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I have seen people mentioning and promoting this site (Global Survey Group -  globalsurveygroup.com), so I visited the site, and here are my thoughts:

First, on their home page they say: "Join Today for a chance to win A new TV, $100,000 cash, or a new SUV". For some reason I do not feel good about this, $100,000 cash or a new SUV is a lot of money..I have not seen any legitimate market research and paid survey companies offer such a big reward just for joining.

Second, when I look at their privacy policy, I found the red flag, here is the part:

"How is User information used?

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When you register with Global Survey Group, you may receive offers from us or our marketing partners. Our marketing partners may use this information to make offers to you in your areas of interest or other offers. Our marketing partners wishing to contact you either give their e-mail message to us and we deliver it to you, or with your prior permission, we provide your contact information to them so they can deliver messages directly to you. It is solely at your discretion if you choose to provide additional personally identifiable information to a marketer by making a purchase, requesting additional information, or communicating directly with the company or organization after using its website. We may also use outside companies to execute the marketing campaigns on our behalf or on behalf of some of our marketing partners. We will share your e-mail name & other information that you give us that is necessary for these third parties to provide these services. These third parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information except for the purposes of providing these services.
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Legitimate paid survey sites' privacy policy always says something like "we will not share/rent/sell your personal information to any third parties, you personal information is strictly kept confidential with us...etc", and they never say "you might receive promotions/offers from us or our marketing partners...."

Finally: Part of their "About Us" page tells me they are NOT a real paid surveys company:

"We're willing to offer you amazing rewards for taking our surveys because your opinions and preferences are valuable to us! We are looking for people who want to SHARE THEIR OPINIONS on products and services. You will be reward with valuable offers over the web, and you might even  Win a GRAND PRIZE of $100,000! >

Depending on your survey answers and preferences, you will receive offers, coupons, discounts, gifts, giveaways and other rewards
for things WE KNOW YOU'LL LIKE because you just told us !"

Legitimate market research companies do NOT pay people offers for completing paid surveys. Legitimate paid survey companies reward people cash, gift certificates/gift cards, merchandise/prizes or sweepstakes entries for taking paid surveys.

Conclusion: based on above analysis, I think GlobalSurveyGroup.com is NOT a real legitimate market research paid survey site, They are either a paid offer site or an email harvesting site, you probably will receive paid offers from them (NOT real paid surveys), and/or just tons of spams. I suggest you stay away from them.

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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 02 February 2010 )
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Janna  - Scam or not   |2010-06-01 17:21:24
In the past 2 weeks, I also have received this "Mystery Shopper" mail. The first was from a company calling themselves Global Survey Group based out of New York. It had a check in there for $1,995.00. I was to deposit said check into my account, wait 2 days for check to clear and then send back to them via Western Union $1,540.00, $125.00 was to cover the service fee to Western Union. I am supposed to spend $40. at Wal-Mart and $40. at K-Mart or JC Penny. My contact person is named Chris Burkin. Other names on the letter were Ashley Wilson and Carol Simpson.
Across the bottom of the letter it has this paragraph...my 2nd red flag
"Please note that due to the confidentiality agreement we have with out clients. You are required not to comment or discuss your assignment with the staff in the store or at the Bank as it may jeopordize our set out Goal and Business code of conduct."
The second one came from a company calling themselves Solution Market Research. This is the name they have switched to from Unitech Training Inc. The check I got from them is for $3,515.00. Same deal as above, only this one gave me a list of names I am to send the money to. Angela Lopez/Brooklyn NY, Tina Lintz/Bronx,NY, Terry Coeny/NY,NY, Nicole Brown/Queens,NY and Jasmine Cruz/Long Island,NY.
As a former employee of Target, I know how the "Secret Shopper Program" works. These stores KNOW who the secret shopper is. The surveys are turned into the store manager and they then go into the office and discuss the evaluation.
Please be careful. The fools that are doing these scams will eventually be caught. I am taking both of my letters and checks to the local FBI office and discussing it with them. Who knows, maybe I'll get to be part of a "sting operation"!! ROFLMAO.
james  - scam   |2010-03-30 18:44:26
Ya had the bank run a check on the check I recieved in the mail from global survey group and the contacted me a couple of days later.THe check was a fake!!!They told me to report it to the local police and inform them of the scam.... don,t deal with this Angela Clark lady she must be running the scam if Angela is even her real name.
michael  - TOTAL SCAM!! WATCH OUT!   |2010-03-19 07:53:26
i got the check in the mail also... deposit it and wait 2 days for it to clear were my instructions. any moron knows it takes at least 10 days... by then, you have sent them the $1900.00 via western union (because youre evaluating thier services), and the check will come back fraud. and you will be held responsible for that money.
other notes of interest.... the address is NY, but you have to call quebec to get your check 'activated'. angela clark, the 'lady' you are supposed to talk to, is the biggest, rudest pile of monkey dung you could have the pleasure of talking to. not the type of person that would be involved in evaluating customer service.
ive been, like many, out of work for a long time, and life is rough... for people in the same situation as i, it could be easy to fall for this bull.
DONT DO IT!!! ITS A RIPOFF SCAM!!!
thanks to this site, and others for taking the time to put the word out.
mlynn  - re: scamor not   |2010-03-16 11:46:18
Hi James,

