How does getting paid to receive text messages on your mobile phone sound to you? These companies will pay you for every text messgage you receive on an active mobile phone. I can't say I've found the idea to be particularly lucrative and all but RedAlertz seem to be pretty dead but your experience may differ and anyway, nothing ventured, nothing gained eh? Some also allow members to send FREE text messages to other mobiles through their site, give you access to free logos and ring tones so there is still something worth checking out.

RedAlertz

Get competitions, special offers and discounts sent as txt msgs to your mobile phone. Every message you receive earns you 50 points which can be exchanged for cash, logos, ringtones and more. RedAlertz lets you set the maximum number of messages you want to receive every day so they'll never become a nuisance and you can unsubscribe at any time you choose. Membership of RedAlertz also allows you to send 60 free SMS messages every month. Go There!

OptionAds

Open Worldwide and in multiple languages. Get paid to receive SMS messages on your mobile phone, to answer surveys, receive email ads and voicemail ads...apparently. They promise no more than 2 SMS messages and one email per day, so no worries about being bombarded with nuisance SMS and assure us their surveys will be a measly 10 questions long. This one sounds as though it has potential but as yet I haven't received a single message from them.

MMWSMS

MakeMoneyWithSMS.co.uk has been around for a number of months now but is yet to really kick off. They claim they are waiting for a certain level of membership before advertisers decide it is cost effective for them to start sending advertisements through the service but in effect what this means to subscribers is this: no SMS, no cash.