AVOID THIS SCAM - £75 STOLEN!
AVOID THIS SCAM! I have been using Ipsos for a bit less than a year. I had no problems at first and after about 5 months and countless hours of completing surveys, I was able to get a £25 voucher. I carried on doing surveys for another few months and accrued enough points for another £25 voucher. An opportunity came up for me to take part in a live survey and webcam research with Paypal, which I accepted (I was going to get 5000 points, the equivalent of £50.) The research took 3 hours to complete, which was not made clear at the start. The day after the survey, I received an email saying that my account had been deactivated the previous day, with no way of reactivating it. No explanation for this was given. So not only am I not getting paid for the Paypal survey, I have also lost the £25 worth of points that I am not able to redeem from my account and the hours and hours of time I spent filling out surveys. They also have all my personal information and recordings of the webcam session. Unsurprisingly, they have not replied to my email asking them to ensure that my video is not used for Paypal market research, since my account was deactivated on the day of the research, so I was technically not an Ipsos member during the time of the survey. From what I've seen on LinkedIn, this scam - because that's what it is - has over 1000 employees. I don't understand how the people who work for Ipsos can sleep at night, knowing that they're robbing people of their personal data, precious time, and money. I will be reaching out to Paypal directly about this. Associating themselves with this kind of company really injures their brand and credibility. Please don't make the same mistake I did. There are better ways to make money.
By Kat