SCAM - absolutely the check cashing SCAM! It could be the scammer using global survey group's name, but it is definitely a SCAM.
james  - scamor not   |2010-03-16 09:52:02
I recieved a check for 2,490 and they want me to send back 1,900 back to them threw Western union to supposably test the Western Union. and I get to keep 350.00 of the money it doesn't sound legitiment but money would be nice was wondering what others think
tizubythefizo  - obvious check scam   |2009-09-05 19:24:12
that 4k check is definitely a scam. You would wire them the money and a few weeks later the check would be found out to be fraudulent. You would then be held responsible to pay the 4k back, AND could face PRISON time in the process (they argue that you should have known better, and will find you guilty of felony check fraud.

These usually originate from Nigeria where something like 20% of the population are in the business of SCAMs, and with so many people out of work these days, the Nigerians(and other scammers) are taking advantage,

The usual scam is that someone will contact you or you respond to an online ad for a job. They come back and say something along the lines of they have no way to cash checks in the US and your "job" would be to receive checks, cash them, and wire the money to them. WESTERN UNION/MONEY GRAM/ETC IS ALL A SCAM!!!

the checks they send you are counterfeit(they can even counterfeit money orders and cashiers checks). You cash them,send your money to them while keeping some for yourself. A month later the feds knock on your door and the bank wants all its money back.

Unfortunatly do to the horrible state of the economy, the number of people falling for these scams is just outrageously high. Please do everyone a favor and repost this warning to other sites you visit. Make sure to tell friends and family so that no more people get scammed and possibly labeled as felons.

I'm doing the whole warn 2 people, those people warn 2 people each, etc. etc. till hopefully no one falls for these scams anymore.

Oh and another one they do, if you post on craigslist or ebay. The contact you and wish to buy "your item" (they almost NEVER say what the item your selling is, they use phrases like "i would like to buy the item" they dont get specific because the emails are usually just templates.

They send you a "check"(money order etc" for up to 10 times the amount your asking for. They then ask you to deposit it and s...
Mei   |2009-02-21 21:33:23
Hi Charles, thanks for your feedback. Sounds like they have paid offers, so it just proves my thought on them - they are not a real paid survey sites, they are just a paid offer site! Crook!
Charles Goins  - smokeyspal   |2009-02-21 18:40:46
I read your blog on global survey group and the conclusion I came up with was as follows,All I ever did on there was say no to different offers to get free credit scores for 3 months free net flix for 3 months and just to get a gift card,I saw nothing that was going to make me a little cash,when it sounds to good to be true and they ask you for a credit card# you had better run
Mei   |2009-02-03 20:27:57
Hi Brent,

When I say "just my 2 cents" I mean it is just my opinion.

In terms of "Your 2 cents" survey site - yes they are slow paying. I am still receiving their surveys, but havn't cash out lately. But I remember last couple of cash out was very slow, like over 3 months.. I would contact them if I don't receive payment after 3 months. Just make sure login your account and make sure everything looks right.

