy that I seen your site ! Anytime that you are asked to send money to receive money it is ALWAYS a scam. I do know of someone who went to get a personal (poor credit) loan. They had to pay down money on this loan to receive the funds - to secure the loan. They did this, and it turned out it was fraud. They are out close to $1500.00. I bring this up because this loan company, SHERWAY LOANS is also located in Canada. Coincidence of being located in Canada?? I think not.
beck Kellerberrin W.A	6:25pm on Monday, February 9th, 2009
I have not had a bad experience with this website yet but i only signed up last night .Since i have had the net for the last month I have already lost 40aud to a get rich quick scheme and am getting spam mail from every where have I made a mistake getting the internet HELP!!
Kimberly USA - Tennessee	12:34pm on Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
I recieved a letter and check from survey lots. I did the research. I called the bank the check was drawn on and the company the check came from. Both where active companies. But the check is bogus. I have seen this before, hopefully the information I sent the bank and company can help.
Darsh richmond, Va	11:28am on Friday, January 9th, 2009
So thankful for your site! I am disabled and looking for a way to earn a little extra money. I looked for customer reviews of the site first. I thank you so much for hosting this site providing accounts of these scammers. It is awful that something isn't done about it.
Anonymous Location unknown	3:40pm on Thursday, January 1st, 2009
thank you so much for this great post.
mary Md	6:24pm on Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
I just received a check from surveylots.com,worth $4,500. from the bank of Fifth Third Bank Chicago,Il the the company name is "Brandenburg Service Company. and the letter came from Tracy A. Jonz, and the letter says that I need to send a money to money gram and shop at walmart and Gap. and I'm wondering what is this surveylots.com, so I google and I found this site , thanks for the people who gave information about this scam ..... Thank you !!!!
TERRY NEW JERSEY	9:45pm on Thursday, December 4th, 2008
obviously this is not a good idea. glad you're informing people of such companies. most people are just meant to work. you have to work to make money
Tracey Ontario,CA	11:42pm on Friday, August 29th, 2008
Thanks so much for your letters, I was about to use this site; you may have saved me a lot of money that I dont have.
ST Alabama	8:49pm on Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
I just received a check in the mail from this company and the letter attached to it is poorly written, when I called the canada number the guy couldn't speak good english and he made up a lot of lies YES THIS IS A SCAM!!!...dont deal with this company it's too good to be true!..first off why would they send you so much money to only keep 300.00 of it....
Anonymous Location unknown	3:53pm on Friday, May 30th, 2008
i recied a check for 2,500 and i didnt appriciate it because just by having that check in my hand im already commiteing froud im going to find out who send these check then im going to sue them
Anna Salmons houston	11:43am on Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
i made the mistake of going along with this program i thought that if they sent a check that it had to be legit well come to find out it isnt my account is now overdrawn by about $5,000.00. this is a horibble scam and i hope that no one else will be fooled by them!
Johanna Illinois	1:31pm on Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
I was a bit curious about someone sending me a $4,940.25 check to deposit some of it at a money gram to a phony name. I thought this check can't be real, so I decided to check the company out and could'nt find anything listed under Pharmasset, Inc. that's the name on the check that came with Surveylot, Inc. letter. If I had taken this check to by bank (which I didnt want to do cause I trust no one) I would have been very mad if I had to pay for this scam. I'm glad I read your article first. Thank you. People please check out all Your money making business through the Better Business Bureau or so forth before jumping on the band wagon
emma south carolina	12:17pm on Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
thank you for the infromation i just got a check from them scammers for 4,940.25 i'm throwing it away. it should be against the law to send people checks like that
Cathrine Ontario Canada	4:12pm on Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
I don't have a comment. I got the SurveyLot.com web site from someone that said it is legitimate. Itwas from a guy on thenet. ARe you all really sure about what I read. Is it a scam or have they made wrong statements on their site.
Jo Kansas	2:06pm on Friday, May 2nd, 2008
I'm most curious why Google continues to allow these scam artists to take up space. Doesn't that violate the Google ad guidelines? Surprised that someone hasn't pursued recourse and recovery from Google's deep pockets. I think Google, Yahoo, any of them, should be held accountable for what they allow to be posted! If I have a website, can I block that ad????? HMMMMMMM.
blakemore ark city	5:24pm on Thursday, March 27th, 2008
thank you on your review on S.L.C, I appreeciate your time on this sincerely
Elaine Maine	9:46pm on Monday, March 3rd, 2008
I have not signed up this company. After reading what is listed above, I won't be signing up. I thank you for your comments on this company. I work a full time job and just wanted to do surveys as somethong a little extra. I appreciate your information, I won't have to waste my time, on this bogus site. Sincerely