Gnomie, I respectfully disagree. I think calling e-rewards a "scam" (a fraudulent business activity) is a stretch. Yes, I've gotten a few abusive surveys over the years, where I ended up answering a lot of questions only to be told that I didn't qualify. In my experience, these have been a very small percentage of the surveys I've been offered. (I just checked my records and found one complaint to e-rewards in the past two years, and they subsequently credited my account for the $10 in e-rewards currency for that survey.) I'm sorry that it's happening more and more to you, but my experience is very different.

Perhaps e-rewards could do a better job of vetting some of the survey sponsors, but I don't see it as a critical issue with the program. I earned 6,000 airline miles via e-rewards last year, and have enough e-rewards right now for another 2,000 airline miles. I receive something of value from the program every year (as does my wife), and I don't feel like I'm being scammed.