Good luck!
straycat   |2009-02-03 16:41:53
Hi Mei;
Could you say alittle more about what you mentioned above
about real legit survey sites
and then you brought up (your2
cents). I asked for a check
9 wks ago and they won't answer
the 2 emails I sent them. Are they on the up and up? I was
wondering if you new something that I didn't. Thanks
Mei   |2009-02-03 15:29:08
Hi kenjixhaley,

Click the "Free Paid Survey List" on the left menu - there are free lists of legit survey sites that worth joining.

Good luck and feel free to ask questions.
kenjixhaley   |2009-02-03 14:16:16
doing research on global survey group i have found that they seemed to be linked to another site called memolink. Thats where i see the points think come in. btw know of any survey sites worth going to?
Mei   |2009-01-26 09:04:26
Hi Wendy,

Thanks for your feedback..

Are you sure we are talking about the same survey site? I know there is another site that is also called something close that offer points for surveys..And I have checked this site again, NO where it says they offer points for surveys, , they offer something like this based on their site (about us page):

Depending on your survey answers and preferences, you will receive offers, coupons, discounts, gifts, giveaways and other rewards for things WE KNOW YOU'LL LIKE
because you just told us!

You see: real legit survey sites do NOT reward members with offers, coupons, discount, giveaways..

Just my 2 cents.
Wendy   |2009-01-26 03:58:36
I have been with this survey group for about 6 months or so and have not had one bit of problems. I haven't tried to cash out my points yet, so that may be where the problems will lie, but I have yet to have them offer me any amount of money to cash, or send me any junk mail, that I'm aware of. I get junk mail all the time, years before I signed up with this company. And NO, I'm not being paid by them to write this e-mail! I just want to give another viewpoint. I'll keep my eyes open and come back when I try to cash out my points. Thanks for the heads-up, but I think there may be a bit of over-reacting here, and someone may have the wrong company sending them that $4,000+ check. I get spam e-mails all the time offering me money-those have to be deleted all the time. But with all the surveys I do-around 20, I have yet to have ANY of them do that...
Lisa   |2009-01-14 19:21:26
THIS IS A TOTAL SCAM......thank you for starting the site. You have helped A LOT of people, especially the one that received the check...
Swanky24   |2008-12-15 10:33:50
Gee i guess I'll delete them from my list also. Never knew about this until now- TODAY!! Thanks so much for the info.
Lina   |2008-12-07 15:05:23
Thanks so much! Like everyone else who has left comments here, I am so glad that I decided to do some research on Global Survey Group. I have never done online surveys before and I came across their site by signing up for a free bottle opener on CouponCabin.com. I guess it is "too good to be true". A new bottle opener isn't worth getting sucked into a scam.
Christine   |2008-11-23 06:30:26
Wow...I guess we should all follow our instincts. "If it sounds too good to be true it probably is." Thanks to all. I knew this sounded fishy.
Kelly   |2008-11-03 10:56:27
Gerri: if you had deposited the check, they would then have your bank account info, along with any personal info you supplied on your registration. Thank God you didn't fall for it!
Jocelyn   |2008-10-12 07:42:14
Thanks guys, I was actually about to sign up but I decided to research it first. :?
Glad I did.
Mei   |2008-10-11 15:34:35
You are welcome Theresa. Glad to help!
Theresa   |2008-10-10 15:27:19
Thanks for your comments. I was tempted to sign up but decided to do research first. This certainly helps!
Mei   |2008-06-23 09:44:15
Wow! Gerri, you are so right that is a big SCAM! Glad you didn't fall for it! Good for you!
Gerri   |2008-06-23 08:31:14
I signed up with this company and received a check within one week for $4,930.00 which sent up a red flag. They asked that I send $4,440.00 of the money back by Money Gram with in 2 weeks to a person in Canada. They also included fees and asked that I keep $400.00 for taking part. I would never send money to a strange in another company so I think this is a way to get my $4,440.00 but they will not be that luck.
Mei   |2008-06-19 20:44:58
Hi Mary,

You are welcome! I am glad it helped!
Mary Anne Freitag   |2008-06-19 17:18:56
Your observation helped me tremendously. I never received an offer to do surveys before and you helped me make the decision not to reply to this one. Thank you.
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