Don't be a phish

How to avoid phishing and scams when taking Surveyplanet surveys.

Don't be fooled by scammers

Unfortunately, there are lots of different scams that take place online like fake coupons, job offers, or checks that people send to collect personal information or money. One of the most popular types of online scams is known as phishing, or the act in which scammers try to collect sensitive personal information like passwords, usernames, and banking information. Although most phishing takes place in emails, it’s recently made its way to online surveys.

To protect our users from distributing their sensitive information to scammers on the internet, we’ve included a list of guidelines of information you should never provide in a survey.

Guidelines to avoid phishing and scams in Surveyplanet surveys

According to Surveyplanet’s privacy policy and terms of service, surveys shouldn’t ask you to provide any secure or sensitive data.

If you're responding to a Surveyplanet survey, don't provide the following information:

  • Passwords
  • Federal or state identification numbers
  • Credit card, banking, or other financial information
  • Social security numbers
  • Any other sensitive information

How to report phishing and scam activity to Surveyplanet

If you encounter a survey that phishes for sensitive or secure information, let us know.

Reporting abuse with Surveyplanet is easy:

  • Select Report Abuse on the survey.
  • Go to our contact page and report the phishing attempt, including the survey URL and any other relevant details.

Provide as much information as possible, including the survey link, so we can prevent other users from giving away sensitive information.