Is surveyjunkie.com legit or a scam?
Legitimate survey platform with 20-year history and BBB accreditation, but shows credential-harvest and push-notification spam patterns that warrant caution.
These checks passed — but they don't clear the site. A clean antivirus result, valid SSL, and a calm server only mean it isn't hosting malware; they say nothing about whether the business is real. This verdict is based on the site's conduct and content, not a malware detection.
Analysis Summary
Tech-support scam — do not call
A Facebook / Meta login is shown on an unrelated domain — classic credential-harvest pattern. Microsoft, Apple, and your ISP never call or pop up to ask for remote access or payment. Don't call any numbers shown, don't install "support" tools, and close the page — ideally by ending the browser process.
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MT Intelligence
Survey Junkie operates as a real, registered business (DISQO Inc, Glendale CA, incorporated 2011) with a domain age of 7,558 days and BBB accreditation. Independent review sites and an independent review aggregator (4.5/5 from ~30,000 reviews) confirm it pays users for surveys via PayPal and gift cards. However, our scan detected a login form paired with Facebook/Meta brand impersonation on the page, a credential-harvest red flag. The site also requests push-notification permissions, a common malvertising vector. These signals likely stem from third-party scam ads impersonating the brand (confirmed by Africa Check fact-checks of fake '$1000 bonus' Facebook posts) rather than the official site being malicious. The 267 BBB complaints over three years are primarily about survey disqualifications, low payouts, and identity verification friction—typical friction for a legitimate but low-earning gig platform, not fraud indicators. The contradiction between legitimate business operation and credential-harvest patterns suggests either poor security hygiene or aggressive third-party abuse of the brand.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for surveyjunkie.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain registered ~20 years ago (7558 days); official site of Survey Junkie, owned by DISQO Inc (Glendale, CA).
- BBB accredited with 267 complaints in last 3 years, primarily about survey disqualifications, redemption issues, and new ID verification requirements.
- Trustpilot rating reported as 4.5/5 from ~30,000 reviews; multiple independent reviews (Clark, Trustdale, FinanceBuzz, Whop) confirm it is legitimate and pays users.
- Common user complaints on Reddit and forums: frequent disqualifications after time investment, low earnings, customer service issues, and mandatory identity verification for payouts.
- Scam reports primarily concern fake Facebook ads promising '$1000 signup bonus' or giveaways that impersonate the brand (fact-checked as edited posts by Africa Check).
- Site itself does not appear to be malware-related; push-notification and tech-support scam detections likely stem from third-party abuse of the brand name.
- Pays via PayPal, bank transfer, or gift cards once $5 threshold reached; not a high-earning platform (typically pocket money).
- Africa Checkopen
"Survey Junkie giving away money? No, just another scam using edited Facebook posts"
- BBB.orgopen
"267 total complaints in the last 3 years. 62 complaints closed in the last 12 months."
- forum.surveypolice.comopen
"Survey Junkie turning into a scam site."
- Reddit r/Scamsopen
"SURVEYJUNKIES SCAM?"
- Trustpilot (via surveyjunkie.com)open
"Survey Junkie has a Trustpilot rating of 4.5/5 from more than 30,000 reviews."
- Trustdale.comopen
"Yes, Survey Junkie is legit in the sense that it pays users for completed surveys and does not appear to be a scam."
- Clark.comopen
"Survey Junkie is 100% legit and not a scam."
- FinanceBuzz.comopen
"Yes, Survey Junkie is a legitimate paid survey platform with over 20 million members."
- Whop.comopen
"Survey Junkie is a legitimate online survey site. It has received BBB Accreditation."
Incorporated 1/3/2011 as corporation (Disqo, Inc / Survey Junkie). BBB accredited, address 400 N Brand Blvd Fl 6, Glendale, CA 91203. Owned by DISQO.
Web research uncovered a mixed reputation. Africa Check fact-checked fake Facebook ads impersonating Survey Junkie and offering '$1000 signup bonuses'—these are third-party scams, not the official site. BBB.org lists 267 complaints over the last 3 years, primarily about survey disqualifications, low earnings, and mandatory ID verification requirements. Reddit and survey-forum users report frustration with low payouts and frequent disqualifications, but confirm the platform does pay. Independent review sites (Clark, Trustdale, FinanceBuzz, Whop) and an independent review aggregator (4.5/5 from ~30,000 reviews) all confirm Survey Junkie is a legitimate paid-survey platform that pays users via PayPal and gift cards. Business registration confirms DISQO Inc as the operator, incorporated in 2011, with BBB accreditation and a physical address in Glendale, CA.
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Contact Verification
We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.
- No contact email found anywhere on the page.
- No phone number listed on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
- Page requests browser push-notification permission — common malvertising vector.
- Page impersonates Facebook / Meta on a non-official domain.
- Login form present on a page impersonating Facebook / Meta — credential-harvest pattern.
- Scam family match: Push-Notification Spam.
- Scam family match: Tech-Support Scam.
- Links to 8 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://surveyjunkie.com/
- 2200https://www.surveyjunkie.com/cross-domain
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
2 scam-type patterns detected
2 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- Classic tech-support scare copy found (fake Microsoft/Apple alert, remote-access instructions).
- Primary scraped category: fake tech-support page.
- AI analyst tagged this as a tech-support scam.
- Login form combined with brand impersonation (credential-harvest pattern).
- Page impersonates Facebook / Meta in a login flow.
2 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- Classic tech-support scare copy found (fake Microsoft/Apple alert, remote-access instructions).
- Primary scraped category: fake tech-support page.
- AI analyst tagged this as a tech-support scam.
- Login form combined with brand impersonation (credential-harvest pattern).
- Page impersonates Facebook / Meta in a login flow.
Tech-support scam — do not call
Pages like this impersonate Microsoft, Apple, or your ISP to trick you into calling a number or granting remote access.
- Do not interact with surveyjunkie.com
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- Do not call the number and do not install any "support" tool
Microsoft, Apple, Google, and legitimate ISPs never show a pop-up with a phone number. Installing AnyDesk, TeamViewer, or "Windows Support" at their request hands over your computer.
- Close the page — end the browser process if needed
If the page has locked your browser, press Ctrl+Shift+Esc (Windows) or Cmd+Option+Esc (Mac) and end the browser task. Reopen your browser with "Don't restore tabs".
- OpenIf you already gave remote access or paid
Disconnect the device from the internet. Run a full scan with Malwarebytes or a reputable AV. Change your passwords from a different device. Call your bank to dispute any payment and request a new card.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
Safety FAQ
Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- Our automated security review flags surveyjunkie.com as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — surveyjunkie.com scored 25/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. surveyjunkie.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by GlobalSign nv-sa · GlobalSign Atlas R46 DV TLS CA 2026 Q2, expiring in 74 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- surveyjunkie.com is 20.7 years old, registered on 10/6/2005 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report surveyjunkie.com as clean.
- No. surveyjunkie.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- surveyjunkie.com resolves to an IP operated by Incapsula Inc in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
- Yes. surveyjunkie.com sits in the global top-100k on Cloudflare Radar, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. That does not automatically make it safe, but established brands almost always rank here and throwaway scam domains almost never do.
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