Beware - People's Postcode Lottery!

Mobyduck wrote: »

I once looked into joining this lottery, but the thing that deterred me was the fact that some of the prizes come in the form of holidays. That set alarm bells ringing, as this type of prize is frequently used by the companies that post unsolicited scratchcards through your letter box, and ask you to phone a premium-rate number to claim. You win a holiday with no cash alternative, so you either take it or lose it.
I have seen plenty of the Postcode Lottery ads on TV, where the winners are waving large cheques about, but have yet to see them showing someone winning a holiday. Probably because the winner would look disappointed. After all, people subscribe to these things in the hope of winning cash. A holiday, no matter how splendid, won't pay the bills.

I won the dream holiday in June this year and i was certainly not disappointed. Not only did i receive £8000 in Thomas Cook vouchers that are valid indefinitely i also received £2000 in cash which was paid into my bank account. I have booked a holiday in Italy and a luxury holiday to Canada. No premium rate numbers to phone and although i agree a dream holiday wont pay the bills i wouldn't have had my dream holiday without The peoples postcode lottery, and No i don't work for them or have any other connection other than being one of their lucky winners.

I too signed up but after not winning anything in months i sent them an email to cancel.
Oh no you can't do that, they accept anyone to sign up online but won't allow you to cancel online or via email. They said it's a security measure. :rotfl:
They are just another company that is making it easy for them to get at your money but hard for you to stop them taking it.
More worryingly even though i am supposedly paying by direct debit there is no direct debit showing in my bank account. Normally i can see every direct debit on my account and there is a cancel button at the side, but not in the case of PPL.
It just shows on the statement every month. They want me to ring them to cancel so they can record my voice as a matter of security. Well it's going to be an interesting recording i can tell you. How do they know the person ringing is you.
There so called security sucks big time, there is no security at all. They also said I agreed to their terms and conditions, i would like to see proof of that because all they have is a computer ip address and i can make mine show as anywhere in the world. An ip address relates to a computer not a person.
So as long as someone has access to your card and knows your address they can sign you up to this and anyone who has those details could also cancel your tickets. That's how good their security is.
An SMS security confirmation would be a good start.
I will be ringing my bank first thing in the morning to put a block on these so called direct debits. :mad